If you’re a gamer looking to save but can’t wait until another a month until Black Friday, it might be worth checking out Best Buy’s three-day gaming sale. Now through October 27th, the retailer’s offering discounts on gaming gear, but some of the best deals are on hardware specifically.
For example, Best Buy has some notable deals on Windows handheld consoles, like the Asus ROG Ally, which is on sale with a Z1 Extreme chip for $549.99 ($100 off) (and even cheaper at $499.99 for My Best Buy Plus and Total members). That’s $50 shy of its best price to date, and nearly half the price of its successor, the ROG Ally X. Admittedly, the ROG Ally X, offers more impressive performance and battery life, but the ROG Ally is still more powerful than Valve’s Steam Deck with a larger 1080p and 120Hz display. Alternatively, the Lenovo Legion Go is also on sale for $599.99 ($150 off) with 1TB of storage, which is one of its better prices to date. The handheld isn’t as fast or as lightweight as the ROG Ally, but it does offers a larger 8.8-inch 144Hz display so it can double as a decent Windows tablet. It also has detachable controllers and even a kickstand.
It’s not all pricey handhelds, either. Gaming accessories like Scuf’s Nomad controller have dropped to their best prices to date, selling for $79.99 ($20 off), with Amazon matching that deal too. A mobile controller for your iPhone, Scuf’s device is similar to rivals from Backbone and Razer Kishi but offers full-size, drift-free Hall effect sticks. And while the video game deals aren’t as impressive, there are a few noteworthy ones to consider, like the open-world title Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which is down to one of its better prices to date of $29.99 ($20 off) for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.