PlayStation 3 Pricing Revealed?

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday May 18, 2005 @04:15AM from the that's-a-lot-of-yen dept.

Jakhel writes "IGN has up an article on PS3 pricing information. Apparently it comes straight from Sony officials. From the article: 'According an article published in the May 17th edition of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, the PlayStation 3 could be one of the most expensive mass-market videogame consoles ever created. Officials from Sony apparently told the newspaper that PlayStation 3s would sell in Japan for "less than 50,000 yen each." That translates to about $465 US dollars.' So I guess they will be around $464.99 in the U.S. (plus tax of course). Granted, it does come with DVD Hi Def support out of the box, but is that enough to justify it's nearly $500 pricetag?" Commentary on this development available at GamesIndustry.biz as well.

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That expensive? by SystemR · 2005-05-18 05:42 · Score: 2, Funny

Okay, start starving, cut food money and save it in the bank. Eventually you'll reach that amount by the time PS3 comes out.

On the plus side, you'll lose weight before you gain even more.
$500 in Tokyo... by clambake · 2005-05-18 05:47 · Score: 2, Funny

So, what, a movie, nice dinner and a love hotel then? Yeah, I think people over here can afford it.