Best PS5 Black Friday Deals 2026

A second DualSense is the PS5 purchase that suits the most readers. Anyone who plays with family or friends needs one, and it is the PlayStation item Amazon discounts most reliably. Many PS5 games are designed around its haptics and adaptive triggers. It sits at rank 1 because Amazon had no console at a fair price when we checked; if that changes, a console moves to the top.

Stick drift is the long-standing complaint, with Push Square among the outlets reporting it. The DualSense Edge below has replaceable sticks if that worries you.

At about $74 from Amazon, it costs what it has sold for over the past 90 days. It dropped to $54 on Thanksgiving last year, and that is the price we would wait for.

The Portal is the accessory PS5 owners ask about most, and it is more useful now than at launch. Since late 2025 it can stream some PS Plus Premium games from the cloud without a PS5, and the March 2026 update added a sharper 1080p streaming mode. TechRadar's updated review says the cloud update made it better than ever. It suits anyone who shares the living room TV or wants to play in bed.

It is still a streaming device, not a handheld. Weak Wi-Fi ruins it, and it plays audio only through PS Link or a wired headset, so Bluetooth earbuds will not work. The Pulse Explore below is the obvious match.

At about $249 from Amazon, it is at its usual price. Last year it fell to about $179 in the week before Black Friday.

This is the clearest saving on the page as we checked it. At about $128 from Amazon, the Pulse Explore is roughly $47 under its typical price of the past 90 days and at its lowest price of the past year. TechRadar said it could only recommend these earbuds at sale prices, and this is one.

Tom's Guide found they sound better than the Pulse Elite headset, and 91mobiles credited the in-ear seal for fuller bass. They connect over PS Link and Bluetooth at once, so you can take a call on your phone while playing on a Portal. That makes them the audio pick for Portal owners.

The battery is the weak point: Tom's Guide found it short, and the controls take learning. If you play long sessions, the Pulse Elite lasts much longer.

The Edge is for competitive players and anyone who has already thrown away a drifting DualSense. Press Start called the replaceable stick modules its biggest strength: when a stick wears out, you swap the module instead of the controller. The back buttons and trigger stops help in shooters, and TechRadar described it as the best controller made slightly better.

The battery is the problem. Tom's Guide and GamesRadar+ both said it runs out much sooner than the standard DualSense, and GamesRadar+ wanted more than two back buttons. Casual players get more from a standard DualSense.

At about $199 from Amazon, it is at its usual price and not a deal. It dropped to about $160 in mid-November last year, which is where it starts to make sense.

SoundGuys recommends the Pulse Elite for PS5, and its testing found about 49 hours from a charge, far beyond the Pulse Explore. The planar drivers give it detailed sound, the boom mic retracts out of sight, and it connects to a PS5 or Portal and a phone at the same time.

Comfort is the open question. TechRadar called it a superb PS5 headset, but Gizmodo found it uncomfortable and SoundGuys noted loose earcups and weak isolation. Try it within the return window.

We would not buy it now. At about $150 it is a few dollars under its typical price of the past 90 days, but the seller was a third party, not Amazon, and it sold for $109 at the end of May. Sony's new $99.99 Pulse Wireless Headset launches November 19, and Push Square calls it the Elite's successor. Wait for either a clearance price on the Elite or reviews of the new model.

The Disc Drive is for owners of a slim PS5 Digital Edition or a PS5 Pro who want to play discs: used and sale games, or 4K Blu-ray films. It snaps onto either console, and Tom's Guide found fitting it easy. You need an internet connection once to pair it.

If you have not bought a console yet, buy the disc model instead. Tom's Guide pointed out that the drive costs more than the gap between the two consoles, so adding it later is the expensive route.

At about $79 from Amazon, it has not sold for less at any point in the past year. Do not expect a Black Friday cut; buy it when you need it and it is in stock.