Source: The Tokyo-based Akiba Blog via the Tokyo-obsessed Kotaku. What we heard: When the PlayStation 3 went on sale last fall in Japan, it was in even scanter supply than it was in the US. According ...

The PS3 Slim launched today in Japan — there was even a special launch event at the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara. Kotaku Japan was on hand for the festivities. There was a countdown and folks could ...

Good news for anyone in Japan wanting a PS3 - Sony have cut the price of the I'm certainly left feeling the PS3 is vastly overpriced, and now Sony have confirmed this. I now know that it's at least 20 ...

What do you get when you take 80,000 and divide it by the population of Japan? Apparently you get the percentage of people who want a PS3 and will actually get one without eBaying their house and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. PlayStation 3 and Wii sales have by and large been neck-and-neck for the past few months in Japan, save for when the launch of a big-name title such ...

The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include ...

Since last week, Sony has ended shipments of the PS3 in Japan, marking an end to over a decade of the console’s lifespan. As confirmed over on Sony’s site, the PS3 is no longer being shipped out to ...

The PS3 was the biggest-selling console in Japan for the week ending August 26, according to figures from Media Create. Sony's console sold just under 30,000 units, with the Wii managing just over ...

PS3 is a month and a half away from mid-Novermber release date (Nov. 11 in Japan, Nov. 17 in the US), and analysts are getting jumpy at even a hint of problems. It's somewhat understandable. PS3 is ...

Sony has indicated in the past week that it plans to offer price points about 20 percent lower than it previously planned in Japan for PlayStation 3. The planned price cut, coming before even the ...

The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include ...