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Amazon’s tend to be a decent source of discounts for gaming gear, and its latest “Prime Big Deal Days” event is no exception. The two-day event includes a $50 discount on the PlayStation 5, for one, while other games, headsets, mice and controllers we like are down to all-time or near-low prices as well. If you’re looking to upgrade your setup and can’t wait until Black Friday, we’ve rounded up the best Prime Day deals on gaming devices below. We’ll update this post as we find more; just remember that you need to be a Prime member to access some of the offers.
The Astro A40 TR gaming headset.
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The WD Black C50 Storage Expansion Card for Xbox consoles.
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Best Prime Day gaming deals
The Astro A40 TR gaming headset.
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: While this isn’t the best PS5 deal we’ve ever seen, steeper discounts for Sony’s console have been infrequent, so this isn’t the worst time to hop aboard. If nothing else, it’s a better value for most than the .
: If you’re 100 percent sure you’ll only buy games digitally, the version of the PS5 without a disc drive is also on sale for $50 less. Annoyingly, this was the standard going rate for the original PS5 Digital Edition, but Sony hiked the console’s MSRP by $50 these “slim” models last year.
: It’s several years old, but the open-back Astro A40 TR remains a thanks to its spacious sound and comfy design. The built-in microphone is pretty mediocre, however. This deal checks in $10 below the usual discount price we’ve seen over the course of this year.
: The Virtuoso Pro is another wired open-back pair we recommend in our gaming headset guide. It’s not quite as good of a value as the Astro A40 TR, but it has a clearer mic, and we found its sound profile to work better with some (but not all) games. This deal matches the lowest price we’ve tracked.
: The Scimitar Elite is the wireless version of the top MMO pick in our guide to the . It offers 12 customizable side buttons that make it easier to pull of complex commands in MOBAs or MMOs like Final Fantasy XIV. This is the second-largest discount we’ve seen.
: It’s a pain in the neck, but the only way to the storage of an Xbox Series X/S is to use a proprietary expansion card such as the C50. This deal isn’t an all-time low, but it’s $10 to $20 cheaper than the typical street prices we’ve seen over the last several months. are technically on sale as well, but those “discounts” aren’t anything significant.
: The M18 R2 is the latest version of the top 18-inch pick in our guide to the . It’s an absolute hoss of a notebook, but it’s built well, and this model with an RTX 4080 GPU, 32GB of RAM and a Core i9-14900HX chip is powerful enough to play modern games in 1080p or 1440p at high-ish settings. While not cheap, this matches the config’s second-best price to date.
The WD Black C50 Storage Expansion Card for Xbox consoles.
WD
: Its story isn’t much, and it doesn’t veer too far outside the usual Metroidvania lines, but The Lost Crown should be for most people looking for a action-platformer. This discount marks a new low for the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game.
: Mirage is a something of a throwback to older Assassin’s Creed games, one that’s smaller in scope than the more recent open-world entries. We called it a “warm, bloody hug from an old friend” in — in video game land, that’s a good thing. These days we usually see the game retail around $30.
: This collection includes (lightly) remastered versions of the first three Metal Gear Solid games, which remain more subversive and self-assured than most games that have hit in the decades since. A few of the series’ classic 8-bit entries are here, too, and Konami has done well to rectify most of the set’s technical issues since launch. We’ve seen this price before, but it ties an all-time low.
: Madden is in of a creative reset, but at the end of the day, it’s Madden, and it works fine enough if you just want to scratch the pro football game itch. This is the second-best price we’ve seen for the latest entry.
: If you’re more of a college sports fan, EA brought back the series formerly known as NCAA Football back from an this past summer, and it generally received than its pro counterpart. This discount is the largest we’ve seen since launch.
: If you prefer powerbombs and Hell in a Cell matches to touchdowns and bowl games, the latest WWE 2K game is also down to the best price we’ve seen (for a console copy, that is). It’s a 2K game, so there’ll be some bugs, but it received at launch — something we cannot say for Cody Rhodes’ . Keep in mind that this game is with a PlayStation Plus subscription during October, so there’s no need to buy if you plan on keeping that service for a while.
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