South African retailers have adopted America’s Black Friday faster than Zuma can tank the Rand. As such, it has quickly become a time of year whereby shoppers queue at malls before opening, and digital warriors will even forgo their carpel tunnel regimen to score a great deal. With this in mind, South Africa’s PlayStation Black Friday deals have been revealed.
Starting on 17 November, and running through to 26 November 2017, participating retailers will have a large variety of PlayStation games, consoles and even accessories up for grabs at reduced prices.
For starters, all PlayStation VR units will be reduced by R1000. In addition to that, each unit will also come with a copy of either GT Sport or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
The PlayStation 4 Hit Bundle will also be available at R3999, down from the suggested retail price of R5299. This bundle includes a 500 GB PlayStation 4 as well as DriveClub, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Ratchet and Clank.
Two additional limited edition console bundles will also be discounted for PlayStation Black Friday 2017:
- 1TB PS4 Slim Call of Duty: World War II bundle will be available for R4999, reduced from R5999.
- 1TB PS4 Slim GT Sport bundle with be available for R4999, reduced from R5999.
Hardware aside, there are also quite a number of games that will see price reductions during the PlayStation Black Friday 2017 sales event. The list is fairly extensive, but has been collated into a table below.
Game | Retail Price | Black Friday Price | Saving |
Everybody’s Golf | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Knack 2 | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Nioh | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Ratchet and Clank | R599 | R299 | R300 |
The Last Guardian | R599 | R299 | R300 |
The Last of Us: Remastered | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Wipeout: Omega Collection | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Gran Turismo Sport Special Edition | R1299 | R799 | R500 |
Horizon: Zero Dawn | R999 | R499 | R500 |
Injustice 2 | R899 | R399 | R500 |
The Evil Within II | R899 | R499 | R400 |
Dualshock 4 + GT Sport | R1499 | R999 | R500 |
Battlezone (VR) | R349 | R199 | R150 |
DriveClub (VR) | R349 | R199 | R150 |
RIGS (VR) | R349 | R199 | R150 |
Robinson The Journey (VR) | R499 | R199 | R300 |
Eve Valkyrie (VR) | R599 | R299 | R300 |
Farpoint (VR) | R499 | R299 | R200 |
Starblood Arena (VR) | R599 | R299 | R200 |
VR Worlds (VR) | R499 | R299 | R200 |
PS VR Aim Controller + Farpoint | R999 | R799 | R200 |
In terms of participating retailers, the following have been confirmed for the South African PlayStation Black Friday 2017 sales event: BT Games, C.N.A, Dion Wired, Game, Game4U, Hi Fi Corporation, Incredible Connection, Loot, Makro, Pick ‘n Pay, Raru, Toys R Us, Takealot (Offers may vary per retail channel).
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