The jaw-droppingly expensive PlayStation 3 has gotten a price drop, but don't get too excited: it's for the lower-end model, and it's only in Japan. Sony has announced that the 20-GB PS3 will run for $429, down from the originally announced price of $500. Also, the lesser model now comes with an HDMI 1.3 output, the latest standard for the all-digital high-def connector that'll enable the PS3 to handle lossless audio and the 36-bit color, not that anyone cares. Is Sony listening to all the haters out there and trying to make nice? If so, they'd better bring those price drops stateside if they want any goodwill from the likes of this hard-to-please blogger. — Adam Frucci

Via Kotaku