PlayStation Black Friday Sale 2026: Dates and PS5 Deals

When is the PlayStation Black Friday sale 2026?

The PlayStation Black Friday sale 2026 runs on PlayStation Store from Wednesday 4 November to Monday 30 November 2026 ^[1]. Sony announced it on the official PlayStation Blog on 3 November, in a post by Zack Garvey, Promotions Proposal Manager at Sony Interactive, under the line that "PlayStation's Black Friday Deals kick off early on PlayStation Store" ^[1].

That makes this a long, game-focused event that started more than three weeks before Black Friday itself, which falls on Friday 27 November 2026. The general shopping calendar for the week, including Cyber Monday on 30 November, is in Pouyam's guide Black Friday 2026 Is on 27 November: Key Dates and How to Judge a Real Discount.

The PlayStation Blog post describes three moving parts ^[1]:

• Start: discounts went live on 4 November across thousands of PS5, PS4 and PS VR2 games, expansions and DLC.
• Refresh: "new titles join November 16", so the sale page changes partway through.
• Early exits: "some items leave before the promotion's end", with certain discounts ending on 20 November.

Sony also says the full list of games and their discounts appear on the dedicated Black Friday page on PlayStation Store, and that the preview in the blog post is "a small preview of just some of the titles" ^[1]. In other words, the blog post is the announcement, and the store page is the price list.

What time does the PS Store Black Friday sale start and end?

Sony gives every PS Store Black Friday time as 00:00 or 23:59 "PST/GMT/JST": the sale began on 4 November at 00:00, refreshes on 16 November at 00:00, and ends on 30 November at 23:59 ^[1]. PST, GMT and JST are Pacific Standard Time, Greenwich Mean Time and Japan Standard Time. Sony does not say which countries follow which zone, so check the product page in your own store for the exact end of each offer.

The key moments, as published by Sony ^[1]:

• 4 November, 00:00 PST/GMT/JST: the promotion begins.
• 16 November, 00:00 PST/GMT/JST: the promotion refreshes and new titles join.
• 20 November, 23:59 PST/GMT/JST: certain discounts end, and some deals are replaced with new offers.
• 30 November, 23:59 PST/GMT/JST: the promotion ends.

For reference, 00:00 PST is 08:00 UTC, 00:00 GMT is 00:00 UTC and 00:00 JST is 15:00 UTC on the previous day. So 30 November at 23:59 PST is 07:59 UTC on 1 December, while 23:59 JST on 30 November is 14:59 UTC the same day.

Sony's own advice is to "check the item's product page for more details", because the end date of an individual discount can be earlier than the end of the whole promotion ^[1]. PlayStation Japan adds the same warning: some titles in the sale may have different sale periods ^[2].

What games are in the PS Store Black Friday sale?

Sony's 3 November preview names titles such as Marvel's Wolverine Digital Deluxe Edition, ASTRO BOT, SILENT HILL: Townfall and Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, but the full list and discounts are only on the PlayStation Store Black Friday page ^[1]. The featured preview in the PlayStation Blog post includes ^[1]:

• Marvel's Wolverine Digital Deluxe Edition
• UFC 6 Ultimate Edition
• Valheim and Mortal Shell II
• NBA 2K27
• SAROS Digital Deluxe Edition
• 007 First Light – Deluxe Edition
• The Blood of Dawnwalker – Eclipse Edition
• ASTRO BOT and PRAGMATA Deluxe Edition
• SILENT HILL: Townfall and Echoes of Aincrad
• Beast of Reincarnation, Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred – Standard Edition, The Sinking City 2 and Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition

Below the featured games, the post adds a long alphabetical list of further titles, ending with entries such as Yakuza Kiwami, Ys: Memories of Celceta and Zombie Army VR ^[1]. Sony's footnote adds "Promotion and percentage discount may differ by region" ^[1].

The blog post does not print prices. Polygon, which covered the sale on 5 November, also points readers to the PlayStation Store page for the full list ^[4]. Prices are set per regional store and can change at the 16 and 20 November switch points, so the store page on the day of purchase is the only reliable price ^[1].

One practical point before buying several large games: digital purchases still have to fit on the console. Polygon's sale coverage frames the sale around PS5 SSD space, with Grand Theft Auto VI arriving the same month ^[4]. Sizes for current games are in Pouyam's guide How Much Storage Do Games Need in 2026? PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC.

Is there a PS5 Black Friday deal in 2026?

No PS5 Black Friday deal has been announced: as of 13 November 2026, Sony has not published any 2026 Black Friday discount on PS5 consoles, DualSense controllers or other PlayStation hardware ^[3][4]. The only 2026 Black Friday post on the PlayStation Blog's Black Friday tag page as of 13 November is the PlayStation Store sale announcement for digital games and add-ons ^[1][8].

Mint reported on 4 November that Sony "has not announced price cuts for its console lineup", and that no official discounts had been announced for DualSense and DualSense Edge controllers, PlayStation Portal, the PS VR2 headset or the Pulse Elite and Pulse Explore audio products ^[3]. Polygon wrote on 5 November that Sony Interactive Entertainment "hasn't announced any deals yet on PlayStation 5 consoles or DualSense controllers" ^[4]. As of 13 November, the PlayStation Blog's Black Friday tag page lists no 2026 post after the 3 November sale announcement ^[8].

Two things follow from that:

• Any "PS5 Black Friday price" for 2026 that you see now is not from Sony. It may be a retailer's own offer, an old 2025 figure or a guess.
• A shop's own discount is not a Sony promotion. Retailers can cut their own prices at any time, and those offers need to be checked on the retailer's page, not assumed from last year.

Hardware deals may or may not follow later in November; there is no official signal either way. The next section shows what happened in past years, strictly as history.

When did Sony announce past PlayStation Black Friday deals?

Sony's own archive shows Black Friday announcement posts dated 13 November 2023, 20 November 2024 and 18 November 2025 ^[6][7][5]. This is a record of past dates, not a forecast for 2026; in 2026 the first post came earlier, on 3 November ^[1][8].

2025: hardware plus store sale

The 2025 post, by Isabelle Tomatis, Vice President of Global Marketing at Sony Interactive Entertainment, was published on 18 November 2025 and said offers started on 21 November "for a limited time" ^[5]. It listed, in US dollars and in select regions:

• $100 off PS5 consoles, PS5 Digital Edition consoles and PS5 Pro ^[5].
• $100 off PlayStation VR2, $20 off PlayStation Portal and $20 off the DualSense controller ^[5].
• Up to 33% off a 12-month PlayStation Plus membership for new members in participating countries ^[5].
• Up to 75% off hundreds of PS5 and PS4 games on PlayStation Store ^[5].

2026 so far: store sale first

In 2026 the PlayStation Store sale started earlier, on 4 November, and was announced on its own on 3 November ^[1]. The 2026 post covers games, expansions and DLC; it mentions no console, accessory or PlayStation Plus membership offer ^[1]. Whether Sony publishes a separate hardware post this year is unknown as of 13 November 2026.

Is the PlayStation Black Friday sale the same in every country?

No: Sony says "promotion and percentage discount may differ by region", and the Japanese store, for example, advertises up to 80% off rather than 75% ^[1][2]. The dates are broadly the same, but the details are set per store.

Japan

PlayStation Japan's blog post of 4 November says its "BLACK FRIDAY SALE" has two phases: phase one from 4 to 20 November and phase two from 16 to 30 November, with some titles different in each phase ^[2]. It also notes that buying CERO Z (18+ only) content on PS Store in Japan requires credit-card payment ^[2]. It lists official sale prices for featured phase-one games, including tax ^[2]:

• ACE COMBAT 8 Deluxe Edition: ¥11,990 down to ¥10,791 (10% off).
• SILENT HILL: Townfall: ¥7,480 down to ¥5,984 (20% off).
• Monster Hunter Wilds: ¥4,990 down to ¥3,742 (25% off).
• Marvel's Wolverine Digital Deluxe Edition: ¥9,980 down to ¥7,485 (25% off).

Those featured examples are discounted by 10 to 25%, well below the headline "up to 80%" figure ^[2].

India and other regions

Mint advised readers in India to check the Indian PlayStation Store, because the discount percentage and final price depend on the region ^[3]. The same applies everywhere: the price on the store for your account's country is the only one that counts.

How do you check a PS Store Black Friday deal?

Open the game's own PlayStation Store product page from your console or the official app, and read the discount end date there, because Sony says individual offers can end before 30 November ^[1]. A short routine:

1. Start from the official Black Friday page in PlayStation Store. Sony says the full list and discounts are revealed there ^[1].
2. Read the end date on the product page. Some discounts end on 20 November and some are replaced with new offers ^[1].
3. Check the edition. Many featured items are Deluxe, Ultimate or Eclipse editions ^[1]. A large percentage on a premium edition can still cost more than the standard edition.
4. Look again after 16 November. New titles join at the refresh, so an item missing on 13 November may appear later, and some phase-one prices may not survive ^[1][2].
5. Stay inside PlayStation Store. The sale is a PlayStation Store promotion ^[1]. Websites selling "Black Friday PSN codes" or game keys far below the store price are not part of Sony's promotion; check any such seller against the warning signs in Black Friday Scams: How to Spot Fake Stores, Phishing, Payment Fraud.

For judging whether any percentage is a genuine saving rather than an inflated "was" price, the general method is in Black Friday 2026 Is on 27 November: Key Dates and How to Judge a Real Discount. Nintendo runs its own separate offers; the official ones are listed in Nintendo Black Friday 2026: Real Deals and Fake Ones.

What is confirmed and what is not?

Confirmed by Sony

• PlayStation Store Black Friday promotion from 4 to 30 November 2026 ^[1].
• Refresh with new titles on 16 November; certain discounts end on 20 November ^[1].
• Up to 75% off on the PlayStation Blog's global post; up to 80% on PlayStation Japan ^[1][2].
• Promotion and percentages may differ by region ^[1].

Reported by media, consistent with Sony's silence

• No 2026 Black Friday deal on PS5 consoles, controllers, PS VR2, PlayStation Portal or Pulse audio has been announced ^[3][4].

Unknown as of 13 November 2026

• Whether Sony will announce PS5 or accessory discounts later in November, and at what price.
• Whether there will be a 2026 PlayStation Plus membership offer; the 3 November post mentions none ^[1].
• Exact prices on each country's store, which only the store shows ^[1][3].

Treat any PS5 price, bundle or "leak" that is not on a Sony page as unconfirmed until Sony posts it.