The PlayStation 5 Slim is already on sale in the US, but we in the UK have had to wait a little longer: it'll be on sale from 29 November though. Pre-orders are now live, so you can put your money where your mouth is and pre-order one from Currys – which is offering a £20 off discount code (see below).
However, I've got a better Black Friday deal which is fairly simple: swerve buying the PS5 Slim and just buy the original PS5, which is identical in terms of internal spec, but will save you £80 – and that's including the Currys discount code in the equation. Seems a no-brainer to me, even though the Slim is clearly the better-looking console of the pair.
If you do plump to spend the extra £80, however, you will get the better-looking console of the pair. So it's a win-win for whichever best suits your wants. I've long owned a PlayStation 5, though, and it happily lives in my AV cabinet with the disc drive at the ready – as this is how I watch my 4K Blu-ray discs.
Black Friday has been really interesting in 2023: for me all the deals actually worth buying have been the best console bundles, from Xbox Series X to Nintendo Switch, and of course the PlayStation 5. There's stacks of choice whatever your wants and needs. Or take a look at the best Black Friday games deals under £20.
