Amy , a downloadable survival horror game coming to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade next week, appears to have a great deal of promise. But there's something decidedly odd about the pricing of the game in the United States. That's because Amy is $3 more on PSN than it is on XBLA.

Yesterday, I noticed this discrepancy and shot an e-mail to the PR firm representing Amy's developer Lexis Numerique, asking for official comment and clarification. Today, I got both in the form of a press release that attempts to explain why Amy costs 800 Microsoft Points ($10) while its PSN iteration costs $12.99.Lexis Numerique's CEO Jose Sanchis states that the company "decided to have a new approach to digital distribution by proposing heavy content at a very reasonable price because we believe price is a key issue, especially during hard economic times. Indeed, we believe Amy could have been sold a little bit higher."For his company, however, the crux of the issue appears to be territory-based. "The issue we have to deal with," he continued, "is that a price in MS points doesn't have the same value in all countries. Indeed, because of fluctuations between the dollar and the euro, 800 MS points are currently worth $10 in the U.S." while equivalent Microsoft Points are worth more like $12.80 in Euro.Regardless of this, it's patently absurd to ask PlayStation Network gamers to pay $3 more in the U.S. for a game their Xbox 360-playing brethren get for cheaper. And Lexis Numerique appears to agree, having set up a Facebook poll to ask gamers what the company should do. Does the price point on PSN stick, or not? If not, the price could potentially be $9.99, the U.S. equivalent to 800 Microsoft Points, but that this would delay the release of Amy on PlayStation Network "for at least one week because of logistic constraints with the PlayStation Store."What do you think of this situation? Sound-off in the comments below.