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Buy new£49.99 £32.99
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Wii Motion Plus Accessory (Wii) (2009) - Nintendo Wii
Buy new£19.99 £12.20

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Buy new£14.99 £5.00
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PlayStation Move Controller (PS3) (2010) - PLAYSTATION 3
Buy new£39.99 £34.99
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PlayStation Move Subcontroller (PS3) (2010) - PLAYSTATION 3
Buy new£29.99 £24.99
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all quite decently priced, but the ps3 subcontroller is a massive ripp-off




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new wiis also come with a wiimote and nunchuck already, if you want dual analog, it's only 20 bucks with CC vs other offerings at 50 bucks a piece.



Why is the Move subcontroller so much? It doesn't even have any motion control, does it?



Sony's pricing is a bit expensive. It will put me off from picking this up initially.

I'll stick to Uncharted, KZ, Lbp, SSFIV and the likes in the meantime :)



SeriousWB said:

Why is the Move subcontroller so much? It doesn't even have any motion control, does it?


I don't think so.

 

Good thing you can play with the controller instead.



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US set up for 2 players (which is what we're hearing Kinect can support up to), ground up, using MSRP...

 

Wii 

  • $200 console (includes Remote, Nunchuck, Motion Plus, Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort) 
  • $50 remote bundle (includes Motion Plus)
  • $20 Nunchuck
  • $20 Classic Controller Pro (x2)
  • $310 total
Xbox 360
  • $300 console (Type S, includes wireless controller, headset, 250GB HDD, Kinect-ready)
  • $150 Kinect (includes... ???)
  • $50 wireless controller
  • $500 total
PlayStation 3
  • $300 console (slim, includes DualShock 3, 120GB HDD) 
  • $100 Move Starter pack (includes PS Eye, Move controller, Sports Champions?)
  • $55 DualShock 3
  • $50 Move controller
  • $30 Move subcontroller (x2)
  • $565 total


SeriousWB said:

Why is the Move subcontroller so much? It doesn't even have any motion control, does it?


The chips for motion controls aren't that expensive. An accelerometer and a few gyros probably cost $5, not counting R&D and such.

But the sub-controller has two crucial things that make it more expensive than a nunchuk: Bluetooth wireless and a lithium battery.



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jarrod said:

US set up for 2 players (which is what we're hearing Kinect can support up to), ground up, using MSRP...

 

Wii 

 

  • $200 console (includes Remote, Nunchuck, Motion Plus, Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort) 
  • $50 remote bundle (includes Motion Plus)
  • $20 Nunchuck
  • $20 Classic Controller Pro (x2)
  • $310 total
Xbox 360
  • $300 console (Type S, includes wireless controller, headset, 250GB HDD, Kinect-ready)
  • $150 Kinect (includes... ???)
  • $50 wireless controller
  • $500 total
PlayStation 3
  • $300 console (slim, includes DualShock 3, 120GB HDD) 
  • $100 Move Starter pack (includes PS Eye, Move controller, Sports Champions?)
  • $55 DualShock 3
  • $50 Move controller
  • $30 Move subcontroller (x2)
  • $565 total

There's a game coming with the Dualshock now.

And you forgot to add batteries :P



Boutros said:
jarrod said:

US set up for 2 players (which is what we're hearing Kinect can support up to), ground up, using MSRP...

 

Wii 

 

  • $200 console (includes Remote, Nunchuck, Motion Plus, Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort) 
  • $50 remote bundle (includes Motion Plus)
  • $20 Nunchuck
  • $20 Classic Controller Pro (x2)
  • $310 total
Xbox 360
  • $300 console (Type S, includes wireless controller, headset, 250GB HDD, Kinect-ready)
  • $150 Kinect (includes... ???)
  • $50 wireless controller
  • $500 total
PlayStation 3
  • $300 console (slim, includes DualShock 3, 120GB HDD) 
  • $100 Move Starter pack (includes PS Eye, Move controller, Sports Champions?)
  • $55 DualShock 3
  • $50 Move controller
  • $30 Move subcontroller (x2)
  • $565 total

There's a game coming with the Dualshock now.

And you forgot to add batteries :P

If I'm adding batteries, perhaps we should also weigh electricity costs each console yields and television prices by resolution. ;)

Wii remote also comes with a game (Wii Play or soon Wii Party), though it'd add $20 for a 2nd Motion Plus.  Of course the DS3 bundles are also $60 MSRP, so that's $5 higher.  I tried to go with "standard" hardware and not get into seasonal or value bundles.  I also stayed away from cables (all 3 would warrant additional purchases though to get the best IQ).



You could always sell Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort to make everything cheaper. They have much higher resale value than other bundled games.

Wii Sports by Nintendo (Video Game) - Nintendo Wii
Buy new$49.98
 
18 new from $29.49
29 used from $14.49
Wii Sports Resort (Game only) by Nintendo (Video Game) - Nintendo Wii
Buy new$39.98
 
11 new from $28.88
15 used from $26.26

Viva Piñata (Platinum Family Hits) by Microsoft (Video Game - Nov. 11, 2006) - Xbox 360
Buy new$19.99 $18.31
 
41 new from $0.01
36 used from $0.01

Banjo-Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts (Platinum) by Microsoft (Video Game - Jan. 19, 2010) - Xbox 360
Buy new$19.99 $8.98
 
15 new from $2.99
2 used from $2.99


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