Sony Divulges Prices for the PlayStation Move
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During its E3 2010 press conference on Tuesday, Sony divulged one eagerly-awaited bit of information: the price and shipping date of its Move controller.
There will actually be two Move controllers: a motion controller, and a smaller, one-handed navigation controller that will be available on the same day.
Sony said that the Move’s motion controller will be released in the U.S. for $49.99 on Sept. 19, actually ahead of the release in Japan on Oct. 21 but behind the European launch on Sept. 15. Within the U.S., Sony will sell the navigation controller for $29.99.
(How this all works together is best explained with our hands-on with
the Move technology from earlier this year, which goes into how the
Move interacts with the PlayStation Eye camera and the other
components.)
The Move technology will be supported by at least twenty titles, including “Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition” by Capcom, “Time Crises: Razing
Storm” by Bandai Namco, “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11” by Electronic
Arts, “Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest” by WB Games, and “EyePet,”
“Sports Champions,” and “Kung Fu Rider” by Sony itself.
Don’t think that those are the only two Move peripherals, however. In addition, there’s a “PlayStation Move shooting attachment” for $19.99, that will place the Move in a horizontal configuration that will allow player to hold it as if he or she were holding a gun. The attachment is designed to work with games like “The Shoot! 3” by SCE and “Time Crises: Razing
Storm,” Sony said.
And then there’s the charging attachment, which can charge two Move peripherals at a time. Sony will charge $29.99 for the charger.
Naturally, Sony is offering official bundles, besides what may end up being put together by retailers. The first combines a PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye camera, Sports
Champions Blu-ray disc game and PlayStation Move demo disc for
$99.99. Another “Sports Champion” bundle combines a PS3 system, PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye
Camera, Sports Champions Blu-ray game and PlayStation Move game demo
disc for $399.99.
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