We imagine that's how they would have said it if they could. Sony's latest backtrack was specifically in response to the news concerning the possible PS3 price range, and went a little something like this: "[it was] a mistranslation or misunderstanding of the discussion, which was actually focused on the relative value of PS3 as a Bluray Disc player."
"Sony: That wasn't a price indication!" - 06.04.06