In third Countries like mines (Lebanon),, unhacked consoles are hard to penetrate the market (N64 for example),,, But the PS3 is a weird thing,, althought it costs a lot (in the 500 $) and its games are expensive (new games go as far as 85$ and 95 $,i bought MGS4 for 100 $ and thats the regular version),, it is doing great here,, games are selling a lot, moreover a new market for used games is created (in the 30 - 40 $) which is fantastic for the limited budget gamer !!!
Now if only the PS3 comes down to the 300 $, it's guaranteed to take the torch from its big brother (PS2) !!