September 22, 2006

Sony Playstation 3 Price Cut for Japan

Sony has announced that the low-end Playstation 3 in Japan will go for sale at 49800 yen, which is roughly $420. This is decent price cut from the original $499 number. Moreover the low-end will now come with an HDMI video port after an out-cry from gamers that wanted the full 1080p graphics functionality. This is good news for gamers as Sony is responding to the community. I'm still skeptical that the overall package along with online interface will be able to catch up to the Xbox 360 ever-increasing lead.