A wireless Xbox controller now comes with a $50 gift card attached, and the price still works out cheaper than buying the controller alone.
Newegg is selling Microsoft's wireless Xbox controller in black bundled with a $50 digital Xbox gift card for $80 total. The controller alone typically costs $50 to $60 depending on the color, so the bundle effectively prices it around $30 once you factor in the gift card's value. It connects over Bluetooth to Xbox consoles, PCs, Steam Deck, and other handhelds that support docking, and it includes a headphone jack plus swappable AA batteries for power. It lacks Hall effect thumbsticks, but it's still, by most accounts, Microsoft's best midrange controller yet.
Retailers often pair hardware with store credit instead of a straight price cut - a tactic that may help them work around minimum-advertised-price agreements with manufacturers while still passing savings to shoppers. That math favors buyers who already spend inside the Xbox ecosystem, on Game Pass, DLC, or digital titles, since the $50 credit is future spending, not cash back.
It's a good deal if you were already going to buy Xbox credit; if you weren't, you've just been upsold a controller.