There's really not long to go now before Black Friday Xbox deals kick off in earnest towards the end of November. Black Friday officially starts on November 29, but as always, we're expecting most big retailers to kick things off up to a week earlier.

This is the kind of offer I would expect to see when official Black Friday Xbox deals stick the landing at the end of the month, so grabbing it two weeks early feels like a solid win. After all, the Seagate alternative is still sitting at $149 at Amazon right now.

Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but that's not stopping big-name brands and retailers from launching their sales events early. Our staff of professional shoppers is already seeing discounts on some of our favorite products across a range of categories,