PlayStation deals, anyone?
Following up from our predictions for Xbox's 2025 Black Friday sale, we're present digging into what could beryllium successful store for the bluish broadside of the console gamer.
PlayStation's past with Black Friday is historically... reasonably good. So, I'm expecting things to proceed successful a akin vein, and determination should beryllium a full batch for PS5 fans to get stuck into erstwhile the authoritative merchantability kicks off.
While we don't person immoderate authoritative details oregon commencement dates for the merchantability yet, I've utilized my galore years of acquisition and a spot of slippery speculation to circular retired a fewer tidy predictions connected what mightiness beryllium successful store for america during PlayStation's Black Friday merchantability successful 2025.
DualSense Controllers for $54 (confirmed)
This 1 seems beauteous evident to me. DualSense Controllers person been included successful the Black Friday income for the past 4 years, and I uncertainty this volition alteration for this year.
In presumption of the terms we tin expect, I'd wager that it'll beryllium precisely the aforesaid arsenic past year, arsenic we haven't seen immoderate further terms hikes connected the gamepads conscionable yet.

DualSense Edge Wireless Controller
If you request a reminder, during Black Friday the DualSense Controllers thin to driblet to $54.99 for the modular colour variants, and $59.99 for the peculiar variation colorways. That's a $20 discount overall, and I'd afloat expect this to beryllium the discount we spot again successful 2025. Update: This is confirmed, Walmart volition person DualSense Controllers from $54 for Black Friday.
There's been a fewer caller DualSense designs this year, including Ghost of Yotei and Icon Blue controllers, truthful it could beryllium a bully accidental to prime 1 of these up astatine a discount.
I'd besides wager we whitethorn spot a discount connected the DualSense Edge travel Black Friday, but to my surprise, it's already down to $159.99 close present astatine Amazon. Not atrocious astatine all!
PS5 Games
PlayStation's November merchantability is already live, with up to 80% disconnected a bully enactment of integer games close now.
That's not to beryllium confused with its Black Friday sale, which, by my champion guess, volition apt spell unrecorded connected November 21 (which is erstwhile the aforementioned Nov' merchantability ends).
But, for now, there's immoderate tidy discounts to see successful the meantime, including 55% disconnected Cyberpunk 2077, 20% disconnected Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and more.
For the due Black Friday sale, archetypal enactment wise, we'll beryllium keeping an oculus retired for discounts connected caller games similar Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2, some digitally and physically. DS2 was already down to $50 conscionable a fewer weeks ago, truthful that's a beauteous coagulated stake to get different discount.
Otherwise, I deliberation it we'll spot a batch of the accustomed suspects that person been popping up during merchantability events each year, including some The Last of Us games for PS5, God of War Raganrok, Spider-Man 2, and truthful on.
I'm expecting third-party savings to beryllium beauteous bully this twelvemonth arsenic well. These apt won't beryllium excessively disimilar to what I predicted for Xbox, truthful expect discounts crossed large releases similar Borderlands 4 (confirmed, and down to $47.99 already), your emblematic caller SEGA crippled discount (GameStop has confirmed this to beryllium Sonic Racing: Crossworlds for $45), and EA Sports FC 26, which is already down to $34.99.
Other apical 2025 games apt to spot further cuts see Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Split Fiction, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Civilization 7, and Elden Ring Nightreign. Each has already been discounted successful different income this year, truthful expect them to dip again.
What crippled would you similar to spot successful the Black Friday sales? Let america cognize successful the comments.
PS Plus Black Friday Deals
There was up to 30% disconnected PS Plus memberships during Black Friday 2024
The main woody item for PS Plus users past Black Friday, was 20% disconnected Essential, 25% disconnected Extra, 30% disconnected Premium, alongside a 25% disconnected Extra upgrade and 30% disconnected Premium upgrade.
- Essential was $63.99 (12 months)
- Extra was $101.24 (12 months)
- Premium was $111.99 (12 months)
We haven't seen immoderate terms hikes for PS Plus successful 2025, truthful I'm predicting that we volition spot an astir identical woody arsenic the supra erstwhile the income are live. But, it's besides worthy noting that 2 of the astir caller income connected PS Plus were somewhat different, truthful we whitethorn beryllium successful store for a surprise.
2025's Lunar New Year promotion (Feb 14 – Feb 24) included 25% disconnected Extra, 37% disconnected Premium, and 35% disconnected Premium upgrades, portion the 2025 Days of Play merchantability saw 20% disconnected Essential, 25% disconnected Extra, 33% disconnected Premium, and 33% disconnected Premium upgrades. If we PlayStation could lucifer its Lunar New Year sale, we could beryllium successful business. Let's hold and see.
PS5 and PS Portal
While Black Friday tends to beryllium reasonably affirmative for PlayStation fans, unfortunetly it has a so-so past with its console deals. Last twelvemonth was a spot of a dud, nary discounts connected the caller PS5 Pro (which, to beryllium fair, wasn't unexpected), and a reasonably unremarkable PS5 Slim Fornite bundle.
This twelvemonth could beryllium 1 for the past books, perchance astatine least. But, there's a fewer hurdles to overcome. Just similar everyone else, Sony has besides been dabbling successful terms hikes this year. Back successful August, the PS5 jumped successful terms by $50, rising to $549.99 for the disc version, integer $499.99, and Pro $749.99.
Just similar Xbox, this makes a console woody during Black Friday... somewhat little appealing than it could've been. Still, not each anticipation is lost. Any discount connected the PS5 Pro is simply a bully discount, successful my books, particularly arsenic it's already truthful costly successful the archetypal place. If it drops to astir $600-$650 successful the authoritative sales, I'd see this a bully deal.
I'd besides similar to spot the PS5 Slim driblet to $399 (disc), and $349 (digital), but this whitethorn beryllium wishful thinking. It's much apt we'll spot thing successful the scope of $449-$500, oregon a perchance a caller crippled bundle, judging by erstwhile years.
But, conscionable similar astir of of our different Black Friday gaming coverage, this comes with a large ol' but also!
Amazon's Resale deals person been a large item for gamers looking for a amended deal, and Black Friday is apt going to beryllium nary different. In the summertime we saw PS5 Pro consoles going for astir $500, PS5 Slim for astir $300, PlayStation Portal for $125, and more. The PS Portal has officially launched unreality streaming, truthful that's decidedly worthy keeping an oculus on.
The lone down broadside is that, since these deals are truthful excellent, they tin merchantability retired unbelievably fast. If you spot 1 connected merchantability (or get reminded by us), past you'd amended bargain it ASAP to debar Black Friday woody FOMO.
For those who miss out, determination volition inactive apt beryllium an authoritative woody to cheque out. It conscionable won't beryllium as good. So, support an oculus retired for both, and we'll beryllium definite to notify you arsenic good via our Black Friday coverage, oregon connected IGNDeals Twitter/X.
Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's nonmigratory deals adept connected games, collectibles, trading paper games, and more. You tin travel him @robertliam21 connected Twitter/X oregon Bluesky.
Originally posted:
Nov 18, 2025 10:02 am

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