Japanese stores slashing PS3 20GB prices


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PS3 sales in Japan haven't cooled off, they've frozen. Consoles sit on shelves as gamers wait it out: Waiting for actual games to appear or prices to drop. Retailers, on the other hand, are an impatient lot. Retailers are also buying "used" PS3s at much lower prices than previously, paying well under the original sticker price. Just look at how the Don Quijote in Akihabara is slicing 20 percent off the 20GB PLAYSTATION 3. Nice 20-20 irony. 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.

Source: http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/japanese-stor...ices-230297.php

Looks like a bad sign to me..

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It won't make the retailers like Sony too much if they have to lose on such a high end product. There isn't that much mark up to begin with.

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And how many of these retailers will be ordering more units from Sony...

Not many, I would guess. Heck, I think Fry's has given up on ordering more already.

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It won't make the retailers like Sony too much if they have to lose on such a high end product. There isn't that much mark up to begin with.

Agreed, sounds quite dodgy doesn't it?

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simple, because the games that are out at the moment are absolutly ****! I wouldnt buy one unless there was a good launch game. We all know Europe is going to get sloppy seconds and thirds of what US and Japan had ohh yeah and maybe oblivion which has been on the xbox360 and PC since last year... WOW amazing launch titles sony, atleast the 360 had a decent title like PGR3 that i like, was looking forward to GTHD but that was like waiting for GT4 on the PSP :(

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