But, BluRay is still prohibitively expensive as a media, even if they do end up cracking the security mechanism, which given Sony's paranoia is highly unlikely.
Japanese are oblivious to PC gaming. To them, PC gaming doesn't exist, when their next door neighbor (South Korea), pretty much the entire nation is PC gaming addict. That tells you a lot about the demographics of the Japanese people, not that I'm saying I hold it against them. I like their Live action dramas & movies, and have had my fill of brilliant games in the earlier years (PS1 era, the absolute best when it came to innovative and entirely new different IPs).