Deal: You Can Get PlayStation Classic Mini Console for Just £30 in UK

At that price, I might finally bite.

Edit: Not available locally at the moment. But I will probably keep an eye out.

Still not tempted. I’ll save my money for the upcoming SEGA Mega Drive Classic Mini.

Its definitely in impulse purchase range but still don't think I could justify it think would play it for an hour and never touch it again.

I'll get one at that price but mainly for decoration as it sits amongst my NES, SNES and soon to be Megadrive mini. Or I may just mod it

Every time I step into my local Gamestop, I see it sitting for $30 there...and it's been that price for several months and still, no one picks it up. I may the next time I see it as that and the NES mini keep on tempting me, but then I end up finding a game that I've been wanting to play on the PS4 and end up putting it down. Maybe I just need to stay away from the section of PS4 games but that will never happen!!!! Still though, at $30, it's a good price and it comes to the question of 'why not?'

@Sinton Me too. It seems like Sega is doing this right and getting a lot of the licensed games that Genesis owners fondly remember instead of lazily slapping some random first-party titles on it and calling it a day.

It would be my first retro console, actually. The Ninty ones are OK, but I still have a large NES collection and am not hugely nostalgic for SNES.

If it contained a better choice of games, I might have picked it up. These certainly weren't the PS1 classics I had in mind.

Since Shopko stores around here are going kaput and they advertise that all electronics are up to 70% off, I should see if the PS1 Minis that they have in store are really cheap.

£30 is pretty good value if you want to open it up to full emulation.
A Raspberry Pi and all the gubbins required would probably cost more then that now, and you get a nice little PS1 case for it too!

A moment of silence for all those who paid £90 for this...

So glad I cancelled my preorder at £90! I would buy this but it’s not available in any store or for home delivery, so umm yeah.

I still dont think is worth it. Though, that is personal taste I realise, as I have a PS3 and most PS1 games I want on disc. The messed up 50/60Hz versions and poor image quality really ruin it for me, even as a basic plug and play console.

@Ralizah For us in PAL land the fact the Nintendo ones were 60Hz versions was a plus. I was suprised Sony messed this up, with 50Hz PAL games forced into 60Hz on some titles, causing frame pacing issues not even present in the original PAL versions, on top of poor emulation. Ouch. This should have been a great little device.

Not worth it considering the alternatives for slightly more money

No thanks, not a fan of shoddy emulation.

@Ristar24 Poor emulation. Mediocre game selection. It was a mess all around. Which is a pity, because the PS1 is a LEGENDARY console, with a diverse library of classics and hidden gems. It deserved better than the middling effort Sony put into it.

Not available to C&C anywhere, or deliver to, for Edinburgh area. Shame. Might have given it a go at that price.

@Ralizah Quite so. I was actually a Saturn owner at the time, but the PS1 was a remarkable console that deserved better than this. A real missed oppertunity.

Lots of these units to get rid of it seems.
Next stop — a landfill in New Mexico.

PlayStation tv

PS2 slim + freemcboot
Psone classic modded

All better options.

@Ralizah I think it was my favorite console. Too many great games and i did not even play MediEvil, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro. I was playing Legend of Dragoon, Koudelka, Final Fantasy 8/7/9, Legend of Legaia, Parasite Eve 2 (part 1 did hit the EU), MGS, Resident Evil, Dino Crisis,Twisted Metal World Tour and oi probably missing a few. 😁 😃

Totally agreed on the fail part with Sony should have made it more expensive so you can release decent one. And not insult the Legacy console.

At the moment this stinks. Checked online and like others on this comment thread there's none in stock! So how can Argos be advertising this when there aren't any available? They need to sort it out pronto.

Bargain. I have one already. seriously considering it so I can 4 controllers.

It's also super easy to hack and add your own games.

@CARBONFIBER Yeah, PSTV is my de facto PlayStation One Classic Mini.

My good old PS VITA is my real "Playstation Classic Mini", thanks.

The PSone games never looked better than on its screen. Plus, being able to play Final Fantasy VII, VIII or IX on the go is an undeniable advantage of being alive in 2019. Oh, and Chrono Cross. And Final Fantasy Tactics. And Metal Gear Solid. And Resident Evil 1, 2, 3. And Silent Hill. And the Crash Bandicoot games. And Oddworld. And...

Ok, you see the point. All of this in my pocket. I would never have imagined something like that fifteen years ago.

I am one happy boomer, got what appears to be the last unit in the entire north east!

And have to mod it with better emu and replace the EU games with US/JPN and add my favourites from my ps1 collection, after a day or 2 playing it with "factory settings"