Sony delivered a somewhat surprising announcement at the Tokyo
Game Show today, declaring that the PlayStation 3 price will be cut 20
percent for the 20 GB version -- but in Japan only!
Khaaaaaaan!!!! KHAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
Whatever. Maybe this will lead to an outcry from jilted North American and
European gamers (who will pay a higher price for in U.S. dollars for the console
than Americans -- more than $800 for the premium 60 GB version!). But I'm not
holding my breath. Why? Because I think that Sony's move was prompted by
Nintendo's less costly Wii, which has absolutely owned the next-generation
console buzz since E3. Microsoft hasn't particularly excelled at winning over
the Japanese crowd in the past, so it's easy to see why Sony may be more
concerned with the hometown favorite and lovable underdog Nintendo.
I'm not the only one who suspects that Sony has a little case of Wii-envy. Check
out the latest
href="http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/09/22/sony_price_cut_nintendo_wii/">report
from Wolfgang at TG Daily.
Comments (2)
I'd like to point out that european gamers like my self usually pay 20% more
than the US & Japan for anything, however we can be thankful for the internet
reducing this. But this is a really stange move as Japanese gamers ARE loyal,
the Wii and PS3 are too different for this to be a reason and anyway how many
Japanese are really going to buy a low end PS3???? I suppose it's better than
saying 'anyone got a truck load of blue diodes?..anyone..'
Posted by andy | September 23, 2006 9:52 AM
Posted on September 23, 2006 09:52
I was present at the gameshow press release the day before its public opening.
They had difficulties with the PS3's... a good majority of them would begin to
overheat after roughly 3 hours of extreme use. I found it funny that the 20% was
announced shortly after these problems became apparent to most everyone in
there...
Posted by syx | September 24, 2006 1:30 AM
Posted on September 24, 2006 01:30