Sony Japan announces PS3 price drop, white 40GB model

I've just bought a 40Gb PS3 Japan Version. And someone from the store where I buy my PS3 games told me that the ASSASSINS CREED wouldnt play on a Japanese Version of Playstation3?..was this true? PLease help I really need some opinion. Thank you so much in advance.

I want the ceramic white PS3!!! why dont we have it in the US we dont get anything for the anyversary

Sales will tell you that US consumers matter then most. Japanese companies attitudes towards us tell you we don't. WTF SONY!!! Where is my white PS3!? Why hold back something to the US market that people will give you money to have. If it's enough to beat the Wii in Japan for a week maybe it'll have some success here. GAH!!!

who said US consumers matter the most? isnt there like well over a couple of billion people in asia? i thought so so i guess thats where the biggest profit would come??? and any way, the british are the most important people in the world :P

@ilbalta Just to let you know, it's big because the power supply is inside of the system. It doesn't have a power brick like the 360.

il-balta: those are the words of someone who doesn't have one. :lol:

still too expensive and big

That looks deadly! They must of matched it with the new PSPs. Now a silver one would look awesome.

I hope they bring the white PS3 to the US. I had all black consoles last generation, so it seems appropriate to go with all white ones this generation. I'm still not keen on getting a PS3 yet, but assuming the game releases pick up, I probably will eventually.

No dual shock 3 in the bundle. It shouldn't really surprise people Sony sells well in Japan and the 360 has always sold badly there. Good job sony but US consumers are really who matter. lol plus people probably thought the white PS3 was a wii lol

they should cut the price in the US

Wait, so is the 40 GB bundled with the DualShock 3? It would be pretty stupid of Sony, if it wasn't.

Hmmm..No White PS3 with no dualshock Controllers 60GB.. Dissapointing for me, oh well i can always hope. I guess I'll just have to have mixing colours, my black, sexy Ps3 next to my sexy, white 360. That would look awesome. And to the person who said about copying the 360s colour. Please, come on! It's a colour, that's like saying you had a piece of blue paper and I bought a piece of blue paper too and you screamed your head off. Silly.

i suddenly feel like getting another next gen console but sony have been all over the place recently. i wouldn't pay anymore than about 300 pound for the console with no games. also they should give backwards compatibility seeing as most ps2's brake over time because of the disk read error. i think i'll still wait to see if sony are going to sort their act out

@ Quincy0191 That's not exactly what he said, he said it was last Generation and no longer needed or wanted. He also said that true gamers would be willing to pay the extra money for the PS3 and that it was the target price for their audience, guess they were wrong there too huh? The main issue with the price drop is simple, now that the price is lowered, what about the games? With Sony constantly losing exclusives and not producing games like Microsoft and Nintendo, what reason is there to buy this stripped down PS3? There are a few decent games on the way for the PS3, but give it a few months and those games will pop up on another console. This seems more like an act of desperation than anything else.

I want one.

looks awesome, i hope it comes to the states

"the new controller will feature both motion-sensing controls and a rumble function" But Kaz, I thought you couldn't have rumble and motion control in the same controller! Isn't that what you said when the PS3 launched?

@ LouieV13 coming from a gamer who obviously hasent experienced XBL or PSN. i have a 60gb model from launch and have only got 21gb left! im guna upgrade my ps3 to 120gb after christmas (because i can, maybe even larger... who knows?)

I for one would like to get a hold of a white PS3. Heck... I would even take a black one. I understand why people making a big fuss about Sony bringing a out a white PS3. If it bothers you that much, you seriously have issues.

I have my PS2 to play the duh PS2 GAMES! When I get my hands on my brand new PS3, I think I will just plug the old PS2 if I want some more SotC or MGS3, but I really think that I will be very, very busy playing MGS4, DMC4, Ninga Gaiden Zigma and Assasin Creed. NO need for backwards compactibility, YES need for cut price!

20gb is more than enough for a system

I think Sony can totally afford to fool around with the PS3 for a while, this is because PS2 got their back covered .... good strategy from sony, they will just play and mess around with different ideas until they hit a sweet spot, and boom, the next thing you know would be PS3's leadership .... well, thats how they dream about it at least ...

Another white color? this is getting very ugly. Stick with the black Sony! you are not Mac. "The first 200,000 people who buy a PlayStation 3 in Japan after October 17 will receive a free copy of the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray movie." hahahahahhahahahhaha, thats the same as being offered a copy of "Scary Movie".

alex20077 hmm thats funny how they are now copying the white color of the 360 and wii just like they tried to steal the wii's motion sensing controls White coloured colour console already existed back in sega or even SNES dumbass. Both PS1 and PS2 had white coloured alternatives before even the wii and 360 existed.

Pssh. I'll keep my shiny black one thank you. At least it has backwards compatability, and the black is a nice contrast against the Wii. Now a black Wii...that's something I would buy.

I'll keep my black and sexy 60gb thank you very much, but I hope this will help Sony bump up sales. It's kind of weird to think this; but I wouldn't doubt that there all people out there that won't buy a PS3 just because their 360 and Wii are white. Just a random thought. Theres plenty of sick people out there.

@ Grimbee - "I don't see Sony chopping and changing their TV sets, Walkmans, Bluray players for the sake of dropping prices. They just DROP THE PRICES" Whew, long post dude. Anyway, When Sony sell Tv sets and Walkmans and stuff, they make a profit, as companies do. But when they sell the PS3, they lose money last time I checked. So they have to take features out to stop the bleeding, and offer a price cut. If people still want the premium model, then get it while you can.

dual shock late, no U.S. ceramic white PS3, games are either late or 360 eclusive...HUMmmmm, sorry still not getting It? whats Sony's master plan.

Now that looks nice!

ALEX hahahahahaa your funny (previous comment he said) says the PS3 is copyin the xbox and wii!?? hahahahah wat collour was PS1?WHITE wat clour was PS2 Black & White now also i find it funny that you dont mention that the 360 elite ahahahahaa black whooow so the 360 should be pink and nothing else

alex20077: "hmm thats funny how they are now copying the white color of the 360 and wii just like they tried to steal the wii's motion sensing controls" Wow, that is the most retarded thing i read all day! You do realize MS released a BLACK xbox360 after the PS3 was launched, don't you? Either way,the whole "copying"and "ripping off" arguments are pretty invalid and have been for a looooong time. The more color schemes they offer the better. That way everyone gets whatever color they prefer. Besides unless you've been living under a rock you would know that offering different colors of a product was not started by MS.

HAHAH some of ur comments now the ps3 can't have the colour white jeuses ur so pathetic

hope more people buy it like me so ps3 starts getting some derserverd respect

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ooooooooooh white! but whats up with sony and spiderman? free spider man2 umd for psp launch? spiderman fonts for playstation 3? and now spiderman 3 bluray for new ps3 launch?

it'll be the PS4, Xbox 720 and the Nintendo YUU (like you)

like the white but i say no to no-backward compatibility. and stop calling the ps3 a next gen console, we entered 'next gen' as soon as xbox 360 entered the market. the title 'next gen' now belongs to the ps4, xbox720 (lol) and whatever nintendo's calling their next offering.

no thx. ill stick to my black PS3 and Black Xbox.....just wish they had a black wii. it would be so much cooler. =)

hmm thats funny how they are now copying the white color of the 360 and wii just like they tried to steal the wii's motion sensing controls

zapper, looks like a no if I bought one I would get the 60Gb, but it doesn't have duel shock... stupid sony bundles!

Wait, wait though! Does the 60GB version come in White?

Awesome, cheaper price and the promise of Ratchet and Clank plus MGS4 AND it has an internet browser..I'm never going to need to leave my bedroom again. I obviously will... But Yeahh it'll look brilliant next to my 360. I was waiting for them to drop the price until I got one.

White!!! My living room will never looked dark... lol

Slap a pic of Bea Arthur on there and you got a sale Mr. Sony.

I always thought the white one looked the sexiest

I really want the white one. It looks hot.

Looks great, now where are the good games?

Now it doesn't look like George Foreman grill anymore... it looks like a refrigerator! (I'm just joking!). I like the black one better.

Now all we need are the games...