Makers of video game consoles are gearing up for the all-important yearend shopping season.
Dangling marked-down price tags before the eyes of consumers, they hope to jolt slowing sales before they release their next-generation models at least a year from now.
It is hard to foresee a great many consumers putting current models on their shopping lists, however, given that their penetration levels in Japanese households is already very high and that there is a current dearth of high-profile titles.