ils411 on 17 April 2008
japan sales have been doing great during the first month of 2008.
| Period | 2007 | 2008 | Difference |
| January --/6/5 | 70,158 | 68,433 | -1,725 |
| January --/13/12 | 30,102 | 37,183 | 7,081 |
| January --/20/19 | 23,707 | 35,760 | 12,053 |
| January --/27/26 | 20,922 | 32,315 | 11,393 |
| February --/3/2 | 20,101 | 39,676 | 19,575 |
| February --/10/9 | 23,654 | 22,942 | -712 |
| February --/17/16 | 21,059 | 18,175 | -2,884 |
| February --/24/23 | 20,845 | 13,801 | -7,044 |
| March --/3/1 | 46,371 | 14,035 | -32,336 |
| March --/10/8 | 30,110 | 21,424 | -8,686 |
| March --/17/15 | 21,125 | 16,796 | -4,329 |
| March --/24/22 | 19,814 | 14,726 | -5,088 |
| March --/31/29 | 17,431 | 12,345 | -5,086 |
| April --/7/5 | 14,963 | 11,375 | -3,588 |
| April --/14/12 | 12,998 | 8,302 | -4,696 |
if you'll notice, sales started going downhill at around february, which if i'm not mistaken, is about the same time that the 60 gig model was discontinued in japan.
imo, sony should have kept 2 skus in japan, or if they had to just maintain 1, they should have kept the 60 gig model.
either that or i'm just delusional.
