Ubisoft has lowered the price of the base game to $20 on Steam and uplay. I think this extends to consoles as well but I can't check it.
Edit. Looks like it's only for PC and it's been dubbed the Starter Edition. It's a little different from the standard edition of the game. You start off with 2 randomly unlocked operators taken from a pool of Rook, Sledge, Ash, Fuze, Mute, and Smoke. Any combination of of those ops is a good place to start. You also get 600 R6 credits good for unlocking another 2 operators. You have access to everything that the standard edition has include t-hunt and situations. It's also compatible with the season pass which might be a nice alternative if you want to unlock the most expensive operators immediately.
The biggest difference between the two versions is how you unlock operators. In the standard version you unlock the base operators on an escalating scale of renown for each CTU. In the starter edition the base operators all cost 12,500 Renown.
Full FAQ can be found here:
https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/faqs/0...er-Edition-FAQ