The Black Friday 2019 sales event is almost upon us, promising to spoil players all over the UK with some of the best game deals seen all year. Whether youâre yet to jump on the current-gen bandwagon or are looking to upgrade your PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch console, thereâs sure to be the perfect bundle for you. However, this time of year is always fun to predict which console will âwinâ Black Friday, with the crown only being awarded to the platform featuring the best deals.
We at Gaming Deals have it on good authority that all three consoles will see some immensely strong discounts for Black Friday 2019, but feel confident in saying that Xbox One will likely be the one that tempts players most. In this blog weâll run through all the reasons why that is, as well as highlighting what PlayStation 4 has to offer. So, without further ado, hereâs why Xbox One will be the console to win Black Friday.
It should go without saying that the console with the biggest chance of âwinningâ Black Friday will be the one that is already primed to deliver good value for money. An Xbox One S will currently net you anywhere in the region of ÂŁ199.99, which is quite the saving compared to the PS4 and Nintendo Switchâs typical RRP of ÂŁ249.99 and ÂŁ279.99 respectively. Black Friday 2019 will see the price of the Xbox One S descend to even lower, likely with even a great game or two packaged in.
Now, of course, while Microsoft might have the upper-hand in terms of the cheapest home console currently on the market, it also has a hand in the most expensive option: The Xbox One X. This souped-up version of the Xbox One enables players to play new releases at the best possible visual fidelity, with the smoothest frame rates and the shortest possible load times. It might be the priciest with a ÂŁ449 RRP, but as the famous saying goes: âthe bigger they are, the harder they fallâ. What we mean by this is that we predict Xbox One X to easily dip under ÂŁ400 during the time of the Black Friday sale, giving all players the chance to enjoy the best possible console gaming experience for more affordable than ever before.
For as much as it stumbled when it was originally revealed back in 2012, the Xbox One has done a great job at earning a bunch of new good will from players since release. One of these major boons is the introduction of Xbox Game Pass, a Netflix-style subscription service that grants players access to a rotating library of titles for one low monthly fee. Nothing quite like this is available on PS4 or Nintendo Switch currently, and 2019 has seen the service significantly up its game. Should Microsoft choose to really push this over the edge come Black Friday, Xbox One could easily âwinâ the event.
Not only does Xbox Game Pass give players free reign to a wide catalogue of classic games, but first-party releases like Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5 and Halo all come to the service on day one. Any of these games would traditionally cost players at least ÂŁ40 if purchased outright, whereas an Xbox Game Pass subscription costs as little as ÂŁ7.99. Expect a lot of Xbox One S bundles during Black Friday 2019 to include a free monthâs of Xbox Game Pass, giving new purchasers the means to get going immediately.
Speaking of great games, and Xbox One consoles have a habit of throwing in the kitchen sink with their bundles. Only this year, for instance, with the release of Gears 5, the limited edition console included not just that game, but every other Gears of War game ever released. Gears 5 alone sold for ÂŁ49.99 individually, so the corresponding Xbox One S and X bundles already represented great value at full price. Add in five other games on top of this and you have a cracking deal.
And yet it gets better, because Black Friday 2019 will see the price of these Gears 5 Xbox One S and Xbox One X bundles fall to a similar price to the standard editions. Case in point: The Xbox One S 1TB Gears 5 edition bundle retails for ÂŁ249.99, but it has already been on sale from certain retailers for only ÂŁ199.99 (the Xbox One S price without a game). Black Friday 2019 should see this price get even lower, gifting purchasers five games and a console for less than ÂŁ200. If that doesnât win Black Friday then we donât know what will.
Just because we think the Xbox One family will âwinâ Black Friday overall doesnât mean that there wonât be great deals to be had on Nintendo Switch and PS4. PlayStation 4, for instance, will see UK retailers discount the console by quite some way, largely because the shiny new consoles are set to arrive by Holiday 2020. That means that this will be the last Black Friday for Xbox One and PS4 to sell as the current-gen home consoles. Still, PS4âs RRP is ÂŁ249. It will fall to less than ÂŁ200 during Black Friday 2019, but we think Xbox One will be cheaper.
In terms of the Switch, Nintendo always operates a little bit differently in that it tends not to outright discount the price of its consoles for Black Friday You see it with games all the time: Luigiâs Mansion 3 launches at ÂŁ49.99 and it stays at ÂŁ49.99 for the majority of its consoleâs lifecycle. Nintendo Switch will, however, put together some alluring bundles in the attempt to tempt Black Friday purchasers. This wonât see the Switch ÂŁ279.99 price point drop too much, but will significantly increase the console bundleâs value â especially if you get, say, two first-party games included!
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