Black Friday 2015: Video Game Deals

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

Walmart.com: Save money. Live better.

Genre: Action/adventure, Kojima nonsense

Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, PC

Why you should care: Director Hideo Kojima's farewell to the stealth/action/melodrama/anime series that he began all the way back in 1987. MGS V melds the series' trademark gameplay with the open-world design that has become dominant in video games.

With Black Friday looming, retailers are going to try their best to get Santa to put a shiny new console under your Festivus pole.

Two years after their 2013 launches, enough software has arrived to fully justify upgrading to a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Similarly, the Wii U has built up such a strong library of great games since its 2012 release to justify getting one as a secondary console.

Just to note: this will be updated periodically as warranted as ads from smaller retailers — or even additional deals from the big stores — leak to the public.

PlayStation 4

Sony cut the price of the PS4 to $349.99 from $399.99 last month, but it will go even lower Black Friday Weekend.

Best Buy, GameStop, Toys R Us, hhgregg and Walmart will each have the 500GB console bundled with “Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection” for $299.99. (OK, technically the Walmart one is just $299 due to the way it handles pennies in its prices.)