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Sony to continue selling 20GB PS3 in Japan

April 13, 2007 in News comments 11

Despite Sony discontinuing the PS3 20GB console in North America, they are continuing their sales in the Japanese market.

When asked about the decision to drop the lower end model from North American retail, a representative of SCE told Famitsu.com, "We're currently not considering changes akin to North America. However we would like to react flexibly with the market."
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    tekmosis Apr 13, 07
    They aren't discontinuing the PS3 as a whole, just the 20GB model! Besides, Japan gets everything, anyways >_
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    Gary Apr 13, 07
    I guess the 20 gig model is more popular in Japan than America then?
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    mettaur Apr 13, 07
    I'm sure they'll start selling them in NA sometime soon, what with the era of PS2 coming to a stop and everything.
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    Gary Apr 13, 07
    Well they were selling them in NA until recently, when they got discontinued due to lack of demand
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    Enhance* Apr 13, 07
    Eventually they will probably have to continue them in North America because there is always the people that will want the cheaper system and without the cheaper console for the PS3, the Xbox 360 Basic and the Wii will only get further ahead.
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    dmf_dynasty Apr 13, 07
    Yeah, taking these away will slash their sales records when dealing with Microsoft. They've probably already given up on the Wii.
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      George Apr 13, 07
      What do you mean "they've probably already given up on the wii"?
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    dmf_dynasty Apr 13, 07
    I was saying that Sony wasn't focusing as much on beating Nintendo than on beating Microsoft in sales.
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    Reason Apr 13, 07
    I would imagine that general demand for the PS3 in Japan is a lot higher than it is in NA, really.
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    Sakura Apr 13, 07
    I wonder why anyone would want the 20GB console anyways. The 60GB is much better and only $100 more here. ^-^
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      Mishtram Apr 13, 07
      Those on a budget who don't want to pay for a $200 increase were considered, I believe, but as seen I guess everyone would prefer to spend that much more to have a lot more space.

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