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    Sony PS3 Not €499 to €599 After All?

    By brownlee, 9:19 AM on Thu Apr 6 2006, 76 views

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    In what will surprise nearly no one at all, Sony is now disavowing the €499 to €599 price for the PS3.

    They are claiming that Sony Computer Entertainment France's grand fromage Georges Fornay's remarks on the price were mistranslated and taken out of context. The company says the uproar was over "a mistranslation or misunderstanding of the discussion, which was actually focused on the relative value of PS3 as a Bluray Disc player."

    In other words, Georges was claiming that if they released at €499 to €599, the PS3 would be an excellent deal compared to the first Blu-Ray players, which are meant to sell at €700. It's one of those wacky hypothetical statements that sensible people try to shy away from, knowing the trouble they cause.

    We actually wouldn't be surprised if this was damage control after the overwhelming outcry from yesterday's announcement. We've done the same thing when we screw up at work: blame the wacky foreigner! Anyway, readers, don't count your weasels before they pop — looks like the PS3 price is still up in the air.

    Fornay's comments are not an indication of PS3 pricing - Sony [Gameindustry.biz]

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