Sony is skipping hardware price cuts for the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro this Black Friday, breaking from last year’s strategy of bundling a Fortnite machine at a one-hundred-dollar discount, pushsquare.com reported.
The console manufacturer instead detailed a series of peripheral price reductions beginning on November 16, 2026, alongside a new PlayStation Plus promotion launching on Sunday, according to pushsquare.com.
The company will offer twenty dollars off the standard PS5 DualSense Controller until December 7, 2026, and thirty dollars off the DualSense Edge Controller until December 14, 2026, pushsquare.com reported.
Additional hardware promotions include forty dollars off the Pulse Elite Wireless Headset, thirty dollars off the Pulse Explore Wireless Earbuds, fifty dollars off a twenty-seven-inch gaming monitor with a DualSense charging hook, and thirty dollars off the PS5 Access Controller, according to pushsquare.com.
Headset and VR price cuts
The PlayStation VR2 headset receives the steepest reduction of the hardware event at one hundred dollars off, pushsquare.com reported.
Physical software copies will also see promotions, including Marvel’s Wolverine, Saros, Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition, and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, according to pushsquare.com.
PlayStation Plus subscribers residing in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom can save an additional five percent on sale prices when ordering through PlayStation Direct, pushsquare.com reported.
GTA 6 launch timing
The absence of console discounts coincides with the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto 6, which arrives on November 19, 2026, with blog.playstation.com noting that the title plays best on the platform.
Participation in the hardware sales varies by region, with commentators noting that PlayStation VR2 inventory is currently difficult to locate on the storefront, while Target reintroduced the Nova Pink DualSense controller as an exclusive on November 12, pushsquare.com reported.
The hardware promotions run for two weeks following their launch on November 16, 2026, alongside the ongoing PlayStation Store Black Friday sale, pushsquare.com reported.
