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Memorial Day Weekend Deals: PS5 $200 Off, Switch & More

By ShopSmartAI EditorialMay 22, 20264 min read

Memorial Day Weekend Deals: PS5 $200 Off, Switch OLED at $383, and the Best Audio Drops

Memorial Day weekend is finally here, and the early-bird sales we covered last week have settled into something better — real, deep, weekend-only price cuts on the categories that don't usually move. PS Direct is taking $200 off the PS5 Digital Edition. Best Buy's Memorial Day banner is now up to 56% off on select TVs, laptops, and headphones. And several products have hit all-time lows since Friday morning.

Here are the deals worth your weekend — and the ones not worth your attention.


Gaming: The Biggest Console Discount of the Year So Far

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition — $200 off at PS Direct (US)

This is the headline. Sony rarely cuts the PS5 Digital this hard outside of Black Friday, and a $200 discount through PS Direct is the steepest price we've tracked on a current-gen console since the holiday season. If you've been holding out for a PS5 buy, this is the weekend.

Nintendo Switch OLED — $383 at Best Buy

Down from the standard $349.99 MSRP… wait, that's above MSRP. Stock context: the original Switch OLED is still seeing inflated pricing in many channels post-Switch-2 launch, so $383 is actually the best widely available price on the OLED model right now. If you specifically want OLED on the original Switch (rather than the Switch 2), this is the buy. Otherwise, see the Switch 2 bundle below.

Nintendo Switch 2 Console Bundles — $499 with a game

Nintendo is bundling the Switch 2 with your choice of Pokémon Pokopia, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Mario Kart World at $499 — roughly $20 off the standalone game when bought separately. Not a deep discount, but Switch 2 bundles haven't moved since launch, so this is the first real price softening we've seen.

Kirby Air Riders — $59.99 at Woot (was $69.99)

A rare $10 cut on a brand-new first-party Nintendo title. Woot's Switch 2 game discounts almost never go deeper than this on freshly released titles.

Pokémon Legends Z-A — $44 at Woot (was $59)

The biggest single-game discount of the weekend — 25% off a still-in-rotation first-party Pokémon title. If you skipped it at launch, $44 is the price to grab it.


Audio: All-Time Lows Across the Board

Nothing Headphone (a) — $169 (Amazon, Nothing direct)

Nothing's premium over-ears have officially hit their first major Memorial Day discount, landing at a record-low $169. For the design and software integration alone, the (a) competes with headphones $80–$100 more expensive. This is the audio sleeper deal of the weekend.

JBL Flip 7 Portable Speaker — $100 at Best Buy (save $50)

The Flip 7 launched at $149.95 and has held within $20 of MSRP for months. $100 is the first sub-$110 price we've seen since release. For a waterproof Bluetooth speaker with the Flip 7's battery life and Auracast support, this is the easy buy of the weekend for backyard and pool season.

Bose & Sony premium ANC — minor moves from last week's prices. The Sennheiser Momentum 4 at $200 (covered May 15) is still the best premium-audio value of the sale.


TVs and Big-Box Standouts

Samsung The Frame TV — $800 off (Best Buy, Samsung.com)

The largest discount The Frame has seen since launch. This is the lifestyle pick if you want a TV that doubles as wall art — for everyone else, the LG C5 OLED at $1,400 off from last week is still the better gaming and movie TV.

55-inch 4K Smart TV — $200 (Best Buy)

Not a name-brand model, but for a secondary bedroom or guest-room TV, $200 for a 55-inch 4K panel is the easiest sub-$250 purchase of the weekend.

Best Buy headline sale — up to 56% off

The full sale runs across TVs, laptops, headphones, and smart home, with the deepest cuts on gaming laptops (RTX 5070-class configs are seeing $300–$450 off select SKUs) and smart home bundles.


What's Not Worth Your Weekend

  • iPhone 17 / Galaxy S26 Ultra — no meaningful Memorial Day retail movement. Trade-in offers still beat sale pricing (see our Galaxy S26 Ultra vs iPhone 17 Pro Max comparison ).
  • Apple Studio Display / Pro Display XDR — full MSRP, no movement.
  • RTX 5070 / 5070 Ti GPUs — the sub-MSRP $499 deals we tracked May 8 have evaporated. Stock has stabilized at $549+ across retailers; no Memorial Day GPU dip materializing.
  • Steam Deck OLED / ROG Xbox Ally — handhelds aren't part of the Memorial Day cycle this year. Wait for Prime Day.

How to Lock In These Prices Before Monday Night

Most Memorial Day pricing expires end-of-day Monday, May 25 — but the PS5 $200 cut and the Nothing Headphone (a) at $169 have been moving stock fast and may sell out before Sunday. The fastest way to keep up: set a price alert at shopsmartai.org on the specific product you want. We track Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, PS Direct, Nintendo, and Apple simultaneously and ping you the moment your target hits — without the deal-page refresh treadmill.

TL;DR — Best deals to grab this weekend:

  • PS5 Digital Edition — $200 off at PS Direct (biggest console discount of 2026 so far)
  • Nothing Headphone (a) — $169 all-time low
  • JBL Flip 7 — $100, first sub-$110 price since launch
  • Pokémon Legends Z-A — $44 at Woot (25% off)
  • Samsung The Frame — $800 off
  • Kirby Air Riders — $59.99 at Woot

Track live prices and set alerts at shopsmartai.org . Sale ends end-of-day Monday for most categories.

Sources: Yahoo Tech — Best Buy Memorial Day sale up to 56% off · GamesRadar — 23 best Memorial Day sales for gamers 2026 · Playasia — PlayStation Store deals week of May 21, 2026 · Tom's Guide — Best Nintendo Switch deals May 2026

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