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The Best Black Friday Video Game Console Deals
With Black Friday approaching, retailers are announcing post-Thanksgiving deals for video game consoles. Many are offering the same basic price, $299 for an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 console.
But they are putting together packages with a variety of bundled games and gift cards. There are deals on the Wii U with Nintendo’s most popular games of the season. And some retailers are also offering packages that include controllers and other accessories.
If you’re in the market for a new gaming machine, here are some of the best deals being offered; none is available until Black Friday.
Nintendo
Nintendo’s Wii U isn’t as powerful or popular as the Xbox One or PlayStation 4. But there are a ton of family-friendly games for the console. And with Nintendo releasing games like “Bayonetta 2,” “Super Smash Bros.,” and “Splatoon,” there are definitely reasons to go shopping, even if you already own a console.
Walmart is offering a $249 Wii U bundle that includes “Super Smash Bros.” and “Splatoon.” Toys “R” Us is offering a similar package for $280.
Want to go portable this holiday season? The New Nintendo 3DS XL will be available for $179 at GameStop, while Walmart will have the older 3DS XL bundled with “Super Mario 3D Land” for $129.
Sony
Sony’s holiday bundles are great for a wide variety of gamers. Stealth games for strategy fans, shooting games for sci-fi buffs, and remastered classics for a bit of high-definition nostalgia.
Target, Toys “R” Us, GameStop, Best Buy, Sam’s Club, and Walmart are offering a $299 PS4 bundle, which includes the “Uncharted Collection,” a remastered version of the first three “Uncharted” games. Meijer is offering the same deal, but bundling it with a $50 gift card.
Amazon is offering an even better bundle for $349: a PS4 with the “Uncharted Collection,” “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate,” and “Final Fantasy Type-0 HD.”
If you want to play in a galaxy far, far away, Best Buy has a $349 “Star Wars Battlefront” bundle that comes with a PS4 and “Star Wars Battlefront,” the newest Star Wars game for consoles that lets you play as characters such as Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
Xbox One
Retail chain Meijer is offering the Xbox One, Gears of War bundle for $299, which comes with a $50 Meijer gift card.
Target is offering the same “Gears of War” bundle at $299, but is including a $60 gift card.
Dell is offering what is basically a steal: a $299 Xbox One bundle with “Gears of War Ultimate Edition,” a second controller, and a copy of the new post-apocalyptic “RPG Fallout 4.” You can snag this deal on Thanksgiving starting at 6 p.m., but don’t count on this one to last long.
Toys “R” Us is offering the Xbox One, “The Lego Movie Videogame” bundle for $299, which comes with “The Lego Movie” tie-in game (sans gift card).
If you’re buying an Xbox One for a fan of shooting games, GameStop has the Xbox One 1TB Elite bundle, which comes with a 1 terabyte solid-state hard drive (double the normal storage space), and a $150 Xbox One Elite controller, all for $449.
For $349 you can also snag a cheaper Xbox One bundle from Gamestop that ditches the Elite controller and includes “Gears of War Ultimate Edition,” “Rare Replay,” and “Ori and the Blind Forest.”
For $500, Best Buy’s doorbuster deal is great for those who want the Xbox One, “The Lego Movie Videogame” bundle, which comes paired with a Samsung 40 inch LED TV. Just make sure you’re in line when Best Buy opens at 8 a.m. on Friday.
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