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Japanese Stores Lowering PS3 Prices
Kotaku is reporting that the 20GB PS3 is down by 20% the the Akihibara district of Tokyo. Reports from both here and in Japan would seem to indicate that PlayStation 3s are sitting on shelves, as gamers wait for price drops or new games. The Tokyo merchants are anxious, it seems, and ready to get their consoles out the door. From the article: "The 20GB version originally books at 49,980 yen (US $412), but is being offered for 39,980 yen ($329) in a sale ending February. The shop is knocking a flat 10,000 yen ($82) right now. Japanese bulletin board 2chan reports that this at other Don Quijotes as well. It's interesting to check out the PS3 vibe at 2chan; Reasons for not buying go from 'there are no games I want' to 'video stores don't rent Blu-ray movies.' Well, not yet that is."
Honestly, what's the point of this information aside from more FUD from Microsoft fanboys? Nevermind that there are other more technical-related aspects to the system, or *gasp* even positive coverage, such as the PS3 winning IGN's console of the year.
Besides, Kotaku and it's blogging network is well-known to be biased against the PS3 and Sony in general.
If this makes it on Slashdot, what's next? Do we get updates on price cuts of various technology products?
In any case, the bashers will bash away - no price cut means "teh PS3 is too expen$ive!!!", a price cut means "teh PS3 sux0rs!!! no 1 wants it!!!"
The question is, will prices rise when the games start coming out? When will Sony cut it's price for the PS3? When will Microsoft cut it's price on it's XBox 360, it's been over a year already.