Is Sony determined to alienate all potential buyers with no price reduction for its next generation console?
The PlayStation 3 is already the most expensive video game machine on the market and with the news that the gaming division suffered a significant lost in a recent quarterly financial result (due to poor sales with the PSP and PS3), you would expect a price cut to boost sales but that’s not the case.
According to a chief financial officer, Nobuyuki Oneda, the possibility of the PlayStation 3 on sale at a lower price won’t happen for at least “two to three years.”
Bad news for European gamers who will be paying the most when it goes on sale for around £425 this March…
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walking leaf says:
This is an interesting report from The Guardian on why the PlayStation 3 cost so much for UK buyers. Blame VAT and the consumers who prefer the 60GB model.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2002678,00.html
Jan 31, 2007, 9:46 amJanus says:
That Sony guy makes a good point about VAT in Ireland, I do sometimes wonder why the government has to be different from the rest of Europe by charging a 21% VAT. That’s more than a Fifth of the original price that has to be added onto the bloody thing. €630 is a bit too much for me any day, if I deem it needed to get a PS3 I’ll be importing it from France…
Jan 31, 2007, 5:16 amYink says:
I can wait !
Jan 31, 2007, 6:45 pm