The PS5 Pro is on sale for $100 off for the next few weeks thanks to PlayStation’s Black Friday Sale, which is live now at PlayStation Direct, Amazon, and several other major retailers. Normally $750, PlayStation’s most powerful game console is available for $649 through December 18. The $649 price matches the best price ever for the PS5 Pro. The only other time it received an official price cut was for PlayStation Days of Play in May/June.
If you’re in the market for a PlayStation console this holiday but want a more affordable option, the promotion includes $100 discounts on the Ghost of Yotei PS5 Slim Bundle, a bundle with NBA 2K26, and two new bundles with exclusive in-game content in Fortnite.
Quick look: Black Friday PS5 Console Deals
$649 (was $750) | Black Friday Deal
Out of the box, the PS5 Pro is a digital-only console, so you’ll need to purchase the official Disc Drive if you want to play physical PS5 and PS4 games.
The PS5 Pro’s larger GPU is 45% faster at rendering and supports enhanced visual technology like AI-driven upscaling and advanced ray-tracing to produce more realistic lighting. Along with graphics and processing upgrades, the console doubles the storage size to 2TB.
The console has a slightly modified look with wider black stripes running across the top and bottom covers. If you prefer to place your consoles upright like the image above, you’ll need to buy PlayStation’s Vertical Stand for $30, as the stand isn’t included with the PS5 Pro or PS5 Slim. It comes with a standard white DualSense Controller, HDMI cable, AC power cord, a horizontal console stand, and the pre-installed pack-in game Astro’s Playroom.
Check out the PS5 Pro deal at:
$79
As mentioned, the PS5 Pro does not come with an optical drive, so you’ll need to buy PlayStation’s official Disc Drive attachment to play physical PS5 and PS4 games on the high-powered console.
Unfortunately, the Disc Drive isn’t on sale right now, but it is readily available for $79 at Amazon and Walmart.
Just like on the original PS5 and PS5 Slim, the PS5 Pro can be toggled between Performance and Quality modes in PlayStation Studios games as well as many third-party titles. It varies by game, but in general the strengths of each mode are markedly improved on PS5 Pro. Quality mode is capable of hitting true 4K (2160p) for supported games and boasts better lighting, shadows, and ray-tracing.
In Performance Mode, the upscaling tech allows games to hit higher refresh rates without as noticeable of a drop in resolution. Some games have dedicated graphical upgrades for PS5 Pro, including Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Baldur’s Gate 3. It is worth noting, however, that some games have more issues running on the PS5 Pro, including The Outer Worlds 2, Star Wars Outlaws, Silent Hill 2 Remake, and Star Wars: Jedi Survivor.
The 2TB SSD is fairly significant when you consider 1TB NVMe SSDs of comparable quality typically retail for $100 and up–though there are some great Black Friday storage deals right now. Even so, if you were to buy a 1TB PS5 Slim Digital and a separate SSD, you’d spend around $500.
The PS5 Pro comes with a standard white DualSense Controller; additional controllers for multiplayer can be purchased at $20 discounts during the sale, including numerous recently released Limited Edition DualSense such as the Icon Blue, Astro Bot Joyful, God of War, Ghost of Yotei Gold and Black, and Death Stranding 2 editions. You can also save $30 on PlayStation’s premium DualSense Edge Controller, the PlayStation Portal Remote Player, and the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain Bundle.
PS5 Limited Edition DualSense Controller Black Friday Deals:
As mentioned, PlayStation’s Black Friday Sale also includes the new Ghost of Yotei PS5 Slim Bundles. The model with black artwork is exclusive to PlayStation Direct, while the edition with gold accents is available at major retailers for $499 (was $600).
