Between increased tariffs and price hikes, it’s not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB PS5 with a disc drive in its original (thicker) design along with 24 months of PS Plus Premium included for just $579.99 (previously $749.99). Given that the slimmer 1TB disc-based model is $549.99, this is a phenomenal deal that nets out to you paying just a little extra for two years of Sony’s top-tier online subscription (a $320 value).
PS Plus Premium costs $17.99 per month, or $160 per year, and it’s a great way to play more games without buying them individually. New games arrive every month (recent additions include the spooky Silent Hill 2 remake and The Last of Us Part 2’s remake), and you can continue to play them so long as you maintain a subscription. Not only that, the service enables online multiplayer, and gives you access to a large roster of games, from current-gen titles and dating back to the PS1-era.
While the original version of the PlayStation 5 has been succeeded by the slimmer, slightly more power-efficient revision, the hardware differences as it pertains to any performance-related advantages the newer model has over the launch edition are nil. You can still add on an affordable PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD to boost the storage space, you can customize it with snap-on shells, and it can run any PS5 game out there.