{"id":22917,"date":"2018-09-25T01:43:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T23:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=22917"},"modified":"2018-09-25T01:47:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T23:47:35","slug":"love-retro-games-playstations-classic-console-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/love-retro-games-playstations-classic-console-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Retro Games? Playstation&#8217;s Classic Console is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those looking for a fix of retro-gaming, Sony has announced the Playstation Classic \u2013 a pint-sized version of the original Playstation, equipped with built-in games, controllers, and HDMI support.<\/p>\n<p>While being compatible with current HD TVs, the miniaturised system also features two controllers \u2013 that are effectively exact copies of the originals \u2013 along with 20 pre-installed games, including the likes of <em>Tekken 3<\/em>, Final Fantasy VII, and <em>Ridge Racer Type 4<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22920\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PS-Classic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PS-Classic.jpg 800w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PS-Classic-300x137.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PS-Classic-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The catch? It will have no internet, PSN, or additional support \u2013 meaning that if a game isn\u2019t on the list of 20 pre-installed games, it\u2019s just not going to be available on this console; and there are no plans to release more games following the initial pre-installed launch titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Playstation Classic will launch on 3\u00a0December\u00a0<\/strong>with an international price of $100 (around R1,450), but official local pricing is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-nl2h8LDqoI\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nl2h8LDq_oI?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nl2h8LDq_oI?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for some current Playstation hits, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2018\/04\/26\/top-5-ps4-exclusives-you-need-to-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best PS4 games on offer<\/a>, along with PriceCheck&#8217;s deals on the best PS4 games:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=PS4%20game&amp;category=17&amp;utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"297\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>And if you want to find the best deals on other big games currently available and for pre-order, check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/17\/Video+Games+&amp;+Accessories?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more gaming deals on Pricecheck here!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h5>Check out <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/17\/Video+Games+&amp;+Accessories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">more gaming deals on Pricecheck here<\/span><\/a><\/span>; and keep up to date on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/category\/tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">the latest gaming happenings on the blog<\/span><\/a>.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playstation unveils its Playstation Classic \u2013 a smaller, original Playstation console with built-in games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":22921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2865,2850],"tags":[2684,1821,1601,3810,639,3808,3809,718,792],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PlayStation-Classic-header.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22917"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22923,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22917\/revisions\/22923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}