Boxing Day sales are meant to be over, but as is usually the case, some of the deals will likely linger beyond that strict December 26 sales period. Below, you'll find all the remaining deals on PS5 consoles, games and accessories.
It hasn't been the most impressive sales season for PS5, but that's no surprise given how incredible Black Friday was. We didn't see any big discounts on consoles during Boxing Day, but we did see some great cuts on newish PS5 games, some of which you'll find listed below.
Without further ado:
Where will the best Boxing Day PS5 deals be?
You'll find a number of retailers offering Boxing Day gaming deals, but there are a few that bring extra value and plenty of stock to the party. You'll find our favourite stores listed below.
Save AU$40.95 Look: this isn't the best deal on the PS5 Slim we've seen. eBay was selling it for a frankly scandalous AU$578 during Black Friday, and Amazon's best price during that sale season was AU$629. Still, this is a discount, and so far it's the best we've found for Boxing Day. We're still hopeful of something better, mind you, so we'll update this page if something better comes along.
Save AU$50.95 If you're happy to purchase and download all your games via the PlayStation Store, there's currently a AU$50 discount on the discless Digital version of the Slim console at both Amazon and JB Hi-Fi. As with the disc version above, we've seen this version cheaper at previous sales in 2024, where it can sometimes hit the AU$530 mark.
Save AU$35.95 DualSense controllers are another perennial item that gets discounted in big annual sales, and you can get a variety of colours for AU$84 from Amazon, including: • Cosmic Red • Starlight Blue • Galactic Purple • Gray Camouflage • Nova Pink
You don't hear much about these wireless buds made especially by Sony for PS5, but they exist, and our colleagues over at Techradar thought they were good. They're almost perfect for the PlayStation Portal, and can double as your commuting 'phones if you fancy the PlayStation branding. They feature multi-device connectivity, integrated mics (for both gaming and phone convos) and AI-enhanced "noise rejection".
Save AU$236 This much sought after premium set of wireless headphones work for PC, PlayStation and Switch, and always sell very well when they're drastically discounted. They boast both 2.4Ghz wireless capability and Bluetooth, as well as active noise cancellation and a ClearCast Gen 2 microphone. This price isn't quite as good as the Black Friday AU$479 offering, but it's still drastically lower than RRP.
Save AU$40.72 This 4.5-star scoring JRPG from genre masters Atlus should need no introduction if you're a fan of either the form or the developer, offering a "triumphant evolution" of the recipe that Atlus pioneered with its Persona games. Note that this is the better deal on Amazon AU at the moment, but it does ship from Amazon UK. If you want the Australian edition, that's reduced to AU$77.
Save AU$55.95 While opinions on this latest title from Team Ninja (best known for its Ninja Gaiden and Nioh series') were a little divided, in our review we praised the samurai action-epic for both its combat and enjoyably explorable world. If you're a fan of the studio then chances are you'll dig it too, and this Boxing Day deal brings it back down to its equal-lowest price on Amazon.
Save AU$50.96 While this Ubisoft-developed open-world Star Wars game arrived to a slightly mixed reception, the developer has acknowledged that certain elements needed more refinement and has committed to improving the game to meet fan expectations. It's already delivered many quality-of-life tweaks via a couple of subsequent patches, so with this 46% discount now could be a great time to pick it up. The Gold Edition that includes the season pass is reduced by an even bigger 55%, down to AU$77.
Save AU$55.96 A brilliant discount on this very recently released BioWare RPG, which we didn't expect to get this cheap so soon. According to our review it's "an approachable, expansive action-oriented RPG," and a "true end to whatever the franchise was before". This was going for AU$69 during Black Friday, so this price is the best we've seen yet.
Nice price for a JRPG that'll keep you busy for a hundred or so hours, if you're being thorough. It's the second in the Final Fantasy VII Remake saga, and as a result it's probably wise to play the first before you tackle this one. But you can just not take my advice; that's fine too. Some of us are just in it for the Queen's Blood mini-game afterall. This is cheaper than the best Black Friday price of AU$65, so now's a good time to bite.
Save AU$70.95 This year's sportsball videogame is definitely the most recent in the series, and it launched for the RRP of AU$109.95 only three months ago. We called it "highly playable, yet naggingly familiar", which is the annualised sports series vibe in a nutshell. Still, AU$39 only a couple months since release is hard to argue with: it only dropped to AU$49 during Black Friday.
Save AU$65.95 It's not uncommon for 2K's NBA series to drop dramatically in price just months after release, and the most recent instalment isn't breaking the trend. That makes it a brilliant stocking stuffer, or else just a financially viable thing to buy for yourself (though as is usually the case with NBA 2K, expect to be pestered with in-game monetisation schemes; if you can ignore those, it's a brilliant series).
The DualSense controller doesn't get many discounts nowadays: not even Black Friday offered any significant discounts on the AU$119.95 controller. The rarity of deals on the PS5's premium gamepad is a bit of an issue, because these things are very prone to stick drift and trigger button wear (I've needed to upgrade mine annually). All that said, AU$84 for a new DualSense on Amazon is well worth forking out for, even if you don't need one right now. That price is only available on certain models, including the Galactic Purple affair, the Nova Pink and the Starlight Blue. The Sterling Silver model adds an extra buck for a AU$85 price, while the DualSense Edge is currently going for AU$300: AU$39.95 cheaper than usual.
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This is a big one: Amazon is currently offloading the whopping 2TB WD Black SN850X NVMe drive for AU$202.28, which is, uh, cheaper than some retailers are selling the 1TB model for.
It comes equipped with a heatsink and is definitely compatible with the PS5. It features on our list of the best PS5 SSDs, after all.
This one ships from Amazon Germany, but there are no shipping fees. I'd highly recommend jumping on this if you need more storage on PS5 (and let's face it: everyone needs that).
Amazon's killer deal on the Western Digital SN80X 2TB NVMe drive with heatsink sold out temporarily, but it seems to be back in stock for now.
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Just a quick update with some great PS5 and PS4 game discounts that don't really deserve their own post but may pique your interest if you've yet to play them. God of War Ragnarok is currently going for a generous AU$49 on Amazon, which is actually the lowest price ever on that storefront.
Also of note is LEGO Horizon Adventures going for AU$68 (down from AU$109.95), which is a decent price for a game that only released in late October. I would never fork out the RRP for this one as good as it is, but for AU$68 this is a nice chillaxed co-op game for the holidays.
Also consider:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6for AU$64 (down from AU$109.95)
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Rise of the Ronin released back in March, and while it's absent from most GOTY lists, it's a superb action game from the studio behind Nioh and Ninja Gaiden. If you can imagine the Japan-set Assassin's Creed you've always dreamed of, with gloriously fluid Team Ninja samurai combat, that's basically what Rise of the Ronin is. Amazon is currently selling it for AU$69, down from the RRP of AU$124.95 (though realistically, the going price is generally closer to AU$80). If you're after a relatively breezy action game with a gorgeous open world and a surprisingly byzantine plot, I really can't recommend it enough. It's not GOTY material, but it's brilliant fun.
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Presumably because it's still widely played two years on, Elden Ring for PS5 doesn't get very many sales, and when it does it tends not to drop too dramatically. So Amazon's current offer of AU$59 for the base version of the game—not including Shadow of the Erdtree—may be extremely tempted if you're yet to dive into FromSoftware's modern RPG classic.
To be clear, this isn't an all-time-low, but it's close: it was down to AU$57.79 earlier this week, which is only marginally cheaper.
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We've had the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless at the top of our list of the best PS5 headsets for a while now. It's an incredible headset, but it's also sadly AU$735 at RRP, which is almost the price of a PS5. I know I'm not spending that much on a headset.
Amazon's Boxing Day sale has the wireless headset down to AU$499, which is a nice 32% discount and a saving of AU$236. That is still obviously quite expensive for a headset, but if you happen to have the cash and the desire to fork out that much for audio, we strongly recommend it. In his five star review Rob Dwiar described it as "the new premium, gold-standard for wireless headsets".
While 32% is a good discount, it has been cheaper before—as cheap as AU$455.49—but it'll probably be a while before it drops to that price again.
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We just thought we'd spotlight some super cheap 2024 games, lest you wanted to buy these at launch, managed to abstain, and are now looking to reap the rewards for your self-control. These are all under AU$25, which is great. None of them are particularly good, which is not so great.
Still, fans of South Park and Suicide Squad probably won't want to miss game adaptations of those series', while Skull and Bones is a pretty fun pirate game if you don't mind live service game design. Overall, it's noteworthy that all of these can be had for less than AU$25, though if you've got a decent PC you can actually get Suicide Squad for as little as AU$5.24 on Steam.
(Just a lil' context on that one: Suicide Squad was meant to be an ongoing live service game but its imminent fourth season will be its last.)
We've had this listed above for a few days now, but it's really worth spotlighting this brilliant deal on Dragon Age: The Veilguard. This blockbuster RPG from BioWare only released two months ago, so it's quite astonishing to see it already goingon Amazon for AU$54. At that price, you should have no reservations about checking it out.
That said, its publisher EA tends to dramatically discount its games after around six months on sale (See the Star Wars Jedi games) so there's every chance this will go for less in 2025. Still, this would make a great summer game.
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As the Boxing Day sales season draws to an end, we thought we'd collect some choice discounts on PS4 games. These all work on PS5 as well, so it's always worth keeping an eye out for great discounts. In most cases, the PS4 version will upgrade to the PS5 version free of charge if you put the disc into the new gen console.
God of War | AU$16.95 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy | AU$24.95 Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience | AU$25.71 The Last of Us Remastered | AU$15 Uncharted Trilogy |AU$15 Watch Dogs Legion |AU$16.99 Yakuza Remastered Collection |AU$39.32
