Adam Frucci at Gizmodo writes:
"With the price of Wii Motion Plus bringing the cost of a full Wiimote to a whopping $80, we thought we'd reexamine the true cost of buying a console today. Which is truly the cheapest?
We're going to pretend we're either a family of four or an apartment that wants a system loaded up with four controllers. We'll assume you want to be able to recharge your controllers rather than wasting money on disposable batteries, and we'll pick the model of each console that we'd recommend to a family member asking us for advice. We'll also factor in the cost of 2 games, because nobody buys a console without a game..."
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Unsurprisingly, it is clear that if you want all of the features the PS3 has to offer, it is the best deal. Especially considering that both the PS3 and the Wii have built-in WiFi, but the cost of the 360's wireless adapter is not included in the total. Which is fair - especially since it's mentioned towards the end - but still a bit sketchy.
It's a shame about the price of the Wii Motion plus - a great accessory, to be sure, but all it really does is make the Wii behave like it should've behaved in the first place. Asking $20 for it is $10 more than it should be, at most. Only Nintendo can get away with charging $40 + $20 + $20 to get a fully functional controller. Why not give everyone who owns a Wii one for free? Talk about a way to stand yourself out from the crowd and at the same time get a reputation for great customer service.
Nintendo, Apple, and Microsoft are all pretty bad about having overpriced accessories for their fancy toys. Sony isn't perfect in that regard either, but they've certainly been much more flexible in allowing third-party accessories for their devices. Having to buy proprietary gear for an already-expensive toy is getting old at this point.
Regardless, ranting aside, the message I really took from this article is that, all things considered, all of the consoles can be the "cheap" or "expensive" option depending on what you want from it, and that all that really matters are which system has the games you most want to play - and that's ALL that SHOULD really matter when you're deciding on what is primarily a gaming console.
i think its fair that they didn't use wifi as a thing against the xbox. It would have only added an extra 30 bucks anyway if you get the third party wifi device that i got. Which we already know they are using third party devices because sony doesn't sell a HDMI cable for 3 dollars.
The 360 DVD player and all it's BS accessories is fail. A PS3 and $12 Walmart HDMI is all you need.
An HDMI cable is not proprietary, the Wi Fi adapter is and last I checked the cheapest one you can find is 80 bucks. Plus I don't know why they would only include a one year membership to live isn't that something a 360 owner would renew every year they plan to own the console? I would suggest a minimum of 3 years.
And the sadest part about the Wi motion plus is, it will be bundled with Wii Sports Resort, which means it will be the best selling game of 2009 and 2010, just like Wii Play and Wii Fit. So real gamers will never really know what the true top ten is in the VG world, because all we will see is 5 games that are not, Wii Fit, Wii Play, Wii Sports, Mario Cart and Wii Sports resort. And all the fanboys will say big game X isn't even #1 game in sales.
this person has founded some good sales...LOL...don't forget your headset so you can talk while online...