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patapon said:
So I guess we jumped the whole 'rumor' stage right to this being a fact?

It is a rumor at the moment, but if it is $60 for just the Move, I likely won't buy it unless there's just an awesome motion control game I can't buy anywhere else.  I'm not ready to completely write off The Move because this is a rumor, I just hope it isn't true.

I have no desire to spend $99 on the bundle, another $60 for the second Move (since some games need two), and then finally spend $60 on the game.

I really hope this isn't true because I've been mildly interested in The Move, I just have no desire to spend that much.   Even if that's the price for The Move plus the sub controller, it's still a bit much considering I'm already going to be spending $99 and I'll need another Move controller to play every game.



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sega4life said:

Wait?

So it will cost you $120.00 to play the Bow & Arrow game they showed? (minus game cost)

Also other games that require two glowing balls

<-- Two Glowing Balls

A tad expensive...

It costs $54.99 (without tax) PER DualShock 3 controller, no body complains about that?

So if you want to play with your friends/siblings, and you wanted to buy two controllers and a game.

It would cost you ~$120, MINUS the game.

Did the word "bundling" ever come across your mind when you made that post?





ameratsu said:
dunno001 said:
Wait, is that JUST for the glowing ball part, and not with the sub-controller? If so, that seems rather pricey. I'd be expecting both pieces at that price myself, but...

I know it isn't completely comparable, but assuming this is correct it's the same price as a Wiimote with the WM+ dongle. The Wiimote + WM+ + Nunchuk is $85 in Canada.

Well, $75 here for the whole kitten ($55 for Wiimote w/ WM+ attached, $20 for Nunchuk), but at least with this cost, you can play more than 99.5% of retail Wii games. 2 of these, which should assumedly play most Move games (sub-controller, I'll look at that later), would run you $120, a price significantly more in either the US or Canada. That's why I feel that it's steep for just 1 piece. And also, if this is for 1 piece, we're also left with the question of how much is the sub-controller...?



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Smashed said:
sega4life said:

Wait?

So it will cost you $120.00 to play the Bow & Arrow game they showed? (minus game cost)

Also other games that require two glowing balls

<-- Two Glowing Balls

A tad expensive...

It costs $54.99 (without tax) PER DualShock 3 controller, no body complains about that?

So if you want to play with your friends/siblings, and you wanted to buy two controllers and a game.

It would cost you ~$120, MINUS the game.

Did the word "bundling" ever come across your mind when you made that post?



and the camera?

Moreso, if people are going to invest in move, they will want to be able to play all the games (or at least not be singled out of a few for not having a nun chuck)

So again, if a person wants to buy that boxing game, that's 2 x move, 1 cam, 1 game. that comes out at about $200 without bundling (exactly how much money do you think Sony will want to lose?

Considering boxing is just one of the core titles, others will require a nunchuck, lots of people will want to play with a friend.

These arnt the confirmed prices though so it's all still speculation.



 

I would pay $60 for a controller, camera and game.



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Smashed said:

A tad expensive...

It costs $54.99 (without tax) PER DualShock 3 controller, no body complains about that?

So if you want to play with your friends/siblings, and you wanted to buy two controllers and a game.

It would cost you ~$120, MINUS the game.

Did the word "bundling" ever come across your mind when you made that post?



The reason people don't complain about the DS3 being $60:

* They already have one
* The Move is another controller ontop of the DS3
* The Move itself possibly costs $60 plus whatever for the sub controller
* Some games do use two moves meaning you have to spend another $60
* To have a friend play, you have to spend anywhere from $60 to $120 more whereas you only have to spend another $60 on the DS3.

This is all still in rumor state so we shouldn't totally freak out, but there's not a lot of brightening up to be had if true.  The only way to make that even a little more bearable is if the $60 include the Move and sub controller, but since the Move requires the eye and possible another Move for a single player, it's still a lot to swallow.



twesterm said:
patapon said:
So I guess we jumped the whole 'rumor' stage right to this being a fact?

It is a rumor at the moment, but if it is $60 for just the Move, I likely won't buy it unless there's just an awesome motion control game I can't buy anywhere else.  I'm not ready to completely write off The Move because this is a rumor, I just hope it isn't true.

I have no desire to spend $99 on the bundle, another $60 for the second Move (since some games need two), and then finally spend $60 on the game.

I really hope this isn't true because I've been mildly interested in The Move, I just have no desire to spend that much.   Even if that's the price for The Move plus the sub controller, it's still a bit much considering I'm already going to be spending $99 and I'll need another Move controller to play every game.

I agree. I'll be very disappointed if this turns out to be true.

I just don't think people should take this as conformation of much. Seems likely that Gamestop was creating/editing their Move page and used a placeholder price of a newly released game.

Best thing to do is wait for E3

(Waits for E3)



dunno001 said:
ameratsu said:
dunno001 said:
Wait, is that JUST for the glowing ball part, and not with the sub-controller? If so, that seems rather pricey. I'd be expecting both pieces at that price myself, but...

I know it isn't completely comparable, but assuming this is correct it's the same price as a Wiimote with the WM+ dongle. The Wiimote + WM+ + Nunchuk is $85 in Canada.

Well, $75 here for the whole kitten ($55 for Wiimote w/ WM+ attached, $20 for Nunchuk), but at least with this cost, you can play more than 99.5% of retail Wii games. 2 of these, which should assumedly play most Move games (sub-controller, I'll look at that later), would run you $120, a price significantly more in either the US or Canada. That's why I feel that it's steep for just 1 piece. And also, if this is for 1 piece, we're also left with the question of how much is the sub-controller...?

 

That's a reasonable point with controller compatibility (virtually all wii games work with wiimote vs. a small subset of ps3 games that will work with move). I still don't think you can say "it'll cost $120 to play this game!" without making some big assumptions. This is a seperate controller, who knows what sort of bundled packages they will have available. Some kind of starter pack/bundle with a reduced price is likely.



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It seems logical that the Move would cost as much if not more than the DS3. It probably has most of the same internal components like batteries and wireless controller. Then on top of that you have to add the costs of the lighting and motion control components.



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now sony should take the plunge and sell this at loss, since PS3 is getting profit, this wont succeed until its cheap, so make it happen.



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