There are reports out of France that say a Sony exec has spilled the beans out the PlayStation 3’s release price. If the reports are right, the console will be the most expensive ever – if you don’t count that $10,000 Xbox 360 purchase over eBay.
Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, but with the lengths people outside of Japan went to in an effort to get their hands on Xbox 360s, it wouldn’t be surprising if Sony figures people would be willing to pay a ton for the PS3. And, considering the lengths people went to for the 360, Sony would probably be right.
According to the stories that are circulating, George Fornay, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s VP and president of the French division, is the one who divulged the anticipated pricing.
The comments were made on French radio station Europe 1, and indicated that the PlayStation 3 will be available for “around €500 [$613], in the range of €499 to 599 [$612 to 734]”.
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 console’s 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 format’s copy protection.
Although Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi has made previous vague comments about the PlayStation 3 being “expensive”, 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.
Gamasutra
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