In Asia, one of the geekiest countries getting all the cool tech stuff first is Japan. Of course, that’s not surprising because the Land of the Rising Sun is very advanced especially in technology and robotics. It’s no wonder that gadgets and services from the West are heading towards the country before they roll out in other parts of the region.
Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has finally launched in Japan. With it comes the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Prime Video is available starting today, September 25, while the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick will be ready next month, October 28. This news makes Japan the fourth and newest market of the latest Amazon offerings after the United States, Germany, and United Kingdom.
As we all know, Netflix is already in Japan and now it’s joined by Amazon’s Prime Video in streaming more content. Since the country already has the Prime, Amazon’s streaming service certainly has an edge over Netflix. Current Prime members can easily get a subscription by adding the $32 service to the annual fee. This is definitely cheaper than Netflix which starts at $5.40 to $12 (¥650 to ¥1,450 monthly) in Japan.
Let’s take a look at the pricing of all three Fire TV hardware:
• Fire TV – ¥12,980 (about $110), the
• Fire TV Stick – ¥4,980 ($42)
• Fire TV Stick with voice-powered remote – ¥6,480 ($55)
The Fire TV items can now be pre-ordered. If you’re a Prime subscriber in Japan, you can get any product at a discount–Fire TV Stick models for half the price and the Fire TV for only $84 (¥9,980), at least, for the next three days so go on, head on to Amazon now and fire up your home entertainment system.
VIA: SlashGear
SOURCE: Amazon
“In Asia, one of the geekiest countries getting all the cool tech stuff first is Japan. Of course, that’s not surprising because the Land of the Rising Sun is very advanced especially in technology and robotics. It’s no wonder that gadgets and services from the West are heading towards the country before they roll out in other parts of the region.”
What absolute bollocks. Have you actually BEEN to Japan? It’s crud like this intro that keeps people away from this site.
Firstly, Japan is NOT the first place in Asia for top tech these days. Those places would be Korea and China, where some of the most popular mobile devices are from.
Secondly, “foreign” technology is not always welcome in Japan. Apart from Apple and perhaps Samsung (mainly phones), the mainstream Japanese public is still very nationalistic/xenophobic when buying technology. In fact, even Japanese brands, such as Sony, still sell “made in Japan” versions of their PlayStations, etc, due to local customers not wanting exactly the same devices coming from China.
Lastly, due to this, and other reasons, software, hardware and media usually come to Japan much later than the rest of Asia, and still cost much more.
Check your facts and stop writing inaccurate drivel, “R. Padla”.