shimman used our news submit to tell us that a representitive of Sony went out on a limb during a radio interview and mentioned some prices for the hopefully, soon to be released PS3. But, interestingly, Sony came out later rebuking his comments or at least they attempted to clarify them. Below, we can read the report from Engadget on April 5th that mentions the estimates from the radio interview, but then, just below that, is a followup story that came out Friday from Game Industry Biz!
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Now, the latest comments! The SCE France boss' discussion of the pricing on French radio station Europe 1 was focused on the fact that the PS3 would be priced very competitively compared to other Bluray products if it were to emerge at $500, but that this price point is well above the range of other game console products, according to Sharples. "Mr Fornay explained that, with BD and HD functionality, PS3 at this price would be cheap for such functionality, but that current video games machines were significantly below this price," Sharples told GamesIndustry.biz. "At no time did he suggest or indicate a specific price point or price range for PS3, and any reports that he did so are incorrect. "He summarised by saying that PS3 would be expensive when one looked at the current price of a video games machine, at far below 500 Euros, but extremely good value when looking at the BD and HD technology inside," he concluded. |
Well, there you have it! Sort of. 🙂 More of the latest information can be found by following this link to GameIndustryBiz.
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