Tick, Tock: The countdown of hours begins for the Black Friday discounts of the Xbox Store

We begin the countdown to the Black Friday deals of the Xbox Store of 2025.

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We’re getting close, so close that unless there are last-minute changes, the Xbox Store’s Black Friday deals should kick off between tonight and tomorrow, Thursday. Right now, we’re moving within this time frame, and in previous years, deals have started the afternoon before Thursday, which is why we want to give a little more margin and mark the next 24 hours as the deadline.

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As you can imagine, the Xbox Store’s Black Friday deals are the best of the year, where we can find some of the best bargains on games and content that are hard to find at other times of the year.

The Xbox Store’s Black Friday deals are about to start

Black Friday 2024 took place from November 15 to December 2, while in 2023 it started on November 16 and ended on November 30. In 2022, it began on November 17 and also ended on November 30, and in 2021, the deals ran from November 19 to December 2. Even in 2020, the campaign was extended longer than usual, from November 20 to December 3.

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With this history, it’s easy to understand why this year’s campaign is expected to be especially generous. After surpassing 800 discounts last year, everything points to this year possibly exceeding 1,000 games on sale, with the presence of important releases and complete collections.