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Black Friday sales are here on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and more
Black Friday is the prime time of the year for spending your hard-earned money either for yourself or loved ones during the holidays. While sales happen year-round and July’s Amazon Prime Day has become a mini Black Friday in its own right, nothing quite measures up the impact and chaos around Black Friday and its subsequent online-only follow-up sale, Cyber Monday. Currently, Black Friday deals are already live at many retailers despite the day itself not coming until later this week, post-Thanksgiving, so now is as good a time as any to dive into all of the sales.
So what kind of gaming deals can we expect this year? At this point, all major retailers have released their Black Friday ads, including Amazon, GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, and Target, and as noted above, many of those sales are actually live right now, providing more than a week of deals (though you can expect some of the best offers to sell out). The big publishers–Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft–have all confirmed their official Black Friday 2019 deals, which will be available at most major retailers ahead of Black Friday. That’s on top of their respective digital store sales; PS4’s PSN and Xbox One’s Xbox Live sales are already live, with the Switch Eshop sale expected to begin sometime this week.
Below, you’ll find the best gaming deals confirmed so far for Black Friday 2019. This includes console bundles for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch; console and PC accessories; gaming subscriptions like PlayStation Plus; and some of the year’s best games–even Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, released just last month, is on sale at a surprisingly steep discount.
Please note that not all of the following products have listings yet on retailers’ sites. Those links will be added as soon as they’re available. For reference, here’s when each retailer’s Black Friday sale kicks off.
Black Friday 2019 start times
- Walmart
- Online: Early deals begin November 24 at 12 AM ET. Official Black Friday deals begin November 27 at 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET.
- In stores: Thanksgiving Day, November 28 at 6 PM local time
- Best Buy
- Online: Thanksgiving Day, November 28 (unknown time)
- In stores: Thanksgiving Day, November 28 at 5 PM local time
- Target
- Online: Thanksgiving morning, November 28
- In stores: Thanksgiving Day, November 28 at 5 PM local time
- GameStop
- Online: Early deals begin November 24. Official Black Friday deals begin Wednesday, November 27 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
- In stores: Thanksgiving Day, November 28 at 3 PM local time
- Amazon
- November 22 to November 29