This Black Friday PS5 deal proves that the console wars are truly over: a PS5 is only £10 more than an Xbox Series S

It appears that Sony is showing Microsoft in particular that there's only one console to buy this Black Friday: you can currently buy a PS5 for only ten quid more than an Xbox Series S.

Yup, while we've been celebrating the super-low prices on Sony's console since the Black Friday PS5 deals started 'properly' last week, this comparison puts the console proposition in 2025 into sharp perspective.

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The PS5 deal that highlights this allows you to nab a PS5 Slim Digital Edition for just £280 at EE (was £429), compared with the lowest price on an Xbox Series S I can find, which is £269.99 at Amazon (was £299.99).

Yup, so for an extra ten pounds more than the once much-lauded Series S, you can go for a Black Friday PS5 deal that gets you a digital, but still fully-powered PS5 console. No power compromises, 825GB of SSD storage goodness, and still the option of adding a disc drive after the fact, too.

Why would you buy any other home gaming console this Black Friday?

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PS5 Slim Digital Edition: was £429 now £280 at EE

Need I point out more? A PS5 for £280 is frankly ridiculous, and in a straight shoot-out between this Digital Edition and the all-digital Xbox Series S, it is an absolute beat-down by Sony on Microsoft's console. Staggering price comparison, and a genuinely great deal in its own right.

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Xbox Series S: was £299.99 now £269.99 at Amazon

This is the cheapest Xbox console Black Friday deal I can find right now, which probably says an awful lot in and of itself. However, next to the above PS5 deal, it's a sorry sight.

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Of course, a PS5 for £280 is also much cheaper than the Nintendo Switch 2 at around the £400 mark, but at least that console offers something genuinely different.

There's no denying the fact that the PS5 Slim and Series S are broadly targeting the same plug-it-into-your-TV kind of gamers, and at these prices, the matchup is a total beatdown, and you can get the best gaming console going right now, for a few beans more than a budget Xbox. Wild.

Shop more of today's best Black Friday deals

• Amazon: up to 66% off tech & essentials
• AO: up to £500 off Dyson, Bosch & Hisense
• Argos: up to 50% off appliances, tech & toys
• Boots: save on 1,000s of beauty products
• Currys: deals on Ninja, Shark & Lenovo
• Dell: laptops from £279
• Dyson: up to £550 off vacuums
• EE: Switch 2 bundles from £20/month
• John Lewis: up to 50% off tech & fashion
• Lego: sets & accessories from £2.99
• Samsung: deals on appliances & phones
• Very: up to 40% off tech, toys & fashion

If you're not in the UK, then you'll find the latest and lowest prices on the PS5 Slim and Xbox Series S consoles below, wherever you are in the world.