Memorial Day sales are more handy for grabbing deals on shiny new furniture for your house and less so for getting cash off the best gaming headsets for your setup. But it doesn't mean this Monday, May 25, 2026, will be entirely devoid of gaming bargains.
Last year, our roundup of the best Memorial Day sales included the mighty SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, which had dropped from its $379.99 MSRP to just $243.46, and I suspect that it's going to be a fixture of this year's big day too. This time last year, the Pro Wireless was the most premium pair in the Arctis Nova lineup, and discounts weren't a rarity exactly. But the existence of not one, but the existence of the brand new Arctis Nova Pro Omni could make it more prone to big discounts next week, and during every big sales event ahead.
Since last Memorial Day, two new SteelSeries headsets have entered the scene: the Arctis Nova Elite and the Arctis Nova Pro Omni. When I was first briefed on the Omni and its new wealth of features, SteelSeries informed me that the availability of the Pro was going to change. It wasn't going to be hard to find in stock, but its presence would shrink a little bit, likely to shift focus onto the new big thing.
That's entirely understandable, especially as the Omni and the Pro Wireless are very similar headsets. Both look practically identical, include the hot-swappable battery tech, and the Game Hub device that allows both headsets to be a multi-platform gamer's dream. However, the new Omni takes things a step further by decking out the device with the ability to hook up to more sources, mix the audio of those sources, and it supports Hi-res audio while wireless.
With that in mind, I have a sense that Pro Wireless discounts are going to be even more of a fixture at Memorial Day, Amazon Prime Day 2026, and all big sales events going forward. Think about it, if SteelSeries wants all eyes on the new Omni, it'd make sense to use big flashy sales events to get rid of old stock and make way for the new big thing.
Is the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless still worth it?
Even in a post-Omni world, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is most definitely still worth picking up.
If you want the best of the best around the $300 price point, I am, of course, going to recommend the Omni instead right now. It's not the new king of our best headset guides for no reason. However, sticking with the Pro Wireless is a great way to get an almost-as-premium pair, without the premium cost.
If you have a split PC and console setup, the Pro Wireless is a dream. You can hook it up to your desktop and your PS5 at the same time and use the Game Hub to navigate through their volume controls and settings. As I said earlier, it also has that hot-swappable battery tech, which practically makes charging obsolete, and you've got your pick of a wired, Bluetooth, or 2.4GHz connection types and one of the best microphones I've tested in my years of writing about headsets.
There's a reason why the new Omni takes so much from the Pro Wireless, because even years later it's still an impressive piece of tech. Its out of the box sound isn't up to par with the brand's newest releases. However, you do still have the SteelSeries GG PC software at your fingertips and a huge range of EQ settings and game audio pre-sets at your behest, which can help bring out the best of its older Neodymium magnetic audio drivers.
The greatest part of it all is that it's considerably less expensive than the Omni if there are discounts around. Even today, you can grab the headset for just $279.99, saving you $100 off its full price, days before Memorial Day even kicked off. That's not a record low saving, as it dropped as low as $234.35 during last year's Prime Day sales. That being said, it's still big enough that I'd recommend grabbing it even before next week. Anything more this Memorial Day would be a no-brainer. So long as you're okay missing out on the Hi-res wireless stylings of the Omni.
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Take a look at our guides to the best PS5 headsets, best Xbox Series X headsets, and the best Nintendo Switch headsets if you want to learn more about the pairs you should be checking out this Memorial Day.
