I agree drops were going to happen anyway, it's just that the new taxes are a significant factor worth mentioning.

Is it? I don't think so. That equates to a difference of an extra $4-6 USD depending on the SKU. I can even imagine the mentality of a person who would be dissuaded form a purchase based on such a minuscule difference in price, let-alone it occurring on a mass scale. Here's a better example of a price hike from my own country, Canada, where we reward courage.

When the PS4 launched here in 2013, it's price was at parity with the US. As were almost all prices for all items for some years. However, thanks to an ongoing, and impossible to ignore devaluation of the Canadian dollar, a mere 2 months after launch, the price went up by $50. With tax, in my province, the difference was aprox $57. Although I highly doubt there was much impact on PS4 sales here, I cannot back that idea up. However: I highly doubt there was much impact on PS4 sales.

$4-6though? Bah!

From the 1st of Octobre, Japan increased a consumer tax, from 8 to 10%. This is directly an increase of 2% in every video games product...Or only for the eshop, this is not fully clear to me. Anyway, it has been a long time I had not brought the stock topic here, the share value has taken a strong hit from this, it has been now decreasing for a while because of the combinaison of these 3 events :

- Lite sales not reaching 300.000 at launch, even if we know these is completly stupid.

- The drif issue because some people spread the rumor that the stick was exactly the same but actually no one with serious qualification has really demonstrated it

- and to finish this tax. Last time, years ago still, when japan increased this tax from 5 to 8%, the whole economy of Japan has been stunned for half a year.

if the drop in sales this year aren't enough evidence for you to show that their is an effect, the last tax increase(april 2014 I believe) saw the same thing that is happening now 

It's not enough evidence. I can't buy a f***ing Happy Meal for $4. It's not like it's a one-off scenario, where next week/month/whatever, things go back to the way they were. It's the new norm. You can't hide under some coats and wait it out.

A recession was caused last time...people panic because of this type of stuff 

I think if the rumour was fake and is making Nintendo loose share value they really should release a statement saying that they adressed the drift problem, but I think they fixed nothing.

To admit publicly that they was been producing for 3 years defective consoles ?

I am a design engineer, and for me it is absolutly obvious that they have fixed it meanwhile, and that it is completly impossible to see for anyone except someone who has access to an industrial laboratory of measurement.

Is it? I don't think so. That equates to a difference of an extra $4-6 USD depending on the SKU. I can even imagine the mentality of a person who would be dissuaded form a purchase based on such a minuscule difference in price, let-alone it occurring on a mass scale. Here's a better example of a price hike from my own country, Canada, where we reward courage.

When the PS4 launched here in 2013, it's price was at parity with the US. As were almost all prices for all items for some years. However, thanks to an ongoing, and impossible to ignore devaluation of the Canadian dollar, a mere 2 months after launch, the price went up by $50. With tax, in my province, the difference was aprox $57. Although I highly doubt there was much impact on PS4 sales here, I cannot back that idea up. However: I highly doubt there was much impact on PS4 sales.

$4-6though? Bah!