Konami not impressed with the just announced Playstation 3 price cut

Konami not impressed with the just announced Playstation 3 price cut

Kazumi Kitaue, the head of Konami’s North American and European operations has said in a statement that the just announced USD 100 price cut on the Playstation 3 gaming console is not going to help Sony much.

Sony has just revealed that the 60GB Playstation 3 gaming console would now cost USD 499 in the US market.

The company also launched a new variant for USD 599 which comes with a 80 GB hard disk. However, this capacity is still smaller compared to the disk supplied with the Xbox 360 Elite edition.

Kitaue said in his statement: “I wonder if Sony can win back user support by the price cut of just $100. I don’t expect a substantial impact … With $500, you can buy a personal computer.”

He further added on Konami games: “Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the Playstation, we would like to keep it a Playstation game. But we might have to take some steps.”

The company is aiming to launch the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3 in the current business year to March 2008.