htc-vive-scatterMicrosoft’s after-holiday sale has one of the best HTC Vive deals we’ve seen yet, offering $100 off of the headset’s original price along with an additional $100 gift card to the Microsoft Store.

Various stores have been offering $100 off of the HTC Vive in sales sporadically throughout the holiday season, but now Microsoft is doubling down on the offer with a $100 discount and throwing in a $100 gift card.

The $100 HTC Vive discount brings the VR system down from $800 to $700. Your purchase will also come with a $100 gift card to the Microsoft Store, which sells a wide variety of electronics from the company and beyond, and you’ll get free shipping. The deal also the same game bundle that comes with most Vive purchases, which includes The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed and Zombie Training Simulator

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If you’re looking for an Oculus Rift instead, Microsoft is also offering a $100 gift card with the headset, but you’ll pay the Rift’s usual $600 price. You could put the gift card toward the Oculus Touch controllers which Microsoft also sells.

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