[quote name='CheapyD']I asked my contact at a major online retailer:[/QUOTE]
I hate to be a skeptic (okay, no I don't), but "major online retailer" is an ambiguous enough title that I can't see this being a person with any more working knowledge of the PS3, and, like any schmuck clerk at an EB/GS/whathaveyou, relying *solely* on speculation.
The 360 model is fine by me, even though *I'm* the one getting starved of 360 Wrestle Kingdom goodness. Must be like a Uwe Boll film or something.
"Hey, Taro?"
"Un?"
"Howzabout we region-lock our games so the stupid Americans can't play?"
"Eeehtooo.......wouldn't that limit our market to the seven Japanese that own a 360, and prohibit the *millions* of Americans who own the system from playing it?"
"Hmm."
"Indeed."
"Yeah, I suppose you're right."
"I thought so. Let's do it anyway!"
"Gambatte!"