Since Black Friday is arriving earlier this year, at some retail outlets, this would be a good time to see if you can't purchase that Xbox One or PlayStation 4 at reduced prices. This is what to expect from Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, and Gamestop as far as the price you should pay for a new Xbox One and PS4.
Best Buy
Best Buy has their ad prominently displayed with Black Friday Doorbusters with doors opening on Thanksgiving Thursday at 5 PM, then close at Friday 1 AM, then re-open at 8 AM.
The Sony PlayStation 4 will cost $299, and it will come with 500 GB plus Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. The Xbox One is the same price at $299, and this is the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Bundle. Controllers for the PS4 and Xbox One will both be $39.99, a deal of $20 off.
Another Xbox and PS4 deal include buying one hit game and get three months of Xbox Live or PlayStation Plus for $4.99. The hit games include Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider (only for Xbox One) and Fallout 4, Call of Duty Black Ops III, and Star Wars Battlefront (both available for the Xbox One and PS4).
Other Games will go on sale for $34.99 each including GTA V (Xbox One), Need for Speed (PS4), Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Xbox One), Metal Gear Sold V: The Phantom Pain (PS4), Forza Motorsport 6 (Xbox One), and Splatoon (Wii U). Some will go to $24.99 like Just Dance 2016 (Wii U), The Elder Scrolls Online (Xbox One), Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4), The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (Xbox One), Mad Max (PS4), and Mortal Kombat X (PS4). Games can get lower than that here.
Target
Doors open Thursday at 6:00 PM for Target with a lot of interesting deals and doorbusters.
The Xbox One will sell or $299.99 at Target with Gears of War digital download, but it will come with a Free $60 Gift Card. The PlayStation 4 500 GB console with free Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will sell for $299.99.
Games are very low, ranging from $15, $20, $25, to $35. There is a free $15 Gift Card with the purchase of Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Halo 5, Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Super Smash Brothers, Forza 6, and PGA Tour available for $49.99-$59.99.
Wal-Mart
As for Wal-Mart, their Black Friday starts at 6 PM, and there are quite a bit of deal.
The PlayStation 4 console with free Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will sell for $299.99, and at this point, it can be assumed it is the 500 GB edition. The Xbox One 500 GB Bundle with Gears of War will be $299, and has a 1-Hour guarantee in-store only. The controllers for the PS4 and Xbox One will sell for $39.99 each. These deals are similar to the ones at other stores, and games are also going down to $35, $25, $15, and $8.
Gamestop
It looks like GameStop's Black Friday is going to be Black Friday, as there doesn't look to be any plans to be open on Thanksgiving Day.
It looks like the prices for the Xbox One 500 GB Gears of War Ultimate Bundle, and the PlayStation 4 500 GB Uncharted Collection Bundle are the same price of $299.99, which matches what is offered at other retail outlets. It is also possible to save $50 on Xbox One 1 TB bundles, as well as a lot on games.
