Sony France comments on PS3 price

[I'm crossposting this to AGVPS2 and AGVX because Bill Cable thinks
it's a crying shame AGVPS3 hasn't reached 100% saturation of Usenet
servers.]

Sony France Boss Comments On PS3 Price

A number of French consumer sites are reporting new comments from
George Fornay, president of Sony Computer Entertainment France and vice
president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, regarding the pricing
of the PlayStation 3 in Europe.

The comments were made on French radio station Europe 1, and indicated
that the PlayStation 3 will be available for ³around ¤500 [$613], in
the range of ¤499 to 599 [$612 to 734]².

In the same interview, Fornay also confirmed that the PlayStation 3
would be launched in France, and presumably the rest of Europe, in
November this year. He also repeated previous assertions that the delay
of the console¹s release (which in Europe actually saw its release date
being brought forwards, thanks to the new policy of a simultaneous
worldwide release) was due to last minute changes to the Blu-Ray
format¹s copy protection.

Although Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi has made
previous vague comments about the PlayStation 3 being ³expensive², this
is the most specific price speculation yet made by a senior Sony
executive. However, thus far, no indication of a North American price
has been made, or indeed, any official confirmation that this statement
is correct.

<http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8801>

I've seen this story reported in a few places. This doesn't mean the PS3 will
launch for $600+ in the US. Europe prices and USA prices are pretty much
independent of one another. In fact, games in Europe often sell for $50 Euros,
which is Just over $61US.

I'm still expecting $499 in the US. And that'd be a damn good bargain. I
wouldn't be surprised by $399.

> [I'm crossposting this to AGVPS2 and AGVX because Bill Cable thinks
> it's a crying shame AGVPS3 hasn't reached 100% saturation of Usenet
> servers.]

Thanks for the consideration. ;-)

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