Last year saw a number of aggressive price drops take place within the global gaming console market; initiated by Sony’s introduction of its PlayStation 3 Slim at a price of $299 and the announcement of a $100 drop on its previous model.<\/p>\n
Microsoft and Nintendo quickly followed suit, reducing console prices for the Xbox 360 and later the Wii by an equally large margin.<\/p>\n
Since then prices within the gaming market for console hardware have now become largely standardised. Standardized pricing and solid competition have made it difficult for retailers to overcharge for consoles.<\/p>\n
Local consumers have also felt this price reduction, with a number of prominent South African outlets now vying for the attention of customers by offering more attractive packages at lower prices.<\/p>\n
With this in mind we have compiled a comprehensive console pricing comparison which features seven of the country’s most well known gaming retailers. It also includes a number of console variations based on package and hard drive capacity.<\/p>\n
The findings indicate that the best offerings are not limited to a single retailer. Instead each outlet appears to advertise a single particularly competitive package.<\/p>\n
The best deals in each category are:<\/p>\n
Xbox 360 Arcade<\/strong> Look and Listen<\/p>\n Xbox 360 Elite 120GB<\/strong> Dion Wired<\/p>\n Xbox 360 Elite 250GB <\/strong>Incredible Connection<\/p>\n PlayStation 3 Slim 120GB<\/strong> Dion Wired<\/p>\n PlayStation 3 Slim 250GB <\/strong>Take 2, Kalahari, BT Games<\/p>\n Nintendo Wii <\/strong> Kalahari, Look and Listen, BT Games<\/p>\n Which retailers offer the best deals on consoles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338","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\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/ol>\n
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\n <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Take 2 <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Kalahari <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Zaps <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n IC <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n L&L <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n Dion Wired <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n BT <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Xbox 360 Arcade<\/td>\n R2499<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R2588<\/td>\n R2500<\/td>\n R1999<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Xbox 360 Elite 120GB<\/td>\n R3399<\/td>\n R3699<\/td>\n R3231<\/td>\n R3700<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R3099<\/td>\n R3119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Xbox 360 Elite 250GB<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R4300<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R4499<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PS3 Slim 120GB<\/td>\n R3799<\/td>\n R3699<\/td>\n R3899<\/td>\n R3700<\/td>\n R3799<\/td>\n R3699<\/td>\n R3800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PS3 Slim 250GB<\/td>\n R4299<\/td>\n R4299<\/td>\n R4499<\/td>\n R4300<\/td>\n R4799<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R4299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Wii<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R2499<\/td>\n NA<\/td>\n R2500<\/td>\n R2499<\/td>\n R2500<\/td>\n R2499<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"