I'm in the US and my Essentials subscription expired yesterday and the only deals I am being offered are upgrading to Extra or Premium. Even with those deals being pretty good, I don't want to spend that much because I only play a few online games. Way to be Sony Sony.

Update: I ended up paying for a one month Essentials subscription on Friday 11/28 and then checked the Black Friday deal again today 11/30 on the PS mobile app and, because Sony be Sony, the 20% discount was magically there! I was then able to buy it.

I do not know if I needed to be a current subscriber to get the 20% discount offer, but I suspect that is the case. I used the 1 month sub for about 2 days before I checked again and found the 20% offer on the PS mobile app, so if you’re not seeing it right away, check back on the mobile app or PlayStation website the next day.

Also, it looks like the 1 year sub automatically starts after my 1 month expires, so there shouldn’t be any issues with losing out on the 1 month sub.

One last thing. This was my experience. It may not work for you. Please do not blame me if it doesn’t lol.

Need to buy a PS5 for my son as a gift for finishing primary school and I want to surprise him with something really nice. I’m hoping to find a good Black Friday deal that’s reliable and works well with our 55'' LG TV.

He’s mostly into sports and adventure games, so I want to make sure the setup runs smoothly and looks great. Should I be looking beyond the spec sheet to tell if a Black Friday deal is actually worth it or just cheap for a reason?

Hey everyone, just letting you know that the winter sales have already started on the Japanese PSN. Access the link through your browser and see if any games you're interested in are on the list. This sale will probably be available to everyone tomorrow!

https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/category/a0fb6dd1-8cc3-47e0-a0c7-8e499e173fd9/1

Batman Arkham Knight for 3,99€ was ridiculous. But the best deal I had, considering how much playtime and fun I had with it, especially when you compare it to Nintendo‘s 90€ Mario Kart World, was STEEP with every DLC for 15€. For me, who was an absolute Skate 3 Fan on the PS3, STEEP had me hooked for so many hours. My next best deal was probably FINAL FANTASY XV with every DLC for 13,99€. The initial day one version of this game was controversial, but the complete, fixed game with every DLC for 13,99€ was absolutely fun to play, I love that game.

I must have bought Plants vs. Zombies GW2 for roundabout 15€ too back then and had hundreds of hours of fun with it.

I’m not THAT of a gamer, so hundreds of hours in a game is an ABSOLUTELY HUGE amount for me.

I just want to read your best deals you purchased, because I feel like people forgot how much fun you can have for so little money. Nowadays, there’s a lot of people defending Nintendo‘s 90€ Mario Kart, while I’m here like: I play since the PS3, never bought a game at full price (60€ back then) and had thousands of hours of fun throughout my whole 1/4 of my life. How 90€ is suddenly defendable?