Pricing confusion
Following on from yesterday's news, regarding the Playstation 3 being priced at between €499 and €599 in Europe, Sony have stepped forward to claim that the prices stated were "a mistranslation or misunderstanding of the discussion, which was actually focused on the relative value of PS3 as a Bluray Disc player."
These comments were made by SCEE corporate communications director Nick Sharples, who told GamesIndustry.biz that "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 continued by saying that the " 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."
So, wer'e still all very confused over the price point of the PS3. Roughly translated Sharples is suggesting that it could cost less than €500 , but it could cost more than €600, all dependant on the price of the Blu-ray players.
It was the French media who translated Fornay's comments and spread the word around the internet regarding the pricing of the PS3.
