Gold PS4 seemingly confirmed – and it's surprisingly affordable

Update: It's hard to deny it's looking increasingly certain that we're going to see a gold PlayStation 4 Slim later this week. Adding to the leaked images from last week, a Target advert for the week starting June 11 shows that Sony is releasing a limited edition gold console.

The console will have 1TB of storage and cost $50 less than the usual price for the console, sitting at $249. According to The Verge, Sony itself has confirmed the console will be US only at the moment and available from June 9 to June 17 and there will apparently be "additional discounts on software and accessories" during that period.

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Outside of special editions tied to specific games or competitions, it’s not often we see PlayStation consoles released in colors other than white or black anymore. That could be about to change, however, if there’s any truth behind recent images of a gold PS4 Slim that have appeared online.

Sony hasn’t announced any plans to release a gold 1TB slim console, but an image posted on Reddit by a Target employee certainly makes it look like a release isn’t all that far away, in the US at least.

According to the Reddit poster, the console will actually go on sale as soon as June 9, just a few days before Sony’s E3 press conference. That doesn’t leave much time to make an announcement.

Gold standard

Of course, you can already purchase a gold PS4 controller (alongside many other colors) on its own but the opportunity to get a console that matches is no doubt appealing to many.

If the images are real could this be a sign that Sony is planning to release more console color options to match its various controllers in the way it did for the PS2? We wouldn’t be averse to that.

It’s slightly surprising that the different color option wouldn’t be available for the PS4 Pro, but then again this could be Sony taking an iPhone 5C approach with its consoles – affordable and colorful options for those that don't aren't interested in the top-of-the-line gear.

Of course, nothing has been confirmed and when we reached out to Sony for comment they replied that they do not comment on rumor and speculation.

One thing’s for sure, if a gold PS4 console does go on sale it might make those Taco Bell special editions from 2015 feel a little less special.