Masaya Igarashi wants ?20,000 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he¡¯s torn between Nintendo Co.¡¯s Wii and Sony¡¯s PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV.
There¡¯s one conspicuous omission from the college student¡¯s shopping list: a new computer.
The PC¡¯s role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power gives ground to gadgets such as smart phones that act like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles or digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
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