vfguy on 08 April 2014
The rise in sales tax from 5% to 8% did prompt a lot of sales and special promotions before April 1st. While a 3% price hike on Vita might seem like small potatoes, there was just generally more store traffic and activity that week here in Japan.
Sofmap had a special PS4 display with a big sign about the impending price hike, for example.
