"The PS5 launched in 2022 and maintained strict pricing for years, with Sony rarely offering any meaningful discounts even during major shopping events. This marks the first year the console sees genuine Black Friday price cuts, and these deals appear exclusively on Amazon. The PS5 Slim with disc drive drops to $449 from $549, while the Digital Edition hits $399 instead of $499."
"The $449 disc drive version plays physical game discs and 4K Blu-ray movies and gives you flexibility in how you buy games: You can purchase used games, borrow from friends, sell titles you've finished, or take advantage of retail sales that often beat digital pricing. The physical media option preserves your ability to own games rather than licensing them digitally, which matters when publishers remove titles from digital stores."
The PS5 Slim receives its first meaningful Black Friday discounts, with Amazon listing the Disc Drive model at $449 (down from $549) and the Digital Edition at $399 (down from $499). Both prices are 2025 all-time lows and inventory moves quickly after years without significant discounts. The disc model supports physical game discs and 4K Blu-ray movies, enabling used purchases, borrowing, resale, and outright ownership of titles. The Digital Edition removes the disc drive, saves $50, relies on PlayStation Store downloads and digital sales, and supports console game sharing while losing resale value. Both models share identical internal hardware with a custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU supporting ray tracing, up to 4K at 120 fps, and variable refresh rate.
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