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May 18 2005, 1:51am EST | by Luigi Lugmayr
In an article about the Sony PS3 the Japanese Nihon Keizai Shimbun mentions that the price for the Sony PS3 is expected to be 50,000 yen (~465USD, 368EUR). The Sony PS2 initial price in Japan was 39,800 yen, so the new Playstation
would start with a $100 higher price-tag.
Not cheap, but compared to the cost for two of the Sony Wega 42inch HDTV LCD TVs it
really does not matter.
More details on Nikkei.Net (Subscription).
See also the full Sony PS3 specifications.
Update 05/27/05:
Sony PS3 price could be same as for PS2 at Launch
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