PlayStation Plus subscribers could save big this year, as Black Friday 2026 has the potential to slash the price of memberships by up to 33 percent.
Black Friday 2026 is on November 27 this year, but as usual you can expect the deals to start rolling in earlier that week.
For PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo players, this is an opportunity to bag loads of games with major discounts, but the real prize is going to be the subscription services.
PlayStation Plus has seen several price hikes over the past couple of years, and it’s more expensive than ever to access its huge line-up of games, including my 2025 Game of the Year.
According to u/Unusual_Trade5917 on Reddit, the PlayStation Store’s annual Black Friday deals will be available from November 20 and judging from previous years, you can expect to save heaps of cash on an annual PlayStation Plus subscription.
PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra and Premium are all expected to be discounted; here’s what you could save
The same Reddit user, u/Unusual_Trade5917, made another post three years ago compiling all prior PlayStation plus discounts across PlayStation’s biggest annual sales.
In 2025, all three subscription tiers had their prices cut for the big day, with 20 percent off Essential, 25 percent off Extra, 33 percent off Premium, and 33 percent off an upgrade to Premium if you were already subscribed to Extra.
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With that in mind, it stands to reason that we’re due the same degree of discounts this year, and that’ll be quite a hefty chunk of cash saved if so.
At the time of writing, the price for annual memberships for Essential, Extra and Premium are as follows: $79.99, $134.99, and $159.99.
If we apply 2025’s Black Friday discounts and assume they’ll be the same this year, you’ll instead be paying roughly $64, $101.99, and $107.99.
Don’t get me wrong, that’s still a decent chunk of change, but it’s far cheaper than what you’d be paying at any other time in the year.
Obviously take the above with a pinch of salt as the Black Friday deals could always be worsethis year. Or, they could be better. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Those debating what membership to get should absolutely go for the Premium tier. At potentially $6 more than an annual subscription to PlayStation Plus Extra, it’s more than worth the upgrade, as you get even more games to add to your library from past PlayStation consoles.
You’ll also get access to the latest game trials, which is great for trying new AAAs you’re on the fence about buying, such as Crimson Desert.
For many, sale periods like this are the onlytime they ever subscribe to these online services, myself included.
If the deals start on November 20 as u/Unusual_Trade5917 predicts we don’t have long left to wait, so hopefully it’s worth it.
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