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I'm not sure about PS2, but they already used the english 3 when advertising the PS3 in Japan, so I believe they might just use the english 4, which (ofcourse) sounds differently (japanese 4 = "shi" = death; another japanese 4 is "yon" - english 4 would be "hua" or "huoo" in japanese syllables).