Final Fantasy XIII has only been out in Japan for a little under two months, but prices for the game have been dropping drastically. The game released at 9,240 yen (~$103 USD), but can now be found on the cheap at retailers like Sofmap in the Akihabara district in Tokyo. They are selling the game brand new at 3,980 yen (~$44 USD) for a limited time.
You might think that they are dumping copies because the game wasn’t selling well, but that isn’t the case; the game sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan during its first week. The sales are most likely because retailers misjudged initial demand, so they simply have too many copies on hand. It could also be that most of the people that planned on buying the game went ahead and purchased it during the first weeks of availability.
Final Fantasy XIII arrives on US store shelves March 9, 2010
Source: Kotaku
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put down the fact that around 4million unit of PS3 install in Japan.
Around 35% of people who owns PS3 already bought a copy of FF13.