{"id":79861,"date":"2015-08-11T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=79861"},"modified":"2015-08-11T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T11:07:16","slug":"1tb-ultimate-player-edition-of-the-ps4-priced-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/79861-1tb-ultimate-player-edition-of-the-ps4-priced-locally","title":{"rendered":"1TB Ultimate Player Edition of the PS4 priced locally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we get into the meat of the story, we should point out that the 1TB \u2018Ultimate Player Edition\u2019 PS4 uses the original release model, not the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/77612-new-ps4-models-inbound-including-a-1tb-model.html\" target=\"_blank\">new and improved CUH-1200<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CUH-1200 is Sony\u2019s newly revised PS4 that sports a scratch and smudge resistant matte finish as well as a number of hardware revisions that result in a lighter, more power efficient console.<\/p>\n<p>The CUH-1200\u2019s power rating is now 230W, as opposed to the original\u2019s 250W, and remains a tad cooler and quieter as a result of the power improvements.<\/p>\n<p>We suspect that in order to sell the older model in light of the CUH-1200, Sony has thrown in a beefier 1TB hard drive, attached an attractive packaging name like \u201cUltimate Player Edition\u201d and away they\u2019ll go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adEBUZyX-Ao\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And now we finally have a local pricing for the Ultimate Player Edition bundle.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makro.co.za\/baby-toys-and-entertainment\/ps4-1tb-console-299137EA\" target=\"_blank\">Makro<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takealot.com\/sony-playstation-4-ultimate-player-1tb-edition-console-ps4\/PLID38676616\" target=\"_blank\">Takealot<\/a> are advertising the 1TB version of the PS4 for <strong>R5999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, neither CNA nor BT Games have 1TB console listed, but we can\u2019t imagine it will be long before they do.<\/p>\n<p>R5999 is pretty good price point for the 1TB model, but it\u2019ll have to see another price drop or two before it becomes truly attractive, especially when you consider that those who can afford a PS4 in all likelihood already own one.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Related news worth checking out<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/79739-mobile-projector-revealed-for-ps4.html\">Mobile projector revealed for PS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/79531-vote-to-play-allows-you-to-choose-your-free-ps-plus-games.html\">Vote to Play allows you to choose your free PS Plus games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/79451-jak-and-daxter-4-concept-art-leaked.html\">Cancelled Jak and Daxter 4 concept art leaked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s still a little too expensive for those yet to purchase one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":79863,"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":[11681],"tags":[14480,1600,1969,1239,8679,14696],"class_list":["post-79861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-1tb-ps4","tag-local","tag-news-2","tag-playstation-4","tag-pricing","tag-ultimate-player-edition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79861","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\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}