I hate to flame, but the PS3 sales are quite pathetic. It had four (five?) days of price cut. If it can't show a decent boost after all that time despite the fact that price cuts are generally frontloaded, then it very much looks like the price cut failed. Let's keep in mind that it's only up 2k YOY. Heck, even Wii's flat YOY at the moment. This could lead to a 2010 holiday situation for PS3 and Wii at this rate. Sony had better hope that the lack of awareness excuse holds some value.

thats why Japan is handheld market now

Do you really think that five days isn't enough for the word to spread? By the weekend, which is probably when half the week's sales occur, most people probably already knew about the price cut. Either way, it would be better to wait for next week's numbers than to argue about it. I could be wrong.

I'm surprised the Wii's holding up as well as it is; Rhythm Heaven turned out to be quite the system seller. (Inazuma and Epic Mickey didn't hurt either)

A kirby game,i believe?

so are we happy or worried about the 3ds drop off? i forget what a typical % is for second week sales drop.

my link is wrong

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?reg=Japan&date=40405

3DS doing nicely. A 50% drop is less than you usually see AFAIK.

There's a bundle for Xillia. It's guaranteed to give the PS3 a good boost. A lot of people didn't buy a PS3 this week because they're waiting for the Xillia bundle.

And handhelds won't kill consoles. It's not even the same market.

PS3 40k next wk?