Sony readies two $300 PlayStation 4 bundles for December

By Danny Cowan Published December 1, 2015

Miss out on a Black Friday deal for the PlayStation 4 this year? Sony has you covered with a pair of PS4 hardware bundles priced at $300 during the holiday season.

Starting on December 6th, holiday shoppers can purchase the Star Wars Battlefront Standard Edition PS4 bundle and the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection PS4 bundle at a reduced cost. The discount will apply online and at retail locations throughout the United States for two weeks.

Sony’s limited-time price drop represents a savings of $50, as both bundles normally retail for $350 apiece.

The Star Wars Battlefront Standard Edition PS4 bundle includes a copy of EA DICE’s recently released competitive multiplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront, along with a collection of Star Wars-related digital bonuses. The package offers codes redeemable for digital copies of the PlayStation 2-era games Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Star Wars Bounty Hunter, in addition to a PS4 port of the classic 16-bit side-scroller Super Star Wars.

Star Wars Battlefront normally retails at $60. Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, and Super Star Wars are available digitally via the PlayStation Network for $10 each.

The Uncharted PS4 bundle, meanwhile, includes a free copy of the series-spanning compilation Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, regularly priced at $60. Included are PS4 ports of the single-player campaigns from Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, newly upgraded with higher-resolution textures and a persistent 60 frames-per-second framerate.

Both bundles also include a 500 GB PlayStation 4 console and a Jet Black DualShock 4 controller.

The Star Wars Battlefront Standard Edition PS4 bundle and the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection PS4 bundle will be priced at $300 each starting on December 6th, and the price drop will remain in effect through December 19th.

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