PS3 Japanese Price Drop 'Ridiculous' 70
Gamasutra reports on comments from a Japanese analyst group, characterizing the pre-launch price drop for the Japanese market as ridiculous. From the article: "Meanwhile, Naoki Fujiwara of Shinkin Asset Management suggested that the price reduction was 'negative for the short term because the company may not be able to sell enough consoles to cover an instant loss caused by the price cut.' The PlayStation 3 was already expected to be sold at a loss, with Sony allowing up to five years to recoup the costs. Shares in Sony fell 1.9 percent following the announcement, although this coincided with a generally poor day for the Tokyo Stock Exchange and may not be entirely related to the price cut."
We need a new term to replace "region free." (Score:2, Informative)
Both Sony and Nintendo(before Nintendo corrected their mispoken PR person) heads said that "region free" support was up to the developers/publishers. In other words, companies can decided whether or not to let their games work on -- still region encoded -- consoles from different regions.
Does that really sound like being REAL "region free" to you? Because it sure doesn't to me.....
Not sure what it should be called, maybe "region friendly"?