PS3 price drop...in Japan

[Razer]

from 1UP.com-

"During the Q&A session following Ken Kutaragi's presentation, the Sony CEO revealed media and retailer complaints about the price have resulted a price drop of the 20GB model to "below 50,000 yen," including tax, and will include the HDMI port previously exclusive to the 60GB model.

That price drop would put the 20GB model of Sony's PlayStation 3 at roughly $429 dollars. Will this price drop stick across different territories? Are we in for a shock with Sony's price scheme?

If the price drop is universal across the 20GB versions, would Sony have to drop the price of the 60GB (premium SKU)? Then the only difference between the two is the units is the 40GB of storage space, Wi-Fi and some silver trim, right? Our hunch is that this drop is for Japan only.

We're expecting an official announcement in the near future -- Sony has an event this evening at their Japanese headquarters. We'll update this story as soon as we hear more.

UPDATE: SCEA told 1UP that the price drop in Japan for the 20 GB version of the PlayStation 3 is exclusive to that territory and that the scheme for the U.S. pricing of the console would remain identical. $499 for the 20GB version of the console and $599 for the 60GB SKU. However, as previously reported, both versions now have HDMI."

[Shino]

This may be good news for hte American version. We will see in due time.

The addition to HDMI in the cheaper one is a good move since that is the only thing that is not included that you cannot get seperately.