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Microsoft's Peter Moore questions PS3 price cut

In a recent interview with Microsoft's Peter Moore, his reactions to the PS3 price cut was that there was no actual price cut and that Sony were simply adding more value at the same prices.

However unlike Nintendo's George Harrison, he has reserved judgement on whether this latest move by Sony will backfire on them or really increase sales on them, saying that it all depends on the consumers.
Microsoft's Peter Moore has told GamesIndustry.biz that he doesn't consider Sony's recent PS3 discount a price cut at all - but rather a move to offer added value for the same price.

Sony dropped the price of the 60GB model on Monday to USD 499, while revealing a new SKU with an 80GB hard-drive and copy of Motorstorm for USD 599

"Interestingly, I didn't see a price cut, and I must have been reading the wrong thing. It's still USD 499 and USD 599," Moore told GamesIndustry.biz in an interview.
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  • -2 thumbs!
    bbb7002004 | July 12, 2007
    He does have a point in the long run, but right now the 80 gig model is a ways off still. When you see a $500 PS3 advertised in a magazine, you still think price cut.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Existenz | July 12, 2007
    Yeah so i guess... A 60Gb at $499 is no change from the 60Gb at $599 last week, I didn't know Peter was so thick.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Hawkeye | July 12, 2007
    You know, I didn't even realize this. They just cut out the 20gb version, and replaced it with a 60gb version, then upgraded the 60gb to 80gb.

    Sony are actually pretty damn smart, because the sale has been working too. You can bet if they released the 60gb and 80gb versions at the very start, it probably wouldn't have changed sales. But now they've gone and fooled everyone into thinking they've made huge price drops for us.

    For once I have to say GG Sony.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Robert Ninja | July 12, 2007
    Gonna BOOST sales but not improve them dramatically.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Final Blade | July 12, 2007
    Peter Moore is a loser. He is just as thick as George Harrison. How about Not talking about it. Cause right now i would love for sony to kick both of these fools some common sense.
  • 1 thumbs!
    ZhaoYun88 | July 13, 2007
    Yeah is that right Peter Moore you muppet, well give it time, open your eyes and watch! yeah and you look like a burgulars tool kit! spanner
  • 2 thumbs!
    Storm | July 13, 2007
    Peter Moore must be Bill Gates rich to think that $100 isn't a difference...if that's the case, drop the 360 by $100 because that won't be a difference, either, right? Moore...you disappoint me.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Infinite | July 14, 2007
    How is it not a price cut? The 60GB PS3 went from being $599 to $499. Unless I'm mistaken the 60GB PS3 is now a hundred dollars cheaper in the USA. It is indeed a price cut. Personally I think this guy likes to talk bad about the competition and disagree with everything the competition does but that's just what I think.
  • 0 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | July 14, 2007
    He contradicted himself in the same breath. He acknowledged the fact that Sony is offering more for the same price (obviously the $600 80GB model), but also noted that they are selling the [previous] 60GB model for $100 less. Yes, they are offering more for the same $600 price. However, the 60GB model is exactly the same as has been since it was released, only $100 cheaper. How is that not a price cut?
  • 0 thumbs!
    tidus04 | July 14, 2007
    This is a price cut, simple as.

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