Playstation Japanese Retailers slash PS3 Prices

[superlative56]

PS3 sales in Japan have not just chilled but FROZEN. The problem of PS3's not selling in their native motherland has got so bad that retailers are cutting their prices by as much as 20% in a bid to move the systems. As soon as PS3 gets some good games, expect things to heat up.

 

[radd]

not just chilled but FROZEN

i guess they are confused , eh chandoo

 

[Chandoo]

i dont know wether this is poor translation or not lol, the systems are selling next highest to the wii and DS in japan even now. They're probably phasing out the 20 gig models which no one buys

 

[dejavu87]

phasing out 20 gig models eh????

 

[Chandoo]

yep, i read a topic about that on neogaf that shop keepers were trying to phase out the 20 gig models because more people were interested in the bigger models

 

[USUF]

didnt the PS3 out sold the 360 in japan...and still they're "having problems" in selling the console???

 

[Chandoo]

yeah the ps3 outsold the 360's entire years worth of sales in its first week in japan, thats not the thing, like i said, they're having problems selling out the 20 gig models of the system, people just dont want those.

 

[USUF]

ohh the 200 gig model..i see...and yeah...why would anybody wanna buy that version..cuz it lack alot of things..including an HDMI port

 

[Chandoo]

it has an HDMI port, it lacks certain other features though. And people probably think that if they're already spending so much, why not just buy the premium edition with the 3 times bigger HDD and the other things that the small version lacks.

specifically the 20 gig version lacks the built in wi fi, flash card reader etc.

 

[USUF]

oh yeah..i forgot..the 20 gig version lacked the HDMI port..but not untill e3 2006

 

[Chandoo]

that'd be the TGS 2006, not e3. Ken Kutaragi announced the HDMI thing at the TGS last year.

 

[USUF]

ohh ok then...and one more thing...the L2 and R2 buttons on the PS3 controllers are like analog triggers rite???

 

[Crow]

Ptttfffhahahaha! This is rather funny. I wonder what's with Japanese posters and the word "Love"? It's sickening.

 

[Chandoo]

ohh ok then...and one more thing...the L2 and R2 buttons on the PS3 controllers are like analog triggers rite???

yep, those two are now analog triggers as well

 

[dejavu87]

i am gonna miss the vibration...six-axis is cool but...no rumble :mental

 

[Chandoo]

well atleast the lack of rumble isnt becomming a big issue for the ps3. Hardly acknowledged now. It was still a good feature though.

 

[USUF]

i dont think so..i came across alot of people who hate thef act that there aint no rumble feature in PS3 controller...and i dont like it too....the vibration adds alot of adreneline to a game

 

[Chandoo]

This week, rumors spread that PS3 supply in Japan might be too abundant. On Monday, the Akiba Blog posted photos (pictured) showing the Akibara branch of Don Quijote, a popular Japanese game retailer, selling PS3s at a discount. Specifically, the store is marking down the 49,980 yen (around $411) 20GB model by 20 percent to 39,980 yen (approx. $329). Later reports on the Japanese 2chan forum</A /> indicated the discount was also being touted at other Japanese Don Quijote outlets.

Within minutes of the pictures hitting the Web, anti-Sony fanboys were already touting it as further proof of the PS3's premature demise. Their theory: Surely if a console this new was already being marked down, it must mean that sales of the console are stagnating, right?

The official story: After conferring with their Japanese counterparts, US Sony reps dismissed the PS3 sale as a single chain trying to promote itself. "It looks like it is only one retailer, Don Quijote, and they are running a special for a limited time on a limited number," said the rep.

Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus that some PS3s are being discounted. Bogus that prices for the consoles are being slashed all across Japan.

'sup radd ?

 

[radd]

what ? its about the discounts not the sales.

Not bogus that some PS3s are being discounted. Bogus that prices for the consoles are being slashed all across Japan.

 

[Chandoo]

discounts because of lack of sales .. which is bogus.
see the bigger picture eh ?