Sony Undercuts PS3 Third-Parties
Resistance and Genji will be priced lower than games from outside game makers - but only in Japan, so far.
It's well known now that the PlayStation 3 isn't going to come cheap. At €600 at the top-end, there's never been a more expensive mainstream-targeted console. But what about the games? Sony executives have hinted at the prices, but there hasn't been much in the way of concrete numbers - until now.
Sony said this week that when in-house games Genji: Days of the Blade and Resistance: Fall of Man arrive, they'll be priced at ¥5,980 - or around £27. This is according to a new report at GameSpot via Japanese magazine Famitsu.
Don't get too excited yet, though, since Sony is still a long way from announcing the European prices for games, which are usually quite a bit higher, not least because of tax.
There's also a lot of variety to Japanese game prices. Compare, for instance, Namco Bandai's Ridge Racer 7, which sells for ¥7,329 (£33) and From Software's new mech game, Armored Core 4, which comes in at a wallet pounding ¥8,190 (£37).
Price is a big issue for Sony, especially in Japan, where the low-end model was recently discounted in response to poor response to the initially announced price. The console is out in Japan and the US this November, while Europeans have to sit on the sidelines until March.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo
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