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Tecmo Koei joins the call for a PS3 price cut
BY Vidal Stewart Jul. 5th, 2009 More on:

Bobby Kotick is threatening to pull support from the PlayStation 3. Some consumers would’ve preferred a lower price point of the PSP Go. Now, CEO of Tecmo Koei, Kenji Matsubara, would enjoy a nice PS3 price drop.

“Whenever I discuss this with Sony reps I always ask them: ‘Please cut the price’, but I don’t have a clear view on Sony’s situation,” he said, adding, “Yes, from a publisher’s point of view we would welcome a price cut for PS3, and we are waiting, definitely.” While everyone is calling for Sony to cut their prices, the CEO brings up the important but publicly unknown factor revolving around Sony’s financial ability to sustain price cut.

“It’s definitely a way of boosting the PS3 market, but it’s Sony’s strategy and I don’t know their cost structure. Sony introduced cutting-edge technology in the PS3, that’s why people in the industry accept that the PS3 cost is so high, but we’d welcome a price cut,” he told CVG.

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    1. Cort
      July 7th, 2009
      at 4:26 am

      ^^ Would that be the Bobby Kotick who wants UK gamers to pay £108 for a piece of plastic which will be compatible with precisely one game? Maybe gamers should threaten to pull support from Activision until they stop ripping us off.

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