Nintendo: US$ 100 PS3 price cut won’t make a difference

With all the hub-bub about Sony slashing a hefty chunk off the PlayStation 3’s price tag along to the tune of a hundred greenbacks, it’s not surprising that its competitors have their own take about this sudden move of the legendary company.

One of its two biggest rivals, Nintendo, has a rather dim view of the price cut, the opinion presented by none other than George Harrison, senior vice president of communications in the big NoA.

So what’s his take? Simply put, he doesn’t think that the $100 price cut is anything to worry about. “A $100 price drop won’t make a difference. Can Sony afford a $200 price drop? I don’t think so.”

Certainly strong words from Nintendo’s senior vice president of communications. Although to be fair, even with the US$ 100 drop, the PlayStation 3 is still the most expensive console in the market today, clocking in at about US$ 499 per pop.

And it’s not just Nintendo giving Sony lip. Other than the rather mysterious Project Falcon, Microsoft Spokesman David Hufford had this to say about a price cut: “If you don’t have the games, you have to worry about price. We have the games.”

Boy, these game company executives sure doesn’t mince their words. It doesn’t help that PS3’s exclusives have chosen to be not so exclusive, are thinking about not being exclusive, and in a recent case about a certain katamari-rolling prince, have opted to be exclusive to other game consoles. Let’s wait and see how Sony will respond to this.

With all the hub-bub about Sony slashing a hefty chunk off the PlayStation 3’s price tag along to the tune of a hundred greenbacks, it’s not surprising that its competitors have their own take about this sudden move of the legendary company.

One of its two biggest rivals, Nintendo, has a rather dim view of the price cut, the opinion presented by none other than George Harrison, senior vice president of communications in the big NoA.

So what’s his take? Simply put, he doesn’t think that the $100 price cut is anything to worry about. “A $100 price drop won’t make a difference. Can Sony afford a $200 price drop? I don’t think so.”

Certainly strong words from Nintendo’s senior vice president of communications. Although to be fair, even with the US$ 100 drop, the PlayStation 3 is still the most expensive console in the market today, clocking in at about US$ 499 per pop.

And it’s not just Nintendo giving Sony lip. Other than the rather mysterious Project Falcon, Microsoft Spokesman David Hufford had this to say about a price cut: “If you don’t have the games, you have to worry about price. We have the games.”

Boy, these game company executives sure doesn’t mince their words. It doesn’t help that PS3’s exclusives have chosen to be not so exclusive, are thinking about not being exclusive, and in a recent case about a certain katamari-rolling prince, have opted to be exclusive to other game consoles. Let’s wait and see how Sony will respond to this.