Also, don't forget there are big, big differences in living styles which make the Japanese market very different from the US. Small homes and high energy prices mean big, power-hungry consoles are less of an impulse buy; great mass transit and high population density means that portable games and media are everywhere (people watch cellphone TV, play games on the subway). Last but not least, Japan's high-tech society puts a premium on training and education of all kinds, so training games are sort of built into the culture, in much the same way strategy games are built into German culture (true story, they love their strat games) or sports games are built into US culture.
I just wonder how many of those PS3s and Wiis are actually being bought to be resold to the rest of East Asia, i.e. whether Korean and Chinese demand might be picking up now.
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