0.002% of Taiwan to get a PS3

Yes, the PS3 is in very short supply. We're going to have to camp out days in advance; most of us will be told our wait was for naught (except maybe a $60 discount on a 360 game). As bad as we have it, Taiwan will have it worse.

According to Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong (SCEH), Taiwan will be getting a whopping 500 units. Taiwan has 23 million people according to the CIA Factbook; this means .002% of the population will get a PS3. For comparison, Japan has 127 million people, which translates into .06% of the population getting an opportunity for a PS3. Even if the US only gets 200,000 units as some predict, Sony will get the PS3 in .07% of the population's hands.

Count your lucky stars you're not in Taiwan; they're going to have the toughest time getting their hands on the difficult-to-find machine. We're confused, however, as to why Sony chose to do this. What exactly will selling a paltry 500 units do? They would have been better served staying in Japan and holding off on a Taiwan launch until production numbers picked up. It isn't exactly a major battleground in the war between Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.