Sony PS4 Slim with DualShock 4

Electronics manufacturer Sony has announced that the prices of its gaming consoles and accessories have been dropped. The price changes will take effect immediately. This announcement comes after the GST council had announced that they will be reducing the tax rates on 23 items including TVs, monitors, power banks, gaming consoles, and various other such electronic items.

After the rate cuts, Sony India has slashed prices of both 500GB and 1TB variants of the PS4 Slim, 1TB PS4 Pro, and various other accessories related to the PS4. The accessories include the PS VR, DualShock 4 controllers, PS4 Aim Controller, PS4 Platinum Wireless Headset, PS4 Wireless Stereo Headset, PS4 Twin Pack, and the PS4 vertical stand.

The price cut is applicable to physical and offline sellers and various e-commerce websites as well.

PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim, PS VR new India prices

PS4 Slim 1TB - Rs. 33,650 (Old price: Rs. 36,490) Price cut: Rs. 2,840

PS4 Slim 500GB - Rs. 28,580 (Old price: Rs. 30,990) Price cut: Rs. 2,410

PS4 Pro 1TB - Rs. 38,710 (Old price: Rs. 41,990) Price cut: Rs. 3,280

PS VR (version 2) - Rs. 28,580 (Old price: Rs. 30,900) Price cut: Rs. 2,320

PS VR Mega Pack - Rs. 31,600 (Old price: Rs. 34,290) Price cut: Rs. 2,690

PS4 controllers and headsets India prices

DualShock 4 (standard and camo) - Rs. 5,050 (Old price: Rs. 5,490) Price cut: Rs. 440

PS4 Aim Controller - Rs.5,050 (Old Price: Rs. 5,490) Price cut: Rs. 440

PS4 Platinum Wireless Headset - Rs. 13,810 (Old price: Rs. 14,990) Price cut: Rs. 1,180

PS4 Wireless Stereo - Rs. 7,363 (Old price: Rs. 7,990) Price cut: Rs. 627

PS4 Vertical Stand - Rs. 1,830 (Old price: Rs. 1,990) Price cut: Rs 160

PS4 Twin Pack - Rs. 6,450 (Old price: Rs. 6,990) Price cut: Rs. 540

Prior to the rate cut, a number of online stores and offline retailers sold the PS4 models at discount. For example, even before the rate cut, the PS4 Slim was selling for as low as Rs. 26,000 on various e-commerce portals. It is a probability that after the rate cut, the prices could slip down even further.

The PlayStation has been synonymous with console gaming for a long time and has been one of the top console gaming platforms in India. The eighth generation PlayStation console, the PS4 is powered by a semi-custom octa-core AMD x86-64 Jaguar 1.6GHz CPU coupled to an 8GB GDDR5 RAM. The PS4 is also one of the first consoles to utilise what Sony calls an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) developed by AMD and combines a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit coupled with other components such as a memory controller and a video decoder unit.

In other news, Sony has been reportedly working on a new Xperia device called the Xperia L3. The L3 will be a successor to the Xperia L2 and is tipped to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. For more information, stay tuned.