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40GB PS3 Heading to Japan, With Price Cuts and Color Change

Posted by Zonk on from the we-never-get-fun-stuff dept.

Wired's Game|Life is reporting on the movement of the 40GB PlayStation 3 across the 'other' pond, to Japan. The Japanese 40GB will retail for 39,980 yen (about $340). This backwards-compatibility-less unit will come in the current black color, as well as 'Ceramic White'. The two current models will get price cuts as well, with the 20GB version marked down to 44,980 yen ($383) and the 60GB to 54,980 yen ($468). "This will be the first official price cut the PlayStation 3 has received since it launched last year, although Ken Kutaragi actually cut the price of the unit before it launched at Tokyo Game Show. Also on November 11, Sony will release its Dual Shock 3 controllers in Japan for 5500 yen, in white and black colors. They will not be bundled with the PS3 hardware, all models of which will continue to pack in the Sixaxis controller."

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  1. Re:20 gig more expensive than the 40 gig & No by flitty · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, if sony wants to aim at non-hardcore gamers, they need cheaper games/more games. I mean, look at how poorly the 360 "core" version is doing, it's the "casual" system, and everyone still mocks it and has always mocked it. The same will go for this gimped system.

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  2. Backwards compatability by cpt.hugenstein · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would rather buy an object knowing that it will not have backwards compatability than buy something (like the early ps3s) that claims to be compatable but has something like a 40% chace of a game not playing correctly.

    If they reduce the price, get rid of a feature that did not work correctly to begin with and up the specs I would be happy with that. Not that im going to run out to spend 400$ on just the playstation. Hell my motorcycle is only worth about 400$

    1. Re:Backwards compatability by ToasterMonkey · · Score: 2, Insightful

      like the early ps3s The first PS3s had full BC hardware, did you pull that 40% out of your ass?

      $400 for a brand new, high end, consumer electronics, entertainment device isn't quite the same thing as a fifteen year old $400 motorcycle. Besides, cheap, new dirtbikes might go for ~$4000, real motorcycles mostly start at the high end dirt bike prices and go all the way to $15K or even higher. What exactly are you comparing?
  3. Re:Thanks for the mess Sony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is a retail term with a specific meaning that is out of place in the vernacular. It is not more descriptive *unless* you are either in retail or a sales-related business, or merely a zealous enthusiast ("fanboy") who attempts to track such things. Typical "consumers" (ugh) do not. To speak this way outside of retail or a related business is to attempt to speak beyond what typical customers and potential customers tend to understand about retail.

    You can't deny that there are innumerable video game enthusiasts who speak in industry terms in order to inflate the credibility and perceived professionalism in their writings and speech. In reality, it's just annoying and often embarrassing to read, as with all overexposed jargon has ever been and ever will be. Sorry buddy, not letting this one go.