When it comes to gaming, I’m not one of those guys (nor have I ever been) who is particularly loyal to any one single manufacturer. I buy what I like, regardless of who makes it. You could say in regards to specific gaming brands, I’m “gaming agnostic” — I own a PlayStation 3, an Xbox 360, and<\/i> a Nintendo Wii. This is the disclaimer one has to give if a person plans on saying anything for or against a gaming company — and even then, most public responses will quickly spiral into a pile of fanboy mudslinging. <\/p>\n

Sony’s PlayStation 3 is a powerful piece of hardware. In fact, despite belonging to the same generation of consoles, it could be as much as 10x as powerful as the Nintendo Wii. The PS3 plays Blu-Ray movies, has better graphics, and more online games than the Wii, but what it doesn’t have is that silly little Wiimote, the controller that launched a thousand “waggily” mini-games (and broke almost as many flat screen televisions<\/a> …) To date, the Nintendo Wii (which originally sold for $249 and now sells for $199) has outsold the PS3 in the US two to one (I originally paid $599 for mine). <\/p>\n

So what’s a console maker who is being outsold by the Wii to do? The answer is, imitate the Wii.<\/p>\n

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This week Sony introduced the “PlayStation Move”, their answer to the Wii. For gamers such as myself who already own a PlayStation 3, getting “Moving” will cost you\/us. At a minimum you’ll need a PlayStation Eye Camera ($39.99) and a Move controller ($49.99). Realistically you’ll also need the PlayStation Move Navigation Controller ($29.99), Sony’s answer to the Wiichuck. <\/p>\n

That’s $120 without a game. Sony plans to offer a bundle that contains one Move controller, the PlayStation Eye, and a game (Sports Champions, which sounds a lot like Wii Sports) for $99.99. You’ll still need to drop another $30 for the Navigation controller, which puts the total back up to $140.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind this is all for one player. If you wanted to go nuts and get four sets of controllers (the maximum the console supports), you’re looking at $320 in controllers and another $40 for the camera. Note that you wouldn’t be able to charge all those devices at once via the PS3’s 2 or 4 (depending on the model) USB ports. Fortunately Sony also plans on offering a charging station — another $30 (or $120 in our four controller scenario).<\/p>\n

Or, you know, you could just go buy a Nintendo Wii …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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