Amazon Prime Day PS5 deal is already 45% claimed after surprise £91 price cut (aff)

Amazon has cut nearly £91 off the price of the standard PlayStation 5 console in a surprise Prime Day offer, bringing Sony’s popular games machine back below £500 - but you’ll need to be seriously quick.

The PlayStation 5 console with 1TB of storage is now £479, down from its current recommended price of £569.99. That represents a £90.99 saving, equivalent to 16%. The catch is, as we write this, the deal is 45% claimed. So the clock is ticking.

It is an exclusive Prime price, so shoppers will need an active Amazon Prime membership to claim the reduction. Amazon has also named the console an Amazon’s Choice product and says more than 600 have been bought during the past month.

The timing of the £479 PlayStation 5 deal is particularly notable because Sony increased the official UK price of the standard PS5 to £569.99 in April.

That means Amazon’s discount effectively wipes out the recent rise and takes the console £90.99 below its new recommended price.

This is the standard version of the 1TB PlayStation 5, rather than the cheaper Digital Edition. It includes a disc drive, allowing owners to play compatible physical PS5 and PS4 games as well as titles downloaded from the PlayStation Store.

A disc drive can also make it easier to shop around for physical games, buy pre-owned releases or lend and borrow discs. Owners can still purchase digital games whenever that proves more convenient.

The PS5 console included in Amazon’s Prime Day deal has a 1TB solid-state drive built in, providing space for installed games, applications and saved content.

Its ultra-high-speed SSD is designed to substantially reduce loading times in compatible titles, while Sony’s integrated input and output system allows games to retrieve information from the storage rapidly.

The console supports 4K gaming on compatible televisions, although the resolution and performance available will vary between games. It also supports ray tracing, which can produce more realistic lighting, reflections and shadows in titles developed to use the feature.

Sony’s DualSense wireless controller adds adaptive triggers and detailed haptic feedback in supported games. These effects can alter the resistance of the triggers or reproduce sensations linked to different surfaces, actions and in-game events.

The PlayStation 5 has earned 4.7 stars out of five from 255 ratings on its current Amazon listing, suggesting buyers have generally been pleased with the console.

There is no game bundled with this particular configuration, so shoppers moving to PlayStation for the first time will need to budget separately for software or a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Existing PS4 owners may already have compatible games they can play on the console, and the disc-equipped model provides access to a broad selection of physical PS4 titles through backwards compatibility.

Amazon is advertising free returns on the reduced 1TB PS5 console, although shoppers should check the exact delivery estimate, seller information and returns conditions displayed for their address before ordering.

As with other Prime Day offers, the £479 price may only remain available while promotional stock lasts. The combination of the £90.99 reduction and Amazon’s claim that more than 600 were bought recently suggests it could prove one of the busier gaming offers in the sale.

For players who have been waiting for the standard console to return below £500, the PlayStation 5 Prime Day deal is available for £479 at Amazon.

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