If you haven’t heard the news, there’s a ‘new’ PS5 in town. The “Slim” as it’s known to everyone but Sony is landing on South Africa’s shelves in April — and the country’s local distributor is looking to shift some of the old stock to make room, ironically, for the slimmer console. It hasn’t said as much, but Koodoo’s mega PS5 sale, launched at midnight, was all the confirmation we needed.
It’s worth remembering that the PS5 Slim doesn’t offer any sort of technical upgrade to the original PS5’s hardware. It’s purely a cosmetic upgrade — meaning if you can stomach the superfluous bulk of the 2020 model — Koodoo’s sale should hit the spot perfectly. That’s even before getting the site’s still-running ‘0% interested 100% interested’ promotion involved. But we’ll get to that.
Striking PS5 deals
Already got a PS5 in your arsenal? That’s fine. While most of the sale is console-centric, you’ll find some half-decent deals on Sony’s PSVR 2, DualSense Edge or even the newly launched Portal handheld and accompanying line-up of Elite audio gear. They won’t all save a few thousand bucks, but if you’ve had these on your wishlist, now’s probably the time to cash in. Or rather, cash out.
We won’t highlight every deal on offer — we’d be here all day otherwise. Still, it’s worth checking out the entire sale for yourself.
Here’s what caught our eye:
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Limited Edition PS5 (Disc) + voucher for Spider-Man 2 – R12,400 (save R3,600)
- PS5 (Disc) + DualSense Edge Controller bundle – R12,400 (save R2,100)
- PS5 (Digital) + voucher for Spider-Man 2 – R10,000 (save R1,900)
- PSVR 2 – R13,500 (save R2,000)
- PSVR 2 + Horizon Call of the Mountain – R13,800 (save R1,800)
- Nacon Daija Arcade Stick – R4,000 (save R1,000)
There’s no mention of how long the sale will be going on, but it’s clearly a ‘while stocks last’ situation.
Of course, Sony’s got that PS5 Pro on the way if the rumours are to be believed. Just this week we got a look at the console’s leaked specs, and they appear to be legit in both senses of the word. Sony’s reportedly targeting a holiday 2024 release, so saving up your cash might be the move if you can hold off from playing Hellidivers II until then.
As for Koodoo’s ‘0% interest 100% interested’ promotion, FNB customers who hold either an Aspire, Premier, Private Clients, Private Wealth or Signet credit card can “enjoy the convenience of spreading your payments over 12 or 24 months without the burden of interest.”
All they need to do is select the FNB/RNB budget plan on either the 12- or 24-month budget term at checkout and use one of the credit cards we mentioned to get in on the action. The FNB promotion ends on 13 May 2024 according to the Ts & Cs.