Motion Plus is cheapest, Kinect most expensive
By: NonePosted Date: June 25, 2010
Genre: WII
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Motion Plus is cheapest, Kinect most expensive
Not too long ago we profiled the cost for a family of four to adopt each console manufacturer's motion control technology from scratch. That only seemed logical to us. One of the biggest mantras of E3 was that these motion controllers "just weren't for us." They were aimed at families.
Well, that isn't completely fair. A lot of hardcore gamers (aka: awesome dudes) want to get their waggle on. For this chart we've made a few assumptions. The hardcore gamer bought all three consoles at launch and has waited until this moment to make a decision on which motion controller he would settle on.
To help guys like that decide we've put together another chart that will compare the cost of Wii Motion Plus, Kinect, and Move controllers.
A few things to consider:
The Dual Shock 3 can work as a navigation controller. Most hardcore gamers won't really care to buy a Navigation controller when they already have a device that will do the same thing.
The comparison includes the sports game for each device since they are likely to be the game that everyone will want for each. Wii Sports Resort, Sports Champions, and Kinect Sports are essentially the same games only optimized for their respective control methods.
This chart doesn't care about taste. If you really like Sony first party games, then that will affect your decision, but it doesn't change the pricing. Also, you may also own a Playstation Eye, which will drop the price for the controller and Sports Champions to $89.98.
Another thing to note is that Microsoft hasn't officially announced the pricing or the bundle configurations of Kinect or Kinect games. Kinect Sports may in fact be bundled with Kinect, but they haven't said one way or another. Microsoft has also failed to announce whether their will be a different price tier for Kinect games. Kinect Sports could be $59.99, or it could be $39.99. As for Sony, there may be a Move controller bundled with Sports Champions for Sony's waggle controller.
There is still a lot to be decided, and until these bundles and controllers are at retailers, there is still a lot of factors that have not be set in stone.
In the end, everyone is going to be a different position. If you own all three consoles, then chances are that you are going to want to try all three and make a decision based on performance and games. This chart is just supposed to be an aid in the decision making process.
Well, that isn't completely fair. A lot of hardcore gamers (aka: awesome dudes) want to get their waggle on. For this chart we've made a few assumptions. The hardcore gamer bought all three consoles at launch and has waited until this moment to make a decision on which motion controller he would settle on.
To help guys like that decide we've put together another chart that will compare the cost of Wii Motion Plus, Kinect, and Move controllers.
A few things to consider:
The Dual Shock 3 can work as a navigation controller. Most hardcore gamers won't really care to buy a Navigation controller when they already have a device that will do the same thing.
The comparison includes the sports game for each device since they are likely to be the game that everyone will want for each. Wii Sports Resort, Sports Champions, and Kinect Sports are essentially the same games only optimized for their respective control methods.
This chart doesn't care about taste. If you really like Sony first party games, then that will affect your decision, but it doesn't change the pricing. Also, you may also own a Playstation Eye, which will drop the price for the controller and Sports Champions to $89.98.
Another thing to note is that Microsoft hasn't officially announced the pricing or the bundle configurations of Kinect or Kinect games. Kinect Sports may in fact be bundled with Kinect, but they haven't said one way or another. Microsoft has also failed to announce whether their will be a different price tier for Kinect games. Kinect Sports could be $59.99, or it could be $39.99. As for Sony, there may be a Move controller bundled with Sports Champions for Sony's waggle controller.
There is still a lot to be decided, and until these bundles and controllers are at retailers, there is still a lot of factors that have not be set in stone.
In the end, everyone is going to be a different position. If you own all three consoles, then chances are that you are going to want to try all three and make a decision based on performance and games. This chart is just supposed to be an aid in the decision making process.