The PlayStation 5 Slim and Pro are on sale for Black Friday

Black Friday is still a week away, but Sony has already slashed the price of three PlayStation 5 models. The PS5 Digital Edition (slim) is down to around $399 ($100 off) — its lowest price of the year — at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. The standard PS5 (slim) is also on sale for around $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 around $649 ($100 off), which is its lowest price yet. These deals are particularly notable because Sony increased the price of every PS5 console in late August due to U.S.-sanctioned tariffs. These deals are available now and the sale runs until December 18.

The PS5 Digital Edition is the cheapest version of Sony’s latest console. It has a slightly rearranged port configuration compared to the standard PS5 and doesn’t have a disc drive, so you can only play digital games. If you want the option to play physical games or Blu-rays, you can get an external disc drive designed to work with the system for $79.99. The PS5 Digital Edition comes with 1TB of internal storage, but you can replace its NVM M2.0 SSD with a larger capacity drive if you’re short on space. However, the PS5 will only work with a drive that has a heatsink, like this variant of Samsung’s 2TB 980 Pro.

The standard PS5 Slim has the same basic design as the Digital Edition of the system, but has a built-in disc drive, allowing it to play physical games or Blu-rays right out of the box. The console is cheaper than the combined price of a PS5 Digital Edition and the PlayStation External Disc Drive, so it’s a better choice if you have a stack of PS5 games and movies ready to go.

As for the improved PlayStation 5 Pro, it has a better GPU, faster memory, improved ray tracing, Wi-Fi 7 support, and AI-powered upscaling. These technical improvements allow it to play certain games at higher resolutions or frame rates than a standard PS5, although no games are exclusive to it. Our reviewer didn’t notice a noticeable graphical improvement between playing a game on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, unless sitting within 10 feet of their TV. Additionally, only “PS5 Pro Enhanced” games can take full advantage of the console’s extra power.

The console does not have an internal disc drive, but is compatible with the same external disc drive as the PS5 Digital Edition. The PS5 Pro also comes with 2TB of internal storage, double the amount you’ll find in the non-Pro versions. You can always replace the system’s internal SSD with a higher capacity drive, but you may not need it as quickly.

Even more PlayStation Black Friday deals

PS5 console discounts are the main attraction of PlayStation’s Black Friday sale, but you can also get a discount on accessories. The selection includes PlayStation Portal and a PlayStation VR 2 bundle, both of which are at their lowest prices ever. The DualSense and higher-end DualSense Edge controllers are also on sale, with up to $30 off. These deals are also available until December 18 – or until they’re in stock.