Massive Discounts for Xbox Downloads this Black Friday and for the Thanksgiving Week

Microsoft has announced massive discounts for Xbox downloads, with the special deals scheduled to go live November 26th, 2010, otherwise known as Black Friday. Make sure to keep your eyes on Softpedia and I’ll provide an update when the special offers become available. “We've saved the best for the busiest shopping day of the year. Save as much as 80% on select Arcade favorites, Xbox Originals and game add-ons,” the company revealed on the Black Friday promotions page set up on the Xbox Marketplace.

But while some deals aren’t really scheduled to become available until tomorrow, additional deals are already available to Xbox 360 console owners.

It’s important to note that some promotions will last the entire Thanksgiving week, and are in no way limited to Black Friday.

The one-week sale also featured big discounts, with the Redmond company slashing the prices of from of the hit Marketplace items it’s selling.

While these discounts are not as steep as those for Black Friday, they are still rather consistent, up to 50%.

“Thursday, November 25, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, and the day after that is known as “Black Friday,” or the day that pretty much everyone gets out of the house and goes crazy shopping at stores and malls throughout the country. It’s really much safer to stay inside and play video games,” revealed a member of the Xbox Community team.

“So if you don’t want to brave the crowds, then stay indoors and participate in our Xbox Thanksgiving Sales and Specials. From November 23-29, we have deep discounts on game add-ons, Zune movies, Xbox LIVE Arcade games, and avatar accessories. And on November 26, we’ll have a special list of Black Friday Discounts so be sure to check the site today, Thursday, and tomorrow.”

Major Nelson, the Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live put together a list with the week-long Thanksgiving discounts which are available until November 29th:

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GAMES ADD-ONS

- Splinter Cell Conviction Deniable Ops: Insurgency Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Alan Wake The Signal Regular Price: 560 Discount Price: 320 Savings: 43%

- Trials HD The Big Pack Regular Price: 400 Discount Price: 240 Savings: 40%

- Rock Band 3 - Lady Gaga Pack 01 Regular Price: 560 Discount Price: 280 Savings: 50%

- Rock Band 3 - Nirvana Pack 01 Regular Price: 880 Discount Price: 640 Savings: 27%

- Rock Band 3 - Nirvana Pack 02 Regular Price: 440 Discount Price: 240 Savings: 45%

GAMES

- Monkey Island: Special Edition Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Monkey Island 2 Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Puzzle Quest 2 Regular Price: 1200 Discount Price: 800 Savings: 33%

- Serious Sam TSE Regular Price: 1200 Discount Price: 600 Savings: 50%

- Zombie Apocalypse Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Portal: Still Alive Regular Price: 1200 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 67%

- VooDoo Dice Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Mega Man 10 Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Magic the Gathering Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

- Madden NFL Arcade Regular Price: 800 Discount Price: 400 Savings: 50%

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