Sony UK Boss Calls the US a ‘Land of Cheap People’ to Justify PS3 Price

**bm4n** · March 27th, 2007, 09:01

That guy is a $#@!. He tries to blame the bad press about $ony on the press...by insulting Americans and saying that they can charge more purely because "other things are more expensive there." I would like to meet every $ony executive...and punch them in the face for being so BLIND. They are here to please their customers. Not even in an idealist sense, the way to get people to buy your junk is to make them like you and supply good product. $ony instead insults them and tells them that they need to buy their crap without taking the time and effort to make product that doesn't blow.

**Baboon** · March 27th, 2007, 09:29

There is no justification for the UK’s £425 ($840) PS3 price tag. Sony are simply having a fookin laugh at our expense.

I’ve played a few games on a mates PS3 now and to be honest so far I aint that impressed with it. For the ridiculous price tag I was honestly expecting something jaw dropping and totally amazing... ok the graphics were quite nice, but the games were pretty lame! lol ...Resistance Fall of Man was cack - seriously not a patch on Halo2, Virtua Fighter 5 was ok, and the only game I slightly liked was Motorway madness - but this was hardly essential.

I’ll give it a year a so before they release some decent games and then hopefully the price will also fall dramatically too.

**solid12345** · March 27th, 2007, 10:57

I think people are overestimating the value of blue-ray and hd-dvd period. I think the average consumer is going to stick with the regular DVD format for years to come.

I mean it is only in the last 3-4 years we've even seen a DVD player get in everyone's household. I think blue-ray and hd-dvd will go the way of SACD, only there for the purists.

**Stone Temple Pilots** · March 27th, 2007, 14:09

Originally Posted by Shadowblind

Heck, I wouldn't mind having a PS3. For free, that is. Even 250 sounds...a little much, but I might be willing.

I'd really only want it for KH, Klonoa, and the DBZ Budokai series really.

Damn straight brother. Save for the 250 thing. I'd buy PS3 if it was $200 cheaper. But yeah, they need another Klonoa game for either PS2 or PSP. Lunatea's Evil was a righteous game and IMO the best platformer ever... ever. And I mean ever. Klonoa 1 for PSone was very good too but I haven't played more than an hour of it total. Back on track though. If Sony can't stand the heat, stay out of the freakin kitchen. Giving people in the USA flak about not buying their overpriced system is pretty low.... and weak. Like their sales!

**pspfreefiles** · March 27th, 2007, 14:13

I wish someone would just give me a free one
LOL

**Basil Zero** · March 27th, 2007, 16:06

Correction: Land of the xbox fanboys is more like it

**mnky** · March 27th, 2007, 16:25

I think the point he is trying to give is that living costs more in the UK, and so they have to keep their prices high to pay their exe's.

**Cosmic3K** · March 27th, 2007, 19:34

Originally Posted by wraggster

Maguire continued to defend PlayStation 3’s actual price of GBP425 by saying it’s “the best for the consumer” although he admitted Sony had thought at selling its product for a higher price, namely GBP 429.

How kind of them to save us an entire £4, I guess we can all afford one now! :thumbup: