GameStop's Black Friday Deals on Xbox One and PS4 begin Sunday, Nov. 18

The Black Friday sale of GameStop has been revealed, and … it's pretty disappointing. The gaming retailer actually offers the same basic $ 199 packages for PS4 and Xbox One as any other department store under the sun. But the timing of GameStop is important: its selling prices start on Sunday, November 18th. It's three days before Walmart (Wednesday, Nov. 21) and four days before most other retailers.

The highlights are below. Note that:

• Sale prices start only on Sunday 18 November and are in effect until Monday, November 26th until stocks are exhausted.
• CNET may obtain a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the products listed below.

Playstation 4

As stated above, GameStop offers the same (super) 1TB Pack PS4 + Spider-Man for $ 199 c & # 39; widely available elsewhere. But since this is primarily GameStop, you can also take the plunge.

GameStop also offers the PSVR package for $ 249 ($ 100 discount): the PSVR helmet, two Move controllers, the PlayStation camera, Creed: Rise to Glory and Very hot. Again, this one is widely available almost everywhere, but GameStop will have it first.

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As for the titles, it's a very good selection of PS4 games at good prices – but you might want to check their price against the frequent digital sales of the online store's Sony. Some notable recommendations (all exclusive PS4):

Xbox One

The story of the Xbox is about the same. GameStop offers the same Xbox One Minecraft 1TB Set for $ 199 which is available at almost every other retailer. But you'll find it here first.

As for the Xbox One games announced by GameStop, they seem much less attractive than their PS4 counterparts. The 4 titles highlighted in the GameStop flyer – PUBG, Sea of ​​Thieves, Forza Horizon 4 and Decomposition state 2 – are available on the "all you can eat" service from Xbox Game Pass, which Microsoft offers new users at $ 1 per month (to start) by the end of the year. If you have a fast Internet connection, that's the way to go. Start at least by that to taste them, then pay the full price if you really fall in love with a particular title.

Meanwhile, avoid the $ 70 Xbox promo on other Xbox One consoles. You can get the Intensify Xbox One X for $ 100 off to many other retailers later in the week.

"30% off what you can stuff in the $ 5 bag"

Strangely, the Nintendo Switch is totally absent from GameStop advertising, so we want to make sure you know you can buy the Switch with Mario Kart 8 integrated at no extra charge at many other retailers later during the Black Friday week.

Instead, GameStop offers a great promotion: you can get 30% off all you have to do (with a lot of warnings) that you can put in a tote bag. Oh, and you have to spend $ 5 on the bag, to boot. Personally, that does not seem to me particularly amusing – but you, too.

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