SCE India talks about price cut on the PS3

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jugon21 said:

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How many users are registered on PSN from India?
It was approximately 91,000 before the PSN outage. We don’t have any updated figures after that.

Any chance of a price drop on the PS3 soon?

As of now, no.

Gamescom, then? 

(laughs) Well, if there was a price drop coming at Gamescom, I’d know. There is, however, a new PS3 chassis being discussed. A slightly different design, but from what I can tell, not much difference in functionality.

What would be the price for PS Vita in India considering its 249 Euros in Europe?
If you look at the corresponding Indian value, you’re looking at something similar to PS3 pricing.

The PS3 is 299 Euros though.
Yes, what I mean is that price band.

So, Rs 15,000-20,000?
Yes.

So there won’t be any lowering of prices for India?
No. Not for Vita. It would be too early in the life cycle for that.

What would Vita game prices be like?
I have no idea on game prices yet. I haven’t seen the packaging either.

 

Can you give me an update on the sales of the three consoles?
We just reached an important milestone that we’re very proud of. There is now an installed base of one million Playstation consoles in India, which includes all three consoles. The PS2 now stands at around 6,75,000. Growth had stagnated a bit last year, but sales have picked up nicely this year, so we’re very happy about that. The PSP is at around 2,50,000, while the PS3 install base is around 95,000. On the PSP and PS3, around 70-80 percent are official sales, so we know the definite number. On the PS2, around the first 3,00,000 were imports, but now it’s all official.

Source: http://www.indianvideogamer.com/features/round-6-interview-with-atindriya-bose-playstation-india/

There is, however, a new PS3 chassis being discussed

Nice, very interesting! Cant wait to hear more.