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   August 5th, 2010 clock image 11:41 am

Move

A newsletter sent out by Incredible Connection has revealed the local pricing and availability of Sony’s imminent motion controller, Playstation Move. According to the retailer the device will sell for quite a bit less than anticipated when it finally reaches our shores.

The start-up bundle, including the Move wand, the necessary Playstation Eye camera and a demo disc will retail for just R699.95, with standalone wands for just R449. This is pretty darned reasonable pricing – and at that price point I’m much more likely to get Move at launch than Kinect, which launches locally at a price of R1999. There’s no word on what the sub-controller might cost though – but a standard Dual Shock will suffice for its purpose.

The accessory will be available from September 15.

Thanks to Uberutang for the tip.

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  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Gavin Mannion

    That is really far better pricing than I expected… well done SK :)

  • Uberutang

    Applauds loudly :cheerful:

  • Black Sh33p

    Very Nice! Looking much more appealing than Kinect each day.

  • jonni

    if you want to play 2 player, which the majority would in south africa then it will probably cost more (sub controllers inc.) than kinect. For the hardcore who play multiplayer over the internet, the price point is not bad. But then again, kinect is purely aimed at the casual, so pricewise kinect still wins imo if comparing the 2 competing in the casual market. but Its really a question of ‘which one is more of a ripoff?’

  • spl0it

    SK are smart, this will shift way more PS3′s than Kinect will Xbox’s now

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Geoffrey Tim

    Total price for 2 player experience is R699 + R499. You can use your current DS controllers instead of sub controllers. Even purchasing sub-controllers at an estimated R300 each, it’s still cheaper.

    As Kinect can only actively track 2 people playing.

  • Fox1

    So it’s R1100 for 2 players. What about the cost of sub-controllers?

    Same to same :sleeping:

    On a side note: SK have being pricing the PS3 aggressively locally thus forcing the Xbox 360 Elite and Super Elite bundles to go down below R3000 in some instances.

  • Milesh Bhana ZA

    what’s the release date for this?

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Geoffrey Tim

    :alien: 15 September. Article updated.

  • Am_nesia

    15 September is local release date for Move

  • Uberutang

    My wife can buy her own controllers for her console this time! :devil:

  • http://www.designwave.co.za Nick de Bruyne

    Im really impressed with this pricing as well, hmmmmmm this is going to make things interesting.

    Kinect won’t do 4 players at once, but at the same time, I never did 4 players at once on the Wii because it was just too much to go and buy 2 more controllers over the two I already had, and its the same for the Move, I dont see myself going out and buying 4 controllers.

    What they all do, which is going to be the most common, is allow for up to four players, but with people sharing controllers, or in Kinect’s case, swapping positions.

  • Uberutang

    Nick that shounds like Kinectasutra…

  • RSA-Ace

    The only time it will cost more than Kinect is if both players needed 2 controllers (or if you wanted 4 people which Kinect doesn’t support).

  • RSA-Ace

    It’s weird because this pricing is pretty much exactly what I expected but I’m still surprised by it!

    I think with a competitive market you might be able to get the costs of the starter pack and Move at R1000.

  • Sir Bobby Kotick of Kinectsia

    Sounds like I might just jump on the Move ship. The pricing hits the sweet spot, because it’s cheap enough to check out the demos, and not feel like you’ve just been sexually assaulted by a hobo if it’s terrible.

    This is where Microsoft should take a page from Sony’s book, if Kinect was released for under R1000 (sheesh even R500), I would gladly buy it.

    Are you listening Microsoft? I, Bobby Kotick, would get kinect if it was under R1000.

  • RSA-Ace

    Your comment reminded me of the “Everything went better than expected” meme (the opposite of the Rage Thread FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU meme).

    http://bit.ly/9cpmxS

  • Bonk is back in town

    Don’t get your knickers in a bunch, Bobby Kotex

  • jonni

    But surely holding a ds3 in one hand is not comfortable? I know you can use the ds3, but are you going to want to?

    I didn’t see that the ps eye comes with a wand for R699. Thats lekker!

  • Bobby Kotick Capitalist

    Hey Bonk welcome back man, where have you been?

  • Werner

    That’s where it helps if your friends own the console too… they can bring their own move controllers.

  • http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za Onelargeprawn

    Decent pricing. Now, when will the decent games arrive?

  • lans

    Move = 2
    Kinect = -1

  • AC!D

    Im not complaining about the price i think its great but i should warn you guys that if Incredible Connection lists Move at that price then it will probably cheaper everywhere else. I would wait for pricing from Kalahari before placing my order because IC ridiculously overprice games and sometimes even hardware at times. I mean Kalahari is selling a standalone PSEye for R200 at the moment which is cheaper than anywhere else.

  • AC!D

    I just read the e-mail and it says the stand alone is R449 not R499 like you posted. I just thought youd like to know so you can edit.

  • http://www.jasonbagley.com JBagley

    @AC!D not all games are overpriced at IC. You’ll be surprised that they sell most of their games at recommended retail pricing and often have those bargain bins. We always going to shop around, but with IC breaking the news and local pricing for the Move, we definitely gotta give them kudos for that!

  • http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za Onelargeprawn

    JBagley, you run the Incredible Connection blog right?

  • AC!D

    Heads up guys. As predicted the Playstation Move controller is going even cheaper and is up for Pre Order at Take 2 for R389 stand alone and R614 for the starter pack. Still nothing on Kalahari.

    http://www.take2.co.za/games-playstation-move-controller-ps3-7639356.html

    http://www.take2.co.za/games-playstation-move-starter-pack-ps3-7639355.html

  • AC!D

    Sorry just another update on my previous post ( No edit button :sad: ) I found the pricing for the sub controller on Take 2 also R301. Im a bit disppointed with the subs price. It seems a bit steep when you compare the tech in the Move vs the tech in the sub. Anyways its still better than i expected.

    http://bit.ly/b2gadv

    So basically you can get a starter pack + a 2nd Move controller + 2 subs for R 1600. Or if you can skip on the Subs since you can use the the dualshocks instead or you can get a starter pack ( which contains one camera + Move ) + a 2nd Move for just under R1000.

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