The PlayStation Portable is being discontinued in Japan later this month after selling more than 80 million units worldwide and coming close to its ten year anniversary. According to an official statement from PlayStation Japan this morning, Sony has halted PSP shipments in the region as part of a push to sell more PS Vita. […]
The iPhone accounted for 76 percent of Japanese smartphone sales during the month of October, according to Kantar World Panel data. Specific reasons for Apple’s dominance are unmentioned, but are likely attributable to two factors. The first is the launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c on September 20th, since model refreshes always cause a […]
Nintendo of Japan’s official site lists the console as “discontinued,” according to Engadget’s translation. Earlier this month we learned that Nintendo planned to halt production of the console, though it was unclear whether the company intended to shut down all manufacturing processes, or only those concerning the Japanese Wii. There’s still no indication that supply lines in North America or […]
The Tokyo District Court has ordered Apple to pay $3 million in damages to a Japanese inventor, Norihiko Saito. Saito first filed a lawsuit against Apple five years ago, alleging that the clickwheel found on the Classic and some older iPods violates a patent of his. He originally called for 10 billion yen in damages, […]
Japan has certainly had its fair share of exclusive 3DS systems over the years. For example, the Metallic Red 3DS, the special Luigi 3DS XL, the Kingdom Hearts 3DS and the little Eevee 3DS XL are all available in the country while the West looks on longingly. The region has now been given two more […]
On October 10, Sony will release a lighter and slimmer PlayStation Vita. The PCH-2000 model is 20% slimmer and 15% lighter than the original system. The front screen has also been changed to a high-definition liquid crystal display instead of the OLED screen in the first generation Vita. Sony says the screen is capable of […]
NTT DoCoMo has signed a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone. While Japan has always been expected to be one of the first countries to get the iPhone 5S and 5C when the devices launch later this month, to date Apple has only had regional iPhone deals with SoftBank and KDDI.
Japan’s Club Nintendo service was hacked following thousands of unauthorized accesses across the last month. Nintendo announced that an internal investigation confirmed just under 24,000 illegitimate logins between June 9 and July 4, from over 15 million attempts. As translated by Kotaku, Nintendo said customer information compromised in the attack includes full names, phone numbers, […]
Nintendo will be introducing a white 32GB Premium set to Japan. Starting July 13, the Premium set will be available in both black and white to Japanese gamers. The new set is priced the same as the original black one at ¥31,500 (around $313), and comes with the same accessories. Going by Nintendo’s promotion on […]
Critics have long been saying that the Playstation Vita’s significant price tag was a major roadblock for potential customers, and they may have been right. Sony recently cut the price in Japan, and it’s seeing some impressive sales numbers as a result. Early reports suggested that sales had “quadrupled,” and now Gematsu is estimating that Vita […]
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