While bouncing around on Gamestop's latest price-drop listings page today I happened to come across Sony's Patapon, a PSP game that looks very similar to the popular PSP hit, Locoroco (and that's not a coincidence).

While it's customary for price-drops to occur for really old games you should already have played and really bad games you should never touch, why is there a $10 drop for a game that isn't even out yet? Is it so horrible that they're dying to rid themselves of stock they currently don't have or are they just trying to solicit pre-orders? Or maybe it's merely a really nice deal?

I am become confused...

Patapon: Just a Really Good Deal for the PSP [1/21/08] 80% match
E3 2008: Sony Confirms New PSP Titles [7/15/08] 60% match
GB Review: Patapon (PSP) [2/24/08] 60% match
Sony talks portable LittleBigPlanet, Guita... [11/19/08] 40% match
Nihongo Patapon 2 Demo, Yorokonde! [11/13/08] 40% match
Prinny: Is It Okay If I'm the Protagonist?... [11/02/08] 40% match
Firmware Alert: PS3 2.50 and PSP 5.0 Due... [10/13/08] 40% match