Not a bad deal when you think about it, but Sony HDTV's are overpriced compared to Samsung and LG who both make products that are just as good, if not better then Sony's.DSgamer64

Yup. I was looking at plasmas and lcd's just yesterday. Samsungand LG were better than Sony, and quite a bit cheaper. Sony's weren't displayed as well as the other brands -- they were near the end and back. Samsung and Toshiba HD had the couch display, theBR DVDhad a smaller 32" TV and wasn't on.

Edit: HD DVD -> BR DVD

PS3 on a comeback:D

killzowned24

Think it needs to have already been there to make a comeback... ;)

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Does it make sense to use Japan's monthly sales as an indicator of popularity?

Sakoku, or national closure - the expulsion of foreigner barbarians - no longer governs Japanese culture, as it did for two centuries.The county still is plagued by deep rooted right-wing nationalism. Certain areas, in Japan, are still restricted to foriegn access, and in some extreme cases, blatant support for neofascist movements are made painfully obvious.

Can we really use Japanese sales figures as evidence of a console's popularity? Should Japanese sales be counted towards a console's total sales?

It is unfortunate, but due to the aforementioned reasons, I think it would be unfair to more modern-thinking countries, if we used figures from a biased source.

As it stands, any information posted in System Wars is subject to further investigation - such as source material. For example, we would not use a review score posted from a biased web source, such as "Playstation Magazine". It is unfortunate, as Japan have become one of our closest allies, but theyare a biased source, and should be subject to the same scrutiny as a biased web-source.

Koalakommander

You are saying that the Japanese are against westereners, and therefore have biased views against wester products such as the xbox 360?

Japan embraces western culture, while still holding onto foreign traditions. It is a miraculous country, I've been there. They have nothing against Americans. Look at the iPod.

it's funny how when they tried to convince others that Japan LOVES western product, they can ONLY think of 1 products out of hundreds and thousands of items imported to Japan. Who cares if NOTHING ELSE sells in japan, they still buys ipod, therefore, they love western products.

is that your logic? base your logic on 1 product? by your logic, ps3 hasn't sold ANY units for months because there is a gamestop near my house that didn't sell one months. So therefore, the world hasn't sold any ps3.

Let's see, they love American's favorite past time more than Americans.

Most of the music they listen to is American, even though they have no idea what the lyrics mean.

They love American movies. Pirates of the Caribbean is huge over there. And a DieHard 4 commerical every minute.

They are for the most part, a very kind and respecting people.

McDonalds is everywhere =p

They arn't biased, they just have different tastes in videogames.

Nike and Dell are big in Japan...

[QUOTE="jeaglegs"]I would use Japan's sales figures as an indicator of what to buy for almost any product. I don't think the Japanese are as easily fooled by slick advertising as we are in the U.S.HermitCommando

Huh. Yeh, I guess so.

I still haven't bought a PS3, 360, or Wii. The money I saved up for my next console went to upgrading my PC instead (new high-def mouse, widescreen LCD, and EVGA 8600), because I wasn't real excited about any of them once they all had finally launched.

I'm kinda leaning towards the Wii. Out of the 3 current gen consoles, it's the most unlike my PC. I keep walking by them in the store, though -- looking in the case, thinking about it, then leaving. But maybe I'll just buy more PC games instead :/