I'm displeased with Nintendo's pricing of MotionPlus

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The Ghost of RubangB on 14 April 2009

You know how Nintendo has certain downloads that are only available if you own a special code? You need to buy the WiiSpeak microphone before you can download the free WiiSpeak channel.

Perhaps the WiiMotion+ accessory comes with a code which lets you download a free or cheap WiiWare game. That way only people who own the accessory can download or buy it.

Or they can make a game that doesn't NEED WiiMotion+ to work, but is much much better with WiiMotion+. That's how all the Balance Board ski and snowboard games work. They can work without the Balance Board.

Also, WiiMotion+ is coming out on a Friday in Europe, which is also their weekly WiiWare release day.

I just refuse to believe that Nintendo will sell this for $20 before a single game uses it. That's unheard of. It needs a launch title. We'll get at least one. Something to warm us up for Wii Sports Resort. Something to get reviewers tingling for a month in advance.

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Nirvana_Nut85 on 14 April 2009

While the price is a little high, they are a company and they do want to maximize as much profit as possible (which is why the Wii has not seen a price drop) So I'm not really surprised at the price tag (even if it is B.S)

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averyblund on 14 April 2009

If I didn't expect this to be bundled on various titles I would be annoyed. But I doubt I will ever need to buy one of these separately.

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Dazkarieh on 14 April 2009

I think it's a very good price.

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supermario128 on 14 April 2009

I'm only going to buy one extra, but I agree it should only be $10 each.

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famousringo on 14 April 2009

NJ5 said:

famousringo said:

woopah said:
http://www.invensense.com/store/index.html

these guys are making motion+ and are thier cheapest gyroscope is $30

however the $40 model sounds closer to what motion+ appears to be. obviously nintendo gets them cheaper because of the economies of scale but factor in packaging, distribution and retailer'c cut and the price seems resoanable to me

Interesting link. WM+ publicity talked about bringing the cost down to "$1 per axis." I believe the WM+ contains three dual-axis gyros, so we're looking at $6 for the gyros themselves, assuming Invensense actually met their cost target. Add in the shell, connector ports, and quite likely a processor to interpret WM+ input, and $10 isn't going to be a profitable price for this device.

They're selling for $5.52 when buying in quantities of 1000:

http://www.analog.com/en/mems-and-sensors/imems-accelerometers/adxl330/products/product.html#pricing

(according to ars technica this is the model Nintendo uses)

This is of course before adding in any support hardware or the retailer margin, so $10 would be unrealistic indeed (besides what Zucas pointed out which is also true).

I think you have the wrong device. That's the accelerometer in the Wii Remote. The gyroscope chip in in the WM+ is called the IDG-600, and I don't see it advertised on their web site. It might be available in some of these MEMS gyros starting at $20, though.

http://www.analog.com/en/mems-and-sensors/imems-gyroscopes/products/index.html

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Hyperion on 14 April 2009

The wiimote and nunchuck should be cheaper by now. Why is Nintendo so fucking greedy?

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