Tokyo - Despite calls from consumers and some game developers and publishers, Sony currently has no plans to lower the price of its PlayStation 3 video game console, which has been in third place in sales among the top three consoles across the past several months, Reuters reported.

"At present we have no plans [to cut the price]," Sony presidet Ryoji Chubachi told Reuters. "If you take a look at how PlayStation and PlayStation 2 have taken off, this is not such an unusual start."

The company did recently say that over 380 new games scheduled for release yet this year should help boost demand.

In related news, Sony has issued a public apology in the U.K. over its "Resistance: Fall of Man" game, which features a shootout inside an Anglican cathedral.

The company did not address the Church of England's requests that the game be pulled from the market.  

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