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Best Amazon Prime Day 2018 gaming deals: Switch, Xbox and PC accessories – CNET

Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer's giant 36-hour sale, has begun! Amazon's sale runs ..

Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer's giant 36-hour sale, has begun! Amazon's sale runs through Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT (Wednesday, 2:59 a.m. ET). Each year has included some gaming hardware and software, but this year's gaming deals include some particular standouts like sales on Oculus Headsets and Xbox One S bundles.

For an even more exhaustive list of Prime Day gaming deals, check out GameSpot's list of deals for Xbox, Switch and PS4 fans.

Buy a Nintendo Switch and get a 64GB memory card and $20 of eShop credit free

If you were hoping for a deep discount on the Nintendo Switch this Prime Day, you may be out of luck — depending on whether the deal is actually in stock when you check. We've seen the bounce back and forth between unavailable and in stock, so your mileage may vary.

Buying a Switch today will get 64GB of extra storage space for digital games plus $20 of eShop credit to fill it up with.

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Nintendo Switch microSD memory, cases, chargers and more

And if you were lucky enough to grab one of those Switch bundles, Amazon has Prime Day deals on tons of accessories that will vastly improve your experience with the Switch. Everything from microSD cards, carrying cases, Joy-con chargers and more have sizable discounts while supplies last.

SanDisk 128 GB microSD card

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Orzly Switch carrying case

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Joy-con charging dock

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Xbox One S 1TB Starter Bundle with three months of Game Pass

If you've been looking for an excuse to get an Xbox One, this is a pretty decent one: This $229 starter bundle comes with a 4K video capable Xbox One S, a 1TB hard drive and three months of Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service — which gives you access to over 100 games on the spot! That subscription will expire after 90 days, but gamers who pick up this deal on Prime Day will also get a copy of Rare Replay, which comes with 30 classic Rare games to dive into. Either way, this bundle will keep you busy all summer.

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Nintendo New 3DS XL – Super NES Edition + Super Mario Kart for SNES

The Nintendo Switch might not be getting a virtual console, but Nintendo's other portable is still a haven for classic gaming — and if you're going to pick up a 3DS anyway, why not grab a Super NES Edition New Nintendo 3DS XL with a free copy of Super Mario Kart? All yours for $150. While supplies last.

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Oculus Rift Headset, Touch Virtual Reality System

If your PC is powerful enough to handle it, the Oculus Rift is a great way to become immersed in the world of VR. Right now, you can get a headset for $50 off its normal price of $399 at checkout.

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Lightning Deal: Overwatch Legendary Edition for PS4, Xbox One, PC

Typically $60, Overwatch's Legendary Edition comes packed with 5 epic and 5 legendary skins. Don't care about skins? Then this premium edition is the same price as the standard version of Overwatch while supplies last.

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Persona 5: PS4

If you're itching for a lengthy, stylish JRPG, Amazon has you covered. The excellent Playstation-exclusive is half-price right now at $29.99.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ: PS4 (digital)

One of most-stylish fighting games in recent memory is also available for a reduced price of PS4 owners, though at the moment the deal is only for a digital copy ($34.99).

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Logitech Dual-motor Feedback Driving Force G29 Racing Wheel with Responsive Pedals for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3

Getting serious about racing simulators can get expensive — but today, it's a little more affordable. Logitech's force-feedback G29 racing wheel normally costs a staggering $400. Today, it's selling for just $199. If you want to up your Gran Turismo Sport game for a song, this could be your best deal.

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Get a new Thin and Light Gaming Laptop: MSI GL62M Quad Core i7-7700HQ with GT 1050Ti graphics

Gaming laptops used to be expensive, hulking bricks of computers so large, they made you question if they even qualified as "portable" computers. Not anymore — these days you can get a mean, lean gaming machine that actually might fit in your backpack. And for $799, MSI's GL62M won't break the bank, either.

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EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 8GB GDDR5X

Need to give your old desktop gaming PC an upgrade? Prime Day is a great day to get parts — and if a new video card is at the top of your list, it's hard to go wrong with an EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW. Cryptocurrency miners have made getting a good GPU so much of a chore that the normal retail price is sometimes considered a steal — but this deal will do you one better: GTX 1080 graphics for $500, about $150 of the regular price.

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Get a new Motherboard for your gaming PC

If you're cracking open your PC to replace the GPU anyway, you might want to look at getting a new motherboard. Thankfully, Amazon has some of those on sale too — including kits for both AMD Ryzen and 8th Generation Intel processors, available for $175 and $150, respectively.

AORUS x470 Gaming Motherboard

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ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E Gaming Motherboard

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iBUYPOWER Gaming Desktop PC i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7 GHz, Geforce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB

Skip upgrading your old PC, and just buy a new one! This iBuyPower gaming desktop has enough oomph to run just about anything you can throw at it — packing in a GTX 1070 Ti, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB HDD and a 240GB SSD. Throw in liquid cooling and a rad multi-colored RGB case, and you've got an affordable $1,200 rig worthy of any lan party.

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There will be over a million items on sale during Prime Day, so check below for even more deals that go beyond the world of gaming. And check back with this page through all of Prime Day as we update you on even more gaming deals in the future.

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