PlayStation 3 Disappearing From Japan
If this rumor has anything to suggest, it’s that the PS3 is slowly making it’s way out of Japan, for brand new ones, that is. With the 20GB, 40GB, and 60GB now discontinued in the land of the rising sun, what’s next?
A recent notice from retailer 7-Eleven (which does sell video games in Japan), pre-orders for the Black, White, and Silver 80GB PS3 will cease on Sunday, August 9th at 10:00 AM. The reason for this cease is “For the manufacturer”, which you could guess what that means.
The notice has also stated that all in-store displays for the 80GB PS3 are to be taken down. If this is then true, does that mean Japan is making way for the 160GB PS3? Or maybe even the PS3 Slim?
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August 4th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
[...] the recent news on both the 80GB PS3 being discontinued in Japan, and the listing of the PS3 Slim on Amazon Germany, much more weight has been given to the rumors [...]
August 4th, 2009 at 12:34 PM
PS3 slim, clearly.
August 4th, 2009 at 12:52 PM
price drop and ps3 slim to come… if sony has a price drop, releases the ps3 slim, and the pspgo this holiday season is going to be huge for sony! not to mention the game line up! gran turismo 5… i hope these rumors are all true!
August 4th, 2009 at 1:02 PM
The Amazon listing may not be for the Slim since those graphics were user generated content and some have said that they were manipulated. So that debunks at least a part of that theory. That listing could be a placeholder for a price drop which Sony may finally be coming to grips with. I am just looking at it from the fact of Sony has not released and formal information about any new hardware, leaked or not. So you can make what ever wild speculation that you want but until Sony comes out and announces something Official it is all rumors.
And it seems that the “Internet Generation” lives on rumors and then feels betrayed when they don’t come true…
August 4th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
@Dan Massai
7-eleven in the US also sells games but its a select few.. located by the PSN card but you have to ask the guys behind the counter to show you what they have. they stock games like SF4, madden etc. They don’t display every game just 1. Ive seen them in NY, FL, CA and Kansas 7 eleven stores.
it might be the slim or just a new model with bigger HDD.
August 4th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
@ shadowjin
I know, yes. I was just pointing out that Japan does that as well.
August 4th, 2009 at 1:41 PM
@ Dan
lol man im still asleep mybad
August 4th, 2009 at 4:18 PM
It’s no brainer, PS3 slim is incoming.
August 4th, 2009 at 4:27 PM
hmmm i don’t think PS3 Slim will come until an announcement of next conference. So don’t think August will come with Slim. I’m betting on TGS
August 4th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I love all these rumors, i simply love them! I like seeing these little tid bits then little by little the bigger picture comes into view!
August 4th, 2009 at 6:43 PM
@ a freakin 7 Eleven? If that was the US all them bad boys would have been stolen @ gun point.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
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August 5th, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I do NOT understand the point of a 160gig PS3. I think it would be better for sony to add the other stuff we like (eg backwards compatibility & the card readers … you know, things we can not add ourselves) and leave upgrading the HD to us. I bought the 80 gig when it first came out and turned it into a 500 gig. I only wish I had jumped on the PS3 when the original 40 gig was out because the backwards compatibility was hardware based rather than software like my 80 gig.