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Updated Nov 6, 2026

Black Friday game consoles 2026: is the discount real?

All the game consoles tracked

  1. $90

    No history yet · today

  2. Microsoft

    Xbox Series X

    $748

    No history yet · today

  3. Nintendo

    Switch

    $329

    No history yet · today

  4. $119

    No history yet · today

  5. $550

    No history yet · today

  6. $529

    No history yet · today

  7. $499

    No history yet · today

  8. $324

    No history yet · today

  9. $336

    No history yet · today

  10. Nintendo

    Switch Lite

    $229

    No history yet · today

  11. $410

    No history yet · today

  12. $349

    No history yet · today

See all (28)
  1. $205

    No history yet · today

  2. $999

    No history yet · today

  3. $330

    No history yet · today

  4. $719

    No history yet · today

  5. $1,020

    No history yet · today

  6. $1,000

    No history yet · today

  7. Playstation

    PS5 Console

    $850

    No history yet · today

  8. $985

    No history yet · today

  9. $880

    No history yet · today

  10. $970

    No history yet · today

  11. $899

    No history yet · today

  12. $1,489

    No history yet · today

  13. $519

    No history yet · today

  14. $650

    No history yet · today

  15. $798

    No history yet · today

  16. $1,589

    No history yet · today

All the 28 game consoles the Radar tracks, with today’s price. On Nov 6, 2026, No game console confirms a drop against the 30-day median. Basis: the catalog’s price history.

Black Friday is on Nov 27, 2026. We track 28 game consoles.

After Black Friday, the same list stays live at Which game consoles have a real discount today?

When is Black Friday 2026?

  • Nov 27Black FridayFriday
  • Nov 30Cyber MondayMonday
  • 28Game consoles trackedprice collected every day

Black Friday falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November (Nov 26, 2026). Cyber Monday comes on the following Monday, Nov 30, 2026. Each store announces its own sale period on its website.

Date sources: U.S. federal law, 5 U.S.C. § 6103: Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday of November; Black Friday: the Friday after Thanksgiving (Wikipedia); Cyber Monday: the Monday after Thanksgiving (Wikipedia).

Is it worth buying game console on Black Friday?

It depends on the model, and the price history shows why. The Radar compares today’s price of each model with the model’s own 30-day median. The series shows what the price has done so far, not what each store will do on Nov 27, 2026. If a model is already below its own median, buying early doesn’t depend on the date; if it’s above, its page shows the history to compare.

Other products, like TVs, laptops and appliances: Black Friday: how to tell if the discount is real, on Radar of Products.

How to tell if the discount is real

  1. We save the price every day

    Each collection records the trusted-store price of each model, and the series becomes the history that serves as the benchmark.

  2. We compare with the median, not the "was" price

    The benchmark is the median of the model’s own price over the last 30 days. The "was" price the store crosses out is not used.

  3. We only call it a drop with enough history

    With 14 days or more of history and a price 5% or more below the median, the model goes into "Price really dropped".

By brand and by range

How to read these numbers

Black Friday falls on November 27, 2026. On November 6, 2026, the Radar tracks 28 models. The discount benchmark is the 30-day median of the model’s own price in the price history; the "was" price the store crosses out is not used. A confirmed drop requires enough history and 5% or more below the median.

Next step

See each game console on the price and score chart

Each point is a new game console, by price and spec score.

Frequently asked questions

When is Black Friday 2026?

On November 27, 2026, a Friday. It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November (Nov 26, 2026). Each store announces its own sale period on its website.

Is the Black Friday discount on game console real?

The only way to know is to compare with the same model’s history. The Radar compares today’s price with the median of the last 30 days for that game console in the price history and ignores the "was" price the store crosses out. On Nov 6, 2026, no model is 5% or more below the median, with enough history.

Is it worth waiting for Black Friday to buy game console?

It depends on the model. The Radar saves the price of each game console every day and compares it with the 30-day median. The series shows how the price has moved so far, not what the store will do on Nov 27, 2026.

When is Cyber Monday 2026?

On November 30, 2026, the Monday after Black Friday (Nov 27, 2026). The date comes from the calendar rule; each store announces its own sale period.

When does early Black Friday start?

Each store sets its own warm-up period and announces it on its website. The Radar only publishes a store’s date with an open source and, without one, shows the calendar rule: November 27, 2026. What matters to shoppers is the price, and the 30-day median shows whether it already dropped before the date.

Do prices go up before Black Friday?

It depends on the model, and only the series can answer. The Radar saves the price of each game console every day and compares today’s with the 30-day median: a price that rose in the previous days barely moves that median, because it uses the middle value of the series. The page for each game console shows the history of of the game console.

What is "Black Fraud" or "half of double"?

These are the popular names for a sale where the discount doesn’t hold up. The check is the same as on any day: compare today’s price with the same model’s history, not with the "was" price on the tag.

How does the Radar know the price dropped?

It saves the price of each model every day and compares today’s with the median of the last 30 days for the same game console. It only counts as a confirmed drop with enough history (14 days or more of history) and 5% or more below the median.

Which game consoles does the Radar track?

28 models of 6 brands, from $90 to $1,589 in Nov 6, 2026. The price is that of the product in the catalog, as listed by the store; the final price is the store's.

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Where the numbers come from

Lowest price seen for the product in the stores we read, on the day it was read, before sales tax. The history keeps one price per day. The median is the model’s own over the last 30 days, and it only counts with 3 records or more. A confirmed drop needs 14 days or more of history.

The price is the one collected on the date shown and changes without notice. The series shows what the price has done so far; it doesn’t predict the Black Friday price or say it’s time to buy.

Data from Nov 6, 2026.