When a game comes out in early October and rapidly becomes the best-selling title in its genre that year, you'd be right not to expect it to get a huge 50% discount less than two months later, even if it's Black Friday. Well, colour us all surprised, because that's exactly what's happened with Battlefield 6.
EA's massively successful online shooter debuted on 10 October, and I've poured dozens of hours into it since then, but there was no way I thought it would be available for just $35 this early in its life cycle. GameStop has proved me wrong, though, with a limited-time deal that it put live today, and which should only last until the end of Cyber Monday at the latest.
The best news here is that the deal is live for both PS5 and Xbox consoles, meaning it doesn't matter what console hardware you're looking to play it on (although PC players are out of luck on this occasion).
I really do recommend Battlefield 6 to anyone feeling a little tired of Call of Duty's formula from recent years – Black Ops 7 hasn't gripped me at all, but BF6 has been something of a tonic.
It helps that I have a friendship group who are pretty dedicated to getting a few hours in for gaming each week, and we've been able to squad up to have a little more direction and tactics in each match.
You only have a few days to do so, but the game's also got a free trial on PS5 right now, until the end of the weekend. That means you could play it for free to see if it floats your boat, then head to Gamestop's store to order it the cheapest way possible if it does indeed work for you.
That's the sort of Black Friday deal that we love to see, and I still can't quite believe the quality and scale of this saving. I don't actually have concrete info on when the deal will expire, though, so you might want to get your order in sooner rather than later for the sake of safety.
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