1+ hour, 25+ min ago (600+ words) A new pair of PS5 Pro discounts have been discovered for Black Friday and they're the best deals on the console so far. Sony is offering some very generous price cuts on its PlayStation 5 consoles for Black Friday, which is going to make it an even more popular pick for Christmas gifts than it already is. While Sony has applied discounts to every model of the PlayStation 5, the PS5 Pro " the most powerful, and therefore most expensive, iteration " remains something of a hard sell. Its superior graphics and performance come at a price, but we've come across a brand new discount that's a lot more enticing than Sony's own Black Friday and sees the PS5 Pro's price drop by "110. Normally, the PS5 Pro costs a whopping "699.99, but Amazon is currently selling it at a 16% discount for "589.99. Amazon is also selling a console bundle that…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago (1593+ words) The Tuesday letters page has some interesting ideas for The Last Of Us Part 3, as one reader celebrates the joys of the PlayStation 2. Games Inbox is a collection of our readers" letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] No rushWith all these price cuts and no competition from Microsoft (the Xbox is going to get even more expensive?!) it"s obvious that the PlayStation 5 is going to be massive this Christmas, even with the Switch 2 in play. The thing is, the Switch 2 isn"t competition for Sony. It doesn"t play a lot of the same games and many people would be happy to own both. So Sony really has everything wrapped up, even more than they did already. This makes me wonder if the new component shortages are going to make them think…...

20+ hour, 52+ min ago (455+ words) The Black Friday sales for PS5 consoles and games has started, with Sony and others offering the biggest discounts of the year. After announcing its Black Friday plans earlier this week, Sony's slate of bargains across PlayStation 5 consoles and games is officially now live. The main attraction is the discounts across PlayStation 5 hardware, with the digital edition (without a disc drive) being reduced by a massive "135 to "294.99. Considering the console originally launched at "359.99, prior to two price hikes, it's a big saving. The standard PlayStation 5 console, with a disc drive, is "90 off at "389.99, similar to prior discounts. Plus, if you're in the market for the more powerful PS5 Pro, that is "90 off too, at a still-whopping "609.99. There are also savings across multiple console bundles. The Fortnite Flowering Chaos edition, complete with exclusive PlayStation cosmetics and 1,000 V-Bucks, is "389.99 and "294.99 for the standard and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (618+ words) Microsoft is preparing another price increase for the Xbox Series X/S according to an insider, due to the rising costs of components. Despite launching over five years ago, the Xbox Series X/S has never been more expensive than it is today. Microsoft's console originally launched at "449 for the Xbox Series X and "249 for the Xbox Series S in November 2020, but despite being a massive sales flop, both console variants have risen in price in the UK by "50. If you're in the US, the increases are even worse, with the Xbox Series X going up by $150 overall. These hikes aren't exclusive to Microsoft consoles, with Sony's PlayStation 5 being similarly impacted by US tariffs, but the Xbox Series X/S might be subject to another price jump soon, due to the rising costs of components. This all stems from an…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (779+ words) With this year's Call Of Duty underperforming to a worrying degree, a reader worries what that means for Activision and the future of Xbox. Normally I'd claim that I'm pretty neutral in terms of Xbox versus PlayStation, but I have to say there is a part of me that is very glad to find out that you can't buy success. Microsoft has been in the games business for almost 25 years now and it seems fair to say that it has not gone all that well for them. Whether they abandon hardware or not really doesn't matter at this stage, because nobody is buying the Xbox Series X anyone. Their games have gone multiformat, and they've had a good line-up this year, and yet I read that they haven't had a game nominated for Game of the Year at The Game…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago (577+ words) With all PS5 models currently enjoying a major price cut, a reader tries to answer the difficult question of whether they're worth it. There's not many film franchises where the fifth one is the best, not unless you're a big fan of Attack of the Clones or Friday the 13th Part V. Instead, what you usually get by that point is a lot of nostalgia, a lot of repetition of old ideas, and maybe a half-hearted attempt to do something new that falls on its face. The PlayStation 5 isn't nearly that bad, it's more like a mid-level James Bond film, where you still enjoy the formula even though you know it's not really trying properly. Except, obviously, consoles aren't movies and even when it's underachieving the PlayStation 5 can't help but be an amazing piece of hardware. The DualSense is probably it in terms…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago (452+ words) Sony's Black Friday sale for PS5 consoles and games is officially live, but there are some bigger discounts at other retailers. After announcing its Black Friday plans earlier this week, Sony's slate of bargains across PlayStation 5 consoles and games is officially now live . The main attraction is the discounts across PlayStation 5 hardware, with the digital edition (without a disc drive) being reduced by a massive "135 to "294.99. Considering the console originally launched at "359.99, prior to two price hikes, it's a big saving. The standard PlayStation 5 console, with a disc drive, is "90 off at "389.99, similar to prior discounts. Plus, if you're in the market for the more powerful PS5 Pro, that is "90 off too, at a still-whopping "609.99. There are also savings across multiple console bundles. The Fortnite Flowering Chaos edition, complete with exclusive PlayStation cosmetics and 1,000 V-Bucks, is "389.99 and "294.99 for the standard and digital…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago (565+ words) Here at Metro HQ, we pride ourselves on finding you the absolute best bargains all year long, especially when Black Friday hits." We've lived (and worked) through several Cyber Week sales, but we have to admit we have never seen a deal as good as H. Samuel's price cut on the Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 smart watch. This incredible fitness smart watch has been slashed by half price in the longstanding jewellery brand's sale, as the price drops from "769.99 down to "369.99. We can't believe it either! Fitted with a 47mm AMOLEd display that tracks your fitness goals, step count, heart rate, as well as the time. This watch can be synced to your Spotify playlist, receive messages and calls, which makes it a multi-purpose smart device that caters to every shopper's needs. IT also boasts 16 days of battery life." An excellent pick…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1525+ words) The Friday letters page is starting to believe that Half-Life 3 is real, as one reader lays out who he thinks should win The Game Awards 2025. Games Inbox is a collection of our readers" letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] Less for moreSeeing the reaction to Steam Machine being closer to PC in price than console, and how desperate people are for the current Black Friday savings on PlayStation 5, I think it"s fair to say that consoles, and video game hardware in general, has got too expensive for the average person. We all complain about the cost of games but at least there"s ways round that in terms of sales and buying physical. With a console you"re stuck with an up front cost you can rarely do much about, except maybe…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago (747+ words) Xbox has hosted a surprisingly worthwhile third party showcase, with a release date for Reanimal but surprisingly no mention of Silent Hill 2. There have been so many lamentable trends in gaming this year that some of the more minor issues have been pushed to the sidelines. But it sure is a shame that Nintendo Direct style online showcases are no longer the exciting preview events they used to be. The ones from Sony and Nintendo this year have been largely uninteresting, whether the games featured are good or not, and while Xbox has probably had the best of it, you always have to put up with the increasingly unpalatable execs and their disingenuous promises. Announced out of the blue just a few days ago, no one was expecting much from Thursday evening's Xbox Partner Preview, but it was actually pretty…...