Article : Pachter's Wii HD is a REALITY - it's the PS3 -- Agree/Disagree?

[Onyxmeth]

Staude said:

Onyxmeth said:

Staude said:
2 wands..

each with an analogue.

No nunchuck...


2 full wands. If they did that it'd be perfect :p

The investment would likely be too large. 2 wands for single player games? We're talking $60-80 easily. 4 wands for a two player game? 8 wands for a four player game? No, as cool as it would be, I don't think it's a realistic solution, although it might work for a few select titles.

A wii mote and a nunchuck is practically the price of two dualshock 3s. If people have no problems buying that they should have no problems buying two wands.

How do you figure? The low end retail on a DS3 is $39.99(priced at newegg) and the high end(MSRP) you find at most places is $54.99(priced at Target and SonyStyle). The Wiimote + Nunchuck combo is $60. That's not practically the price of two DS3s, no matter how you cut it. If they price the Wand at the same price as the DS3, which seems plausible considering it'll be more expensive to make, it would cost in many stores $110 to buy two wands for a single player game. The approach is not feasible based on any realistic pricing model. Let's move on.