Call it bending without breaking: to kick off TGS, Sony's Ken Kutaragi has announced that the Japanese price of the 20 GB PS3 will drop to 49,980 yen, taxes included. That's a 20 percent cut to the previously announced cost. CVG cites Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato as saying there are no plans for matching the cut in Europe and North America, but for Sony, that may be irrelevant; it's probably more than a coincidence that this puts the 20 GB PS3 in the same price range as the country's forthcoming 360/HD-DVD combo. In other news, the company has also declared that HDMI inputs will be standard on all PS3s, rather than just the 60 GB model. While Sony links this with an increase in HDMI-ready displays, it seems odd that Sony was just recently trying to reassure buyers that component input will more than sufficient.