CNET: Is the Wii as affordable as it used to be?

[steven787]

Procrastinato said:

steven787 said:

How is Wii Motion Plus, a blue tooth or wired head set, a flight stick, a steering wheel, a balance board, a PSEYE or MS Camera, any more optional or required than any other peripheral... other than batteries.

Depends on the games, doesn't it?

Sixaxis controllers only cost $50, yet the article quotes the DualShock3 price.  Batteries are required for both the Wiimote and the 360 controller, yet those costs are not included in the article.

You could argue that the Wii is cool because of the extensive array of accessory games, and that its really the accessories that drive sales.  Then you'd have to look at it from a "wow the Wii is expensive" viewpoint... but... the consumers paid for it, didn't they?  That's what they wanted?

There is a lot of marketing trickery involved in pricing consoles and profitable accessories.  You could claim that Sony is the "least tricky" simply due to the fact that they include the most, and have the fewest accessories to buy, making the overall cost much clearer (not cheaper) to the buyer.  But that's about all you can say about it, isn't it?

A console costs as much as you pay for it.

 

 

I'm not disagreeing, I'm saying the article is stupid - that each console has a different level of value to each consumer because of things you can do with each console.  I also agree, as I said earlier, that the PS3's batteries make it a good value for some... "by these standards) PS3 becomes the cheapest."