"We continue to look at opportunities" to reduce the cost, adds PlayStation UK boss

Sony has no current plans to introduce a PS3 price cut, despite the upcoming release of PS4.

The company showed off the PS4 hardware for the first time during its E3 conference last week, when it confirmed a Christmas PS4 release date in Europe and the US and a PS4 price of £349 / €399 / $399.

While some had forecast that the PS4 launch details would be accompanied by a PS3 price cut announcement, Sony Computer Entertainment UK managing director Fergal Gara told GamesIndustry International such a move isn't being considered at the moment.

"There's no plans as yet," he said. "The PlayStation 3 is a system where it hasn't been particularly easy to get the costs down.

"We continue to look at opportunities, there may or may not be any more, I genuinely can't answer to that," he added.

"But it will certainly be a more keenly priced machine in relative to PlayStation 4. It will sit there as a viable entry level machine for years to come. It will be different by territory as to how long its life is. There's still a lot of love for PS3."

Despite PS4's upcoming launch, Sony has dedicated plenty of resources to PS3 games set for release in 2013. As well as the just-launched The Last of US, the platform holder intends to release major first-party PS3 games like Beyond: Two Souls and Gran Turismo 6 before Christmas.

Posted: Jun 19, 2013 1:29 pm
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