Could this be the storm that stops PS from making money?

[fleischr]

Natural disasters do affect the underlying economy of a nation in a big way.

If the economy of Japan goes into recession after the wreckage of a large storm, Sony would be less inclined to do any pricecuts on any its products, PS included. For example, after the last storm + Fukushima disaster, Nintendo had to debut the Wii U at a higher price in the US due to deflation of the Japanese yen relative to the US dollar because of the natural disaster's effect on Japan's economy.