Finally the 2 TB HDD gradually went down, to about half of the initial price

The release began around the end of February this year2 TB model HDDIt was revealed that the price fell below the 20,000 yen range.

At the beginning of the launch, it was a price difficult to reach the late 30,000 yen range, but seems to have fallen close to half price in seven months.

Details are as below.
Price .com - WESTERN DIGITAL WD 20 EADS (2 TB SATA 300) Compare Prices

According to the major price comparison site "price .com", 2 TB model HDD "WD 20 EADS" manufactured by WESTERN DIGITAL is sold at 18,969 yen as of September 23 at 1:30. By the way, since the selling price at the end of February this same HDD was released was 36,656 yen, it declined to nearly half price.

The price change history is like this. It has fallen by 6000 yen in 2 months since July.

Price .com - WESTERN DIGITAL WD 20 EADS (2 TB SATA 300) Price change history


Also, SEAGATE and Hitachi 2TB models are sold at around 20,000 yen price.

Price .com - SEAGATE ST32000542AS (2TB SATA300 5900) Price comparison

Price .com - HGST HDS722020ALA330 (2TB SATA300 7200) Price comparison

In response to the drop in HDD,To be able to purchase HDD of 1.5 TB model at about 10,000 yenConsidering it, it is still HDD of 2 TB model which can not deny bad feeling in terms of cost performance, but it seems to come into the choice depending on future price reduction.