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New PS4 CUH-1200 now available in DataBlitz

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Daniel Morial Leave a comment

The newest model of the popular gaming console is now on sale in PH through DataBlitz.

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The updated CUH-1200 version of PlayStation 4 has minor changes from its previous model. Specifically:

New mechanical buttons
Weighs 10% less (2.5kg vs 2.8kg)
Consumes 8% less power (230W vs 250W)
6db quieter

Perhaps the biggest difference is the mechanical eject and power button. Old models of the console have capacitive buttons which is prone to accidental touches (from personal experience, it’s very frustrating to eject the disc while playing). Also, the new model has full matte finish unlike the combination of glossy and matte cover.

The new PS4 has an SRP of Php 17,495 and comes in either black or white color.

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DataBlitz responds over SteelSeries issue, denies 7-day warranty

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 Carl Lamiel Leave a comment

In an update to the what we’ve posted a few days ago about SteelSeries PH warning consumers of unauthorized resellers, popular gaming store Datablitz has issued a statement through one of its comments on their facebook page regarding the issue.

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Datablitz stated that they are offering full one-year warranty for all their SteelSeries products, and not 7 days as our source from the previous article originally reported. Here is their statement:

After going over the [Back2Gaming] article, our thoughts are that firstly, the author never verified with us on our warranty terms for Steelseries products, and just went with third party information, then posted up whatever he’s concluded from his own half-baked checking.

As you can clearly see from how it was written and presented, it is an unashamedly one-sided and biased article, and one which would seem very much written to favor certain parties or interests, whomever or whatever that is, your guess is as good as ours.

Just for your information and reference, ALL Steelseries products we sell in our stores carry a full 1 year warranty for factory defects and since we don’t really do any repairs, items returned for factory defects within the warranty period are remedied with a full item replacement. The “7 Days” the author is trying to hype as having been written on the invoice is likely just our store personnel’s way of informing customers that they can return the item they’ve purchased if found to have any defects within 7 days of purchase.

As no so-called local Steelseries authorized distributor here (none for the entirety of 2013 nor the entirety of 2014) has approached us to offer us their products since we started carrying Steelseries in our stores over a year ago, we have no other option but to source our Steelseries products from authorized distributors and resellers in other countries instead.

Rather than stoop to the level of the author, we chose to just explain our side to our objective customers, and let them judge for themselves on who is really being truthful here and who is being deceitful. We believe that at the end of the day, as customers check with us directly, they will realize that what was written in the article is plain misleading and inaccurate, and our customers will be the ones to pass the factual word around, something much much more reliable than the word of someone who’s just collecting receipts and taking photos from outside our stores, without even properly verifying the facts with us.

Thank you for your kind concern and hope this explains everything much clearly.

Despite the clarification, Back2Gaming updated their story and strongly points out that a SteelSeries PH representative reiterated that DataBlitz is not an authorized retailer.

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SteelSeries PH Warns Consumers About Unauthorized Resellers

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

In a recent post on their official Facebook fan page, SteelSeries Philippines has reiterated their current warranty policies for their products and “highly suggests” that customers should only buy from authorized resellers to take full advantage of it.

The Facebook post was in line with reports from various DataBlitz customers who only received a 7-day warranty for the SteelSeries product/s that they’ve purchased from the said reseller. The brand’s local arm was keen to point out that all of their products come with a standard 1 year warranty and that they only provide product replacement instead of repairs.

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In addition to the aforementioned warranty concerns, Back2Gaming published a story yesterday about a tip that they’ve received from a “very reliable source” who claims that some of the products that are being sold at DataBlitz are parallel imports.

After receiving the intel, the site’s lead editor reached out to brands that they’ve worked with in the past and got a confirmation from Roccat and Logitech that DataBlitz is, indeed, not authorized to sell of the products that they are offering.

It’s worth noting that this is not the first time that DataBlitz was involved in similar controversy. In 2012, the store ran into some issues with X-Play regarding the exclusive distributorship of NBA 2K13 in the country which led to several DataBlitz being raided by the National Bureau of Investigation.

As BossMac of B2G pointed out, the nominal discount you get from opting for a grey product just isn’t worth it, especially if the product only comes with a disappointing 7-day warranty. One simply cannot put a price on the assurance that your device is covered by the manufacturer’s RMA policies if anything happens to it within the warranty period.

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