ARTICLE EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM eurogamer.net
ARTICLE WRITTEN by Rob Fahey

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has once again defended the pricing of the PlayStation 3, this time in the pages of leading Japanese games magazine Weekly Famitsu.

Kutaragi pointed out that both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 launched at price points 10,000 Yen (around GBP 70) higher than their competitors, but yet "both sold to shortages."

He went on to claim that "if you consider the PlayStation 3 a toy, then yes, it is an expensive toy. However, it is more than a toy. It is a PlayStation 3. And it is the only PlayStation 3. I hope that those who understand this will gladly purchase it."

It's worth pointing out, however, that the price differential cited by Kutaragi is not being repeated this time around - with the actual difference in price between the PS3 and its competitors likely to be more than twice as much as it was between the firm's previous platforms and their respective competitors.