The Best Black Friday Sales on Handheld Gaming Consoles

Black Friday has some great sales on handheld gaming consoles. Here are my favorite ones.

This Nintendo Switch OLED bundle is on sale

The Nintendo Switch is arguably the most popular handheld gaming console in the world right now, with franchises like Super Mario, Super Smash Bros., Zelda, Pokémon, and other exclusive titles. For Black Friday, my favorite Nintendo Switch deal is a bundle: You can get the Nintendo Switch OLED version (the best version of the Switch at the time of writing) along with a download code for Super Smash Bros. 2 and three months of Nintendo Switch Online for $350. You're saving about $68 with this deal given that the digital purchases would cost you that much. 

The original Nintendo Switch is also on sale

If you want the original Nintendo Switch, you can still get a great bundle: At $300, you can get the Switch and a download code for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe along with a three-month subscription to Nintendo Switch Online. You save about $67 with this combo too. 

The Nintendo Switch Lite bundle is also on sale

You can also get the Nintendo Switch Lite as part of a Black Friday sale. Note that the Switch Lite is handheld only, which means it can't be used with a bigger display, like your TV and monitor. You can't detach its Joy-Con controllers either, which makes it a lot less flexible than other Switch models. But this console costs a lot less: You can get the Isabelle's Aloha edition of the Nintendo Switch Lite at $200, and it includes a download code for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. You'll be saving $60 with this bundle.

And the Asus ROG Ally is on sale, too

For those who want to play PC games on a handheld device, the Asus ROG Ally is a great option. It ships with Windows 11, has a 7-inch 1080p display, 512GB storage, and 16GB RAM, so you can play a lot of powerful games on it. Best Buy has a Black Friday deal on the ROG Ally, and it's priced at $620, down from the usual $700 price tag.