Famitsu hardware results in, PS3 big drop

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FishyJoe said:

talkingparrot said:

Lets also not forget that the Wii in Japan is 200 hundred dollars US.  That makes it an extremely easy purchase.

It's $200 but they still need to buy a game since Wii Sports isn't included. The PS3 is significantly cheaper in Japan as well.

 

 

According to some retail sites, the MSRP for 40 gig without a game is 39980 yen or $369.  The Wii is sits at 25000 yen or $231.  There is still a sigfigant price difference that PS3 still has to overcome, but good software should bring it back on even ground.  Problem is, there isn't enough compared to the Wii and its every growing library of games.  Meanwhile, the Japanese market is lucky to see two PS3 retail games a month so far.  Sony thinks that it can negate this by releasing a slew of PS1 games on PSN but it can't compete on the nostalga factor like Nintendo can with over 3 generations of games it can release. 

Sony needs to start pumping out the games in Japan and do a better job at showing the power of PS3.  Another price cut at this point wouldn't hurt either.  Maybe stay within a 10000 yen of Nintendo's price point.