Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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"and overall prices averaged $200 compared to nearly $400 just a year ago"
IN America.
I choose to believe that in Japon, everyone has five 4K definition tvs and even their cell phones are Blu-Ray.
It is especially amazing that they have the time to buy anything, what with their 80 hour work week.
Way to pull that quote from a totally different article. You fail.
And Americans actually work the about the same amount of average hours as Japan, FYI. If you're going to make that statement, at least refer to Korea.