I think two days after the earthquake big companies like Sony already stated that most of their production companies are in China and I guess this counts for most of the companies;..

The internet hub was news for me though.

Sony stated in this article that they shut down 7 factories. Even if 90% of their factories are in China/Taiwan/Korea, 7 factories can still lower production.

Euhm yeah;.Did not say the producation would stay the same though..

I have full confidence that Japan can manage a swift comeback. But if the nuclear troubles keep escalating as them have been... The manufacturing of technological goods/parts will be the less of our worries.

One of the Sony plants affected apparently deals in Blu Ray obviously no idea to what extent but I think tha NAND memory may have a knock on if only to force up the cost of memory in general.

Personally for me the affect will be a general shortage of components coupled with logistics and infrastructure issues which will see prices rising as probably the most significant outcome of this situation for gamers and console manufacturers.

$50 Blurays coming next month!!! They should sell well with $4 gas.

Thank you.

From what I gathered almost (if not all) of the raw materials used in phones, consoles etc are from china, that's one of the reasons many electronic giants move there. There are no raw materials to import.

Cars are a different matter as they are made on Japanese soil.

Japanese products that are assembled rather than made in China are subject shortages.

That's what I gathered listening to a bloke on a news channel anyway.

History has shown that whenever disaster strikes Japan bounces back even stronger. Let's hope they can do it again.

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Pointing out that being more concerned for lives due to nuclear reactor problem is far more important that the lack of power to produce manufactured goods.