Sims 4

@Backseat_Yeti  If you're looking for a gaming laptop, even at the entry level, Black Friday is your best bet, but it's not guaranteed that there will be anything for $500.  I remember last year, I saw one gaming laptop sold by Best Buy drop to $450 for a day or two, but everything else was more like $550 and above.  And aside from one sold out model on Walmart, I'm not seeing any gaming laptops for $550 and under right now.  That doesn't mean there won't be any, just that you can't count on it.

Black Friday sales have already started, somehow, so it's worth keeping an eye out for deals now.  But I'd think that the deals would get more numerous, if not better, as we get closer to the actual Black Friday.

Anyway, aside from that, your other options are to get a refurbished gaming laptop from somewhere like Amazon, or to take your chances with Ebay.  For the former, this is a good example of what you can often, but not always, find:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MKLM2RJ

For $550, you'd get a recent model (maybe a year old, maybe less) that should run all current Sims 4 packs together on ultra graphics settings, and that's sold by the Acer Recertified Store.  However, I think it's unlikely that the price will drop much at any point soon.

As for Ebay, there are lots of cheap options, and there's lots of risk.  If you want to go in that direction, I'll try to find something, but it's such a mess and moves so quickly, there's not much point in shopping there until you know you're ready to buy and aren't waiting for something better.