there is also the matter of the fact that, for anyone trying to sell consoles from abroad and sell them somewhere else, japan is the obvious choice. buying a japanese console and selling it in somewhere like, say, india or brazil means that you would profit even without really going to the rediculous prices scalpers go to.... and with scalping, its pure profit if you manage to sell it. the software attachment rate tells me that a lot of japanese ps5's are going to SEA or china.