PlayStation 4 Slim 500GB Console - Uncharted 4 Bundle Discontinued

FOR THOSE WHO NEVER HAD A PLAYSTATION 4 I've been a playstation fan since the original PS2. Playstation is simply the best console for especially RPG's. This console is simply the best incarnation of the Playstation 4 so far. It's a super-quiet media center (Blu-rays, Netflix, Hulu, Plex). The PS4 is a big improvements from the PS3 in that multi-tasking actually exists. I can chat with my brothers in a party while watching a blu-ray or playing a game. Seriously, it's a wonderful system. FOR CURRENT ORIGINAL PLAYSTATION 4 OWNERS The rest of the review is for you, current PS4 owners. I sold my original PS4 for this. Do I regret it? Not in the slightest! My big beef with the PS4 was simply how loud it got. Playing games like the Last of Us put my old PS4 into some kind of dragon fire-breathing mode. It was so loud it permeated walls and kids running around outside questioned if a hurricane had attacked the neighborhood in a frantic rage. Haha that's a slight exaggeration, but it really was quite loud! ACOUSTICS Wow this thing is quiet. When I first turned it on I had to make sure it was on. I seriously can't even tell it's on while I'm doing media and other tasks. Gameplay depending on your game can be dead silent, or you can hear a slight whirr from the fan. I can play the Last of Us without apologizing to everyone in the house now! :) The blu-ray drive is also slightly quieter than *my* old PS4. I know such things vary per PS4. WIFI The Wifi is better (supports 5GHz wifi so transfer speeds can be faster) and I get higher throughput. I can actually use it for game streaming and remote play now! I previously has a poweline ethernet adapter because wi-fi would never cut it for me. DESIGN It's quite sleek. It's smaller than my super-slim PS3 I keep around (See Picture). The Matte finish is very nice. The previous glossy panel was always scratched up is gone, along with the massive bright console status light that always annoyed me (It's been reduced to a tiny light on the power button). The USB ports are also spaced further apart which is a nice touch. The optical output is gone, but I use HDMI CEC anyway so wasn't a miss for me. It's also soo much lighter! CONTROLLER The new DualShock 4 feels a bit more grippy than the prior one. The addition of the health/light bar window at the top is a really great addition.. I could never see that thing anyway while playing. GAMEPLAY Sorry, you won't notice any change in gameplay if you're coming from an older PS4. I notice some titles are a bit more fluid just because I felt sometimes the fans couldn't keep up with the heat of the system. SHOULD YOU WAIT FOR THE PS4 PRO? I have a 4k TV (43") and I chose this over the Pro. $100 more for a (likely) louder console that upscales some games to 4k without a 4k blu-ray player? Not worth it to me. All I wanted was peace and quiet and am perfectly pleased with the graphical quality of the current ps4 games. It seemed like Sony didn't really make the case for the extra investment for me. SHOULD I SELL MY OLD PS4 SYSTEM FOR THIS? I did, because quiet playing is important to me. If quiet playing is not a must have for you, it's probably not a worthwhile trade. The lack of the glossy panel that always got scratched and a sleeker design is also wonderful (some of the newer models don't have a glossy panel to get scratched). P.S. Uncharted is a Physical Game!!! The game that came with my last PS4 was a download code. Nothing bums you more than having to wait forever before you can play the game that comes with your system. Thanks Sony!

I'm giving this fives stars because I think it's a decent system in spite of the things I don't like about it. Let me say up front, I bought an original Xbox just after graduating high school, then I bought a 360 when it came out, and for the past few years I've been using an Xbox one. I'm a little bit prejudiced. I was recently talked into buying this because my brother owns a playstation as well as a lot of people we know, which is easily what playstation has going for it the most, the fact that Sony has sold several times as many systems. If you're trying to decide between this and Xbox, you will get a lot more matches and have a lot more people you know playing this system. In the week I've owned this system, though, I've noticed two things that would have been a deal breaker for me if I knew about them a week ago when I bought this. First, there is a noticeable difference in performance. I've been in numerous occasions playing BF4 where more than six or seven players are on my screen at once and the picture started skipping, things started running slower, it was just obvious the processor is working as hard as it's able to work. In the year and a half I've played this game on Xbox one, that has never happened to me. If you need more evidence than that, The internet browser on Xbox one is blazing fast compared to the browser on Ps4. My other problem is the controller. This is a die hard Xbox fan talking, but the controller is just not very comfortable. My biggest problem is that the d pad is on the left side of the left stick, which means that playing bf4, you have to take you thumb off the left stick in order to switch to a gadget. With the Xbox controller, if I'm busy making my guy run with my left thumb, I can switch gadgets using my right thumb. The other thing I hate about the controller is that it has an internal batterry, so you have to plug it into the playstation in order to charge it, And in the past week I've had to charge the controller three times. Xbox controllers use 2 AA batteries. I bought four rechargeable AAs on amazon for $15 with the charger included, and a charge on two of them lasted about two weeks, at which point the other two batteries were charged and ready to go.. So, I think the Xbox is a better system. But, you may want to consider this if you have a lot of friends.

Granddaughter was thrilled... all I can ask for!

Gran compra en su momento.

Excelente consola a muy buen precio. llego rapido y en perfecto estado. No es muy estetica pero vaya es lo de menos, La calidad del material es excelente como siempre, Los graficos y el rendimiento de los juegos son muy buenos. Se calienta lo normal, puedo decir que he jugado 6 u 8 horas seguidas sin ningun problema o al menos no en la consola jaja.

El envío llegó súper rápido, la cubierta externa de la caja de la PS4 llegó un poco dañada, pero el contenido estuvo bien. Llevo usándola un mes y no la suelto. Gran precio, excelente consola. Uncharted 4 es un juego precioso!

Tiene sus cinco estrellas bien merecidas, un diseño agradable, funciona a la perfección, y todo por un precio bastante accesible, ha sido una de las mejores compras que he hecho por Amazon :)