SCEA: Publishers are the ones setting PSP Minis price points

Don’t like the current price points of the PSP Minis? Sony says that’s not their fault. If you want to complain, complain to the publishers.

Don’t like the current price points of the PSP Minis? Sony says that’s not their fault. If you want to complain, complain to the publishers.

In a recent interview with Joystiq, SCEA‘s Eric Lempel said that Sony has no say when it comes to the pricing of PSP Minis. That decision lies solely with the publishers.

Lempel also noted that publishers are free to release a US$ 1.99 game for the PSP if they want to. He also agreed that incorrect pricing can be quite detrimental, especially if you compare a Minis game with reduced functionality and a similarly-priced yet feature-packed PSN exclusive.

I think they have to carefully look at that, carefully price their content. Minis was intended to be something a little different and we wanted to see a lot of different types of content through minis. If it’s not priced correctly, consumers may be turned off at the proposition and say ‘I’d rather just go for this kind of stuff instead of minis.’

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Via Joystiq