Japan enjoys a PS3 price cut with Hot Shots Golf bundle

Happy Japanese: Both 20GB and 60GB PS3s bundled with Sony‘s Hot Shots Golf 5 (known as Minna no Golf 5 in Japan) will be hitting Japanese store shelves this coming July 26. The bundle makes sense; knowing the game’s popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun, Minna no Golf 5 is bound to sell a lot of PS3 units.

Regular 60GB PS3 costs about ¥60,000 (US$ 487), while 20GB editions clock in at ¥50,000 (US$ 405). A copy of Hot Shots Golf 5 in Japan is worth ¥5,980 (US$ 48.50). But with the new Hot Shots Golf 5 + PS3 bundles, the 60GB costs around ¥61,980 (US$ 503), and the 20GB for only ¥51,980 (US$ 422).

Take into account the retail price of the game, and you’ll get a nice discount. With the apparent release of the hit golf game in Western shores, there may be an off-chance that the same deal will be offered here as well.

Happy Japanese: Both 20GB and 60GB PS3s bundled with Sony‘s Hot Shots Golf 5 (known as Minna no Golf 5 in Japan) will be hitting Japanese store shelves this coming July 26. The bundle makes sense; knowing the game’s popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun, Minna no Golf 5 is bound to sell a lot of PS3 units.

Regular 60GB PS3 costs about ¥60,000 (US$ 487), while 20GB editions clock in at ¥50,000 (US$ 405). A copy of Hot Shots Golf 5 in Japan is worth ¥5,980 (US$ 48.50). But with the new Hot Shots Golf 5 + PS3 bundles, the 60GB costs around ¥61,980 (US$ 503), and the 20GB for only ¥51,980 (US$ 422).

Take into account the retail price of the game, and you’ll get a nice discount. With the apparent release of the hit golf game in Western shores, there may be an off-chance that the same deal will be offered here as well.