Black Friday is still a week away, but Sony has already reduced the price of three PlayStation 5 models. The PS5 Digital Edition (Slim) is down to around $399 ($100 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart – its lowest price of the year. The standard PS5 (Slim) is also on sale for about $449 ($100 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy.
If you want a more powerful console, the PlayStation 5 Pro is now available at Amazon, Walmart, and Target for about $649 ($100 off), which is the lowest price we’ve ever seen. These deals are especially notable since Sony raised the price of each PS5 console in late August due to US-sanctioned tariffs. These deals are available now, and the sale will run until December 18th.
The PS5 Digital Edition is the least expensive version of Sony’s latest console. It has a slightly rearranged port configuration compared to the standard PS5, and lacks a disc drive, so you can only play digital games. If you want the option of playing physical games or Blu-rays, you can pick up an external disc drive designed to work with the system for $79.99. The PS5 Digital Edition comes with 1TB of internal storage, but if you run out of space you can replace its NVM M2.0 SSD with a higher-capacity drive. However, the PS5 will only work with drives that have a heatsink, like this variant of Samsung’s 2TB 980 Pro.
The standard PS5 Slim has the same basic design as the digital version of the system, but it has a built-in disc drive, so it can play physical games or Blu-rays right out of the box. The console is less expensive than the combined price of the PS5 Digital Edition and PlayStation external disc drive, so it’s a better option if you have a stack of PS5 games and movies ready to go.
As for the souped-up PlayStation 5 Pro, it features a better GPU, faster memory, better ray tracing, Wi-Fi 7 support, and AI-powered upscaling. These technical improvements allow it to play some games at higher resolutions or frame rates than the standard PS5, although no games are exclusive to it. Our reviewer didn’t notice any notable graphical improvements between playing the game on a PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro unless he sat more than 10 feet away from his TV. Additionally, only “PS5 Pro Enhanced” games can take full advantage of the console’s extra horsepower.
The console lacks an internal disc drive, but is compatible with external disc drives, similar to the PS5 Digital Edition. The PS5 Pro comes with 2TB of internal storage, which is double the amount you get in the non-Pro versions. You can still swap out the system’s internal SSD for a higher-capacity drive, but you won’t need it so soon.
Even more PlayStation Black Friday deals
Discounts on the PS5 console are the highlight of PlayStation’s Black Friday sale, but you can also find discounts on accessories. The selection includes the PlayStation Portal and PlayStation VR 2 bundles, both of which are at their lowest prices ever. The DualSense and more premium DualSense Edge controllers are also on sale for up to $30 off. These deals are available until December 18 or while stocks last.