Sony recently unveiled a “Play Has No Limits | PS5” ad promoting a special holiday price for the PlayStation 5 Slim (Digital) at $379.99. The deal, set to run through Black Friday and expire after December 24, 2024, served as official confirmation of a significant PS5 Black Friday offer.
However, the original YouTube video has since been removed and replaced with a new “Play Has No Limits” trailer that omits any mention of potential sale details, leaving questions about the promotion unanswered. We managed to capture a screenshot of the details before the video was removed, which you can see below.
Reducing its price from $449.99 to $379.99—a $70 discount—this offer provides a significant saving on the console, making it one of the most attractive PlayStation deals currently available.
Regarding the PS5 Slim Disc Edition, which typically retails for $499.99, there has been no official announcement of a price reduction. However, given the discount on the Digital Edition, it’s reasonable to anticipate potential deals on the Disc Edition during the Black Friday period as well.
As of this article’s publication, Sony has yet to reconfirm the original video or the holiday pricing for the PS5 Slim. However, with Black Friday sales already underway at retailers like Walmart, another official announcement could be on the horizon.
PS5 Slim: What We Said in Our Review
In our PS5 Slim review, we said: “PlayStation 5 more than holds its own. While Xbox Series X can rightfully claim to be the most powerful console out there, features like blisteringly quick loading times for native PS5 games and a well-considered UI continue to make Sony’s console a pleasure to use.”
“The new Slim model takes less space in your entertainment console while offering internal storage on par with the Xbox Series X, and it’s easily upgradable too. The DualSense controller continues to deliver phenomenal experiences when games are designed around it, and peripherals like the PSVR2 and PS Portal, while optional, offer additional ways to take advantage of the power of the PS5.”
“Years of PlayStation 5 have been filled with excellent first-party games like God of War Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2, and Returnal, all of which have showcased the power of Sony’s new-gen console, giving us a taste of what to expect as we enter the second half of the PS5’s life cycle.”
There’s been plenty of speculation about what PlayStation fans might expect this Black Friday, including the possibility of a discount or bundle deal for the PS5 Pro. Alongside hardware deals, we’ve also considered which games are likely to see price drops soon.
In other Black Friday news, Nintendo has also recently announced its sale plans for Black Friday, with discounts on Tears of the Kingdom, Joy-Con controllers, and more confirmed to be on sale in the coming days.
When Is Black Friday 2024?
The actual date of Black Friday in 2024 falls on November 29 this year, but the deals season will begin a lot sooner than that. Leading up to the big event, retailers will begin to open deals online. This usually starts in the last week of October, just before Halloween. Each week leading up to the event will slowly roll out more deals, which ultimately leads to massive discounts on Black Friday. Retailers will not reveal their biggest Black Friday deals until the big day, but most general deals will be available well in advance.
Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.
