Monday, November 19, 2018

Black Friday 2018: best video game deals for Xbox and PlayStation

There’s no better time to take the plunge on a new game console or finally pick up a game you’ve been reading and watching YouTube videos about for months than Black Friday. Typically, every major retailer, as well as the game publishers and console makers, has a handful of solid deals on hardware, software, and accessories. This year, there are especially good deals on Sony’s PlayStation 4 Slim, the whole Xbox lineup, and a number of the year’s biggest games.

The current console generation’s life cycle is projected to come to a close around 2020, which makes this year’s deals especially attractive, considering the devices likely won’t see another equally dramatic price drop until the formal announcement of Microsoft and Sony’s new hardware, which are likely to be shown off around 2020 or 2021. Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch remains full price at $299, save one Best Buy bundle and one eBay one, and we can expect that to hold through the holidays with the launch of the new Super Smash Bros. Thankfully, you can put any money you may have been saving for a Switch toward a fair number of PS4 or Xbox games.

Most of these deals kick off on Wednesday or Thursday and stick around through Cyber Monday. But GameStop’s actually began yesterday, and pretty much all of them can be purchased online instead of being in-store only. Here are the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, GameStop, Microsoft, Newegg, Target, and Walmart.

Amazon

Starting 11/23:

Check out the rest of Amazon’s Black Friday deals here.

Best Buy

Starting November 22nd:

Starting November 23rd:

Check out the rest of Best Buy’s Black Friday deals here

GameStop

Check out the rest of GameStop’s Black Friday deals here.

eBay

Available later this week:

Red Dead Redemption 2 + Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Xbox One) is $69.99 (usually $119.99)

Check out the rest of eBay’s Black Friday deals here.

Green Man Gaming

Starting 11/22:

Microsoft Store

Check out the rest of Microsoft Store’s Black Friday deals here.

Newegg

Starting November 21st:

Starting November 22nd:

Check out the rest of Newegg’s Black Friday deals here.

Target

Starting November 22nd:

  • PS4 Slim with Spider-Man will be $199.99 (usually $299.99)
  • PlayStation VR bundle will be $249.99 (usually $349.99)
  • Nintendo Switch bundle with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be $299.99 (usually $359.99)
  • Nintendo 2DS with Super Mario Maker will be $79.99
  • PS4 and Xbox One wireless controllers will be $39.99 (usually $59.99)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be $45 (usually $59.99)
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, Soul Calibur VI, and more, will be $35
  • God of War, Far Cry 5, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and more, will be $25

Check out the rest of Target’s Black Friday deals here.

Walmart

Starting November 21st:

Check out the rest of Walmart’s Black Friday deals here.

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