Insanely cheap Xbox One bundle coming as Dell’s Black Friday ad leaks

The first Black Friday leak is probably then best deal this year

It might still be October, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start looking forward to the Black Friday, the high holy day of American consumerism and probably the best single day of a given year to pick up a new video game console. A leaked ad for Dell’s suite of Black Friday “Doorbusters” should be of particular interest to anyone looking to upgrade to Microsoft’s Xbox One, mostly because it features the best bundle I’ve seen since Best Buy’s impressive TV/Xbox One offering. It features a 500 gb Xbox One, Fallout 4, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and an extra controller for $299.99. The package would run you $469.99 at full retail. Considering plenty of people are probably considering picking up a current-gen console for Fallout 4 alone, the rest certainly sweetens the deal.

I can’t imagine this is the last we’re going to see of deals like this. Last year, Microsoft was very aggressive with bundles, and it paid off in a pretty successful holiday season. This year, they’re up against a $349.99 PS4, but they’ve got Halo 5: Guardians and Rise of The Tomb Raider ready to roll. You can bet that Microsoft is banking on their flagship exclusive to move some hardware, and I imagine they’ll be giving it plenty of support to help the console ride that momentum.

So if you’re thinking about picking up a new console to play some of the holiday season’s upcoming AAA onslaught, it might behoove you to wait for Black Friday. I know: waiting that long can be a pain, especially once titles like Fallout 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 start hitting shelves and streams. But as this bundle shows, you’re likely going to be able to get some serious savings with a little bit of patience.