Sony Announces Two $300 PlayStation 4 Bundles For Budget-Conscious Holiday Shoppers

by Brandon Hill — Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 10:24 AM EDT

Just over a week ago, Sony announced a $300 PlayStation 4 bundle that was available from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday via its retail partners. Apparently, sales figures during this promotion were pleasing to Sony, as the company has decided to extend the offer and add an additional bundle to the mix.

Starting December 6^th, Sony will offer the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Star Wars Battlefront Standard Edition bundles for a low $299.99. The promotion lasts through December 19^th, so if you’re at all interested in picking up a PlayStation 4, now is the time.

It’s also likely that Sony is hoping to cash in on the hype surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens with the Battlefront bundle, and we can’t say that we blame them. Included in the Battlefront bundle are a Jet Black Dual Shock 4 controller, a copy of Star Wars Battlefront (of course) and a digital voucher to download four previously released Star Wars games for free (those titles include Super Star Wars, Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Star Wars Bounty Hunter).

Sony is definitely looking to shore up its defenses against a surging Xbox One. Sony cut the price of its PlayStation 4 from $399 to $349 in early October, but that still wasn’t enough to stop the Xbox One from walking away as the sales leader for the month. You can chalk up the Xbox One victory to the launch of Halo 5: Guardians and the anticipation of the New Xbox One Experience, which brought Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to the console.

Although Xbox One’s October win was it first in months against PlayStation 4, Sony likely doesn’t want this to become a regular occurrence. And even if it does, it’s going to take more than a few months of stellar Xbox One sales to eat into the PlayStation 4’s commanding sales lead this generation, which currently stands at 30.2 million units sold worldwide.

Tags: Sony, ps4, PlayStation 4, xbox one, star-wars-battlefront

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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