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.
Last Updated: August 5, 2010
Gavin Mannion
August 5, 2010 at 11:44
That is really far better pricing than I expected… well done SK 🙂
Uberutang
August 5, 2010 at 11:46
Applauds loudly :cheerful:
Black Sh33p
August 5, 2010 at 11:48
Very Nice! Looking much more appealing than Kinect each day.
jonni
August 5, 2010 at 11:50
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
August 5, 2010 at 11:50
SK are smart, this will shift way more PS3’s than Kinect will Xbox’s now
Geoffrey Tim
August 5, 2010 at 11:53
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
August 5, 2010 at 11:56
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
August 5, 2010 at 12:08
what’s the release date for this?
Geoffrey Tim
August 5, 2010 at 12:15
:alien: 15 September. Article updated.
Am_nesia
August 5, 2010 at 12:15
15 September is local release date for Move
Uberutang
August 5, 2010 at 12:25
My wife can buy her own controllers for her console this time! :devil:
Nick de Bruyne
August 5, 2010 at 12:34
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
August 5, 2010 at 12:46
Nick that shounds like Kinectasutra…
RSA-Ace
August 5, 2010 at 13:02
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
August 5, 2010 at 13:05
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
August 5, 2010 at 13:10
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
August 5, 2010 at 13:21
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
August 5, 2010 at 14:21
Don’t get your knickers in a bunch, Bobby Kotex
jonni
August 5, 2010 at 14:54
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
August 5, 2010 at 15:25
Hey Bonk welcome back man, where have you been?
Werner
August 5, 2010 at 15:33
That’s where it helps if your friends own the console too… they can bring their own move controllers.
Onelargeprawn
August 5, 2010 at 15:59
Decent pricing. Now, when will the decent games arrive?
lans
August 5, 2010 at 18:14
Move = 2
Kinect = -1
AC!D
August 5, 2010 at 18:35
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
August 5, 2010 at 18:54
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.
JBagley
August 6, 2010 at 15:58
@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!
Onelargeprawn
August 6, 2010 at 16:02
JBagley, you run the Incredible Connection blog right?
AC!D
August 10, 2010 at 18:46
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
August 10, 2010 at 18:59
Sorry just another update on my previous post ( No edit button 🙁 ) 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.