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Japanese Stores Lowering PS3 Prices

Posted by Zonk on from the almost-have-to-at-some-point dept.

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."

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  1. Re:The PS3 Has No Games by Manmademan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Regarding Japan- the Ps3 isn't competing against the 360 at all. It's essentially dead there. did you miss my comment concerning how the 360 is performing worse than the original Xbox there, and THAT console was considered a massive failure?

    The Ps3 is competing against the Wii, and to a lesser extent, the DS which is a runaway success and may very well outsell all other platforms there.

    Both the Ps3 and the Wii have anemic launch software IN JAPAN. There are no clear system sellers, and both are selling on potential. Hell, even in the US the only games anyone is talking about are Zelda (which again, is a gamecube port) and Wii sports, which comes free with the system.

  2. Re:The PS3 Has No Games by Manmademan · · Score: 0, Troll
    Any more questions over whats more popular there?
    Leave it to internet fanboys to rush to the defense of their favorite system without actually reading comments. No one is disputing the Wii is outselling everything at this point. The Wii and DS are selling at outstanding rates at the moment. The QUESTION is does launch software determine the popularity of a system. Looking at the success of the DS, the Wii (so far) and the PS2, the answer is clearly No.