Though the PlayStation 4 has been on store shelves for nearly five years, the PlayStation 4 slim – pictured above – was introduced only two years ago, formally entering the market on September 15, 2016. These newer, slim models – starting with 500 GB before getting a hard drive increase to 1TB – slowly began to replace the original model of the PlayStation 4, eventually becoming the standard PlayStation 4 most consumers end up purchasing in retail stores like Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, Walmart, and the like. And according to a report by DualShockers, you’ll start to see a new batch of PS4 slims replace the current, available models.
As stated in the report, “Most versions of the ‘slim’ base PS4, which previously carried the model number CUH-2100, have now been changed to CUH-2200.” For those who are paying attention, only the second digit in the model number is different. This suggests that this change is a minor tweak in the system’s innards, as price, weight, size, and power all remain unchanged. “[The] console still [costs] 34,980 yen [approximately $311 USD] + taxes for the 1 TB model, and 29,980 yen [approximately $267 USD] + taxes for the 500 GB model. This, alongside the fact that only the second digit of the model number was changed, indicates a minor revision in the internal components that is normally implemented to lower manufacturing costs. This kind of minor change is unlike cases in ...