I guess no matter how many of us importers there are, it won't stop the ps3 from selling, from a UK standpoint.
The ps2/psp is pretty much the word for gaming, i even know some parents who call their kids DS or xbox/gamecube, a psp or ps2 simply because they don't know any better. It will sell here regardless of the price because of the name and the cock-sucking, scum of the earth, pro evo
scallies. I am not putting down the game, as I have nothing but respect for konami and the pro evo series. Pro-evo has become the generic word for football games, as has ps2/psp become the word for gaming console/handheld. Itt is more aimed at the hooligans that buy a ps2 purely for the football (soccer) games that come out and buy nothing else.
This is how sony makes its money. Even the name will make the money, as my uncle recently said to another uncle of mine. I can't wait for the ps3 when it comes out, despite regularly seeing that his son (my cousin) has more fun playing on my gamecube than on his ps2. It's merely bragging rights.
As for me, I will boycott sony, but I doubt I'll make a difference. Sony can afford to lose 1 customer. They can afford to lose the few thousand customers who imported from lik-sang. The number of losses is negligable to the number of ps3's already secured for (at least) the british market.
I personally do hope that sony fails. I hope that HD-DVD beats the shit out of blu-ray. I want to see sony dissappear along with all those other companies whos name we dont remember anymore. But realistically it isn't going to happen. Even just looking at the new video formats, its clear blu-ray is ahead, with blu-ray players coming out in a month or so, boasting about 5x more capacity than a HD-DVD. I wont be buying either one until its clear which one will last out, as I dont fancy losing £1000 to a format that will die out in 3 years time.
So to end things off, F*ck Sony
[edit] Dammit! I got a sony-ericson mobile (cell) phone last month too