Black Friday Gaming Deals 2026: PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC

Gaming deals published so far

Black Friday gaming deals for 2026 had barely started when we checked on 31 October. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo had not announced Black Friday sales on their own sites: PlayStation's site and Nintendo's store were still running Halloween game sales, and Xbox Wire had no Black Friday post. The big retailers had published their sale dates but not their console prices. This page separates what has been announced from what has not, and we add each platform's sale when it appears on its own site.

Costco's page, read on 31 October 2026, says its savings cannot be combined with other offers and that Costco.com prices may be higher than warehouse prices. We do not put last year's console prices in the table: a 2025 price is not a 2026 offer.

When gaming deals start at each store

All stores' dates are in our guide to when Black Friday starts at each store.

PS5 and PS5 Pro Black Friday deals

Consoles and bundles

No store had published a 2026 Black Friday PS5 or PS5 Pro price on 31 October. When retailers publish console bundles, the table above gets a row for each, with the bundle contents and the store's dates. Check which model a bundle uses (standard, Digital Edition or Pro) and what is in the box, because bundles with the same price can include different games or storage.

PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus

PlayStation's own site showed Halloween discounts on games at PlayStation Store on 31 October. Digital game sales and PlayStation Plus offers come from Sony itself, so we list them only once they appear on PlayStation's site, with the terms (for example, whether a subscription offer is for new members only). The PlayStation Blog asks visitors to confirm their age, which our tools do not bypass, so facts we can only find there are left out.

Xbox Series X and Series S deals

Consoles

Xbox Wire, Microsoft's news site for Xbox, had no Black Friday post on 31 October. Retailers' Xbox console prices will go into the table once they are published.

Game Pass

Game Pass offers change often, and some are tied to other services: Xbox Wire's headlines on 31 October included one about Game Pass coming to eligible T-Mobile customers. Before you buy a discounted Game Pass code or plan, check which tier it is and whether the price renews at a higher rate.

Nintendo Switch deals

Switch 2 and Switch

Nintendo's US site lists games for both Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Switch. No retailer had published a Black Friday price for either console on 31 October. When bundles appear, check whether they are Switch 2 or Switch bundles, since the two consoles are sold side by side.

My Nintendo Store digital sales

Nintendo's sales page showed its "Screaming Deals" Halloween sale on select digital games on 31 October. Nintendo publishes its own digital sales on that page, so that is where its Black Friday sale will show its dates and the games included.

Gaming PC and gaming monitor deals

The one gaming PC with a published Black Friday saving on 31 October is at Costco: the CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme desktop with a GeForce RTX 5060 8GB graphics card, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, with $300 off from 27 to 30 November, in warehouses and online. Before you buy any gaming PC on sale, check:

• The graphics card: the exact model and its memory (8GB on the Costco machine). It matters more for games than any other part.
• The processor and memory: check the processor model and the amount of RAM in the listing; the Costco machine has 32GB.
• Storage: 1TB fills up fast with large games, so check whether there is room for a second drive.
• The monitor: a desktop needs one. Check the refresh rate and resolution, so the screen matches what the graphics card can drive.

Our Newegg page lists offers from Newegg, which sells PC parts and gaming PCs. Its Black Friday page did not open for our tools on 31 October, so its 2026 offers are not in the table yet.

New games this season and what bundles include

Two big releases shape this season's bundles. Xbox Wire says Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on 19 November, the same day Best Buy's 10 days of Black Friday deals begin. Best Buy's holiday calendar also names Grand Theft Auto VI and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time among the new games in its stores. If a console bundle includes a new game, check whether it is a disc or a download code, which edition it is, and whether the code has an expiry date.

Bundle or console alone: how to compare

A bundle is only a saving if you wanted everything in it. To compare:

1. Write down the bundle price and the console model it includes.
2. Add the store's price for the same console alone and for each game or accessory in the box.
3. Subtract the bundle price from that total. If the difference is small, or you would not have bought the extra game, buy the console alone.
4. Check the storage size, since games take a lot of space and extra storage costs money.

Our guide Are Black Friday deals real? explains how to check whether a "was" price is a real former price.

Price match and returns on consoles

Before you buy games or download codes as gifts, read the store's return terms for opened games and digital codes on the product page.

How we check these deals

We read Sony's, Microsoft's and Nintendo's own sites and each store's Black Friday, newsroom and help pages from a US server, and we list only what they publish, with the date we read it: 31 October 2026 for this version. We do not use last year's prices or predictions, and we do not review games or hardware.

We update this guide through November as the platforms and stores announce their sales. All Black Friday offers we track are on our Black Friday deals page, Cyber Monday offers are on the Cyber Monday page, and our other guides are in the Black Friday hub, including early Black Friday deals. This guide is written by the SavingArena Editorial Team.