{"id":113717,"date":"2016-12-12T12:34:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T10:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=113717"},"modified":"2016-12-12T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T10:37:29","slug":"you-can-get-an-xbox-one-s-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/113717-you-can-get-an-xbox-one-s-in-south-africa-right-now","title":{"rendered":"You can get an Xbox One S in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Takealot is currently offering UK-imported Xbox One consoles to its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The console which still has no confirmed local pricing or release date can be purchased from the online retailer for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takealot.com\/xbox-one-s-500gb-console-fifa-17-dlc-uk-plug\/PLID43038776\" target=\"_blank\">R4,999<\/a><\/strong> and will include a downloadable copy of FIFA 17.<\/p>\n<p>The deal also carries the following caveats that may be a deal-breaker for some:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>Please note, no local warranty will be offered on this item. \u00a0You will require a UK plug adapter. \u00a0This item is a warranty item and warranty exchanges can take up to 20 weeks.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>It seems like a pretty good deal, which\u00a0may turn out to be\u00a0cheaper than official local prices\u00a0when the Xbox One S\u00a0launches in South Africa. Takealot currently lists an\u00a0Xbox One S bundle pre-order with Gears of War 4 and Halo Masterchief on for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takealot.com\/xbox-one-s-console-1tb-gears-of-war-4-halo-masterchief-xbox-one\/PLID43771665\" target=\"_blank\">R5,999.<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/113477-microsoft-discusses-the-price-of-xbox-scorpio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft discusses the price of Xbox Scorpio<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to get an Xbox One S in South Africa early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":94911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[31,2079,20680],"class_list":["post-113717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-takealot","tag-xbox-one-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113719,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113717\/revisions\/113719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}