Sony clarifies UK PS Move pricing

By Robert Purchese Published 29 July, 2010

Bit cheaper than we thought.

Sony has pointed out that PlayStation Move controllers will be cheaper to buy in the UK than we had expected.

One PlayStation Move controller costs £34.99, one PlayStation Eye camera costs £24.99 and one PlayStation sub-controller costs £24.99.

Note that you do not need the sub-controller to play most Move games, and the DualShock 3 pad can substitute for it.

The Move controller and Eye will be bundled in a PlayStation Move Pack for £49.99. This also contains a Starter Disc, which offers an instructional set-up video plus playable demos for Sports Champions, Start the Party!, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, echochrome II, Tumble and Beat Sketchers.

Earlier today Microsoft defended Kinect's pricing by arguing that Sony's prices amounted to the same for a similar experience.

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Comments (73) 2 years ago

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  • ninjanutta #1 2 years ago

    pretty reasonable imo,kinect are charging 130 and say its competative.lol

  • bad09 #2 2 years ago

    £85 for waggle for just 1 player? I think Move goes next to Kinect and 3D in the "no sodding chance" pile.

  • j-bo #3 2 years ago

    yup, that works for me price wise.

  • Zomoniac #4 2 years ago

    Will all the content of the starter disc thing be on PSN for those of us who already have cameras?

  • Dylbot #5 2 years ago

    "Sony quickly sticks the boot in on Microsoft's latest PR disaster"

    There, fixed the title.

  • Zomoniac #6 2 years ago

    £85 for waggle for just 1 player?

    Even if you don't already have a camera, how do you add £50 and £25 and get £85??

  • NewbieZilla #7 2 years ago

    Wow, Sony did something impressive. Now, all they need to do is get on with coming out with some good games.

  • Beano #8 2 years ago

    LBP2 with Move support (for create mode) is enough for me to get the controller :)

  • coolbeans #9 2 years ago

    £49.99 for a camera and new controller, plus a bunch of wide ranging game demo's for use with new camera and controller... works for me! :D

    I've wanted the camera for use in other games for a while now too.

  • bad09 #10 2 years ago

    "Even if you don't already have a camera, how do you add £50 and £25 and get £85??"

    £24.99 camera
    £34.99 Wiimote
    £24.99 Nunchuk

    £84.97

    Edit - sorry missed the bundle £75 that way, ooh a tenner saved!



    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 12:19

  • drumbaby #11 2 years ago

    Msoft are relying on what exactly for people to believe their price comparisons....complete stupidity?

  • Soton4084 #12 2 years ago

    Sounds very reasonable to me! I think Move definately has the price advantage over Kinect.

  • Widge #13 2 years ago

    Why are you splitting the component parts out like that?

  • sanctusmortis #14 2 years ago

    So, the Move comparison made in the earlier article is £135 not £150. It's still making the point they wanted...

  • andijames #15 2 years ago

    @bad09

    Wouldn't it be easier to get camera + controller for £50 and then the extra stick for £25 which equalled £75?

    Edit: Never mind sorry didn't see your edit!
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 12:21

  • Phishfood #16 2 years ago

    I was all about getting Natal before but realising how little space I have to move my body in front of my TV I am now starting to warm up to the PS Move.

  • cianchristopher #17 2 years ago

    Well, Kinect works for two players. So for a fair comparison, let's say you want one camera, two wands and two nunchucks.

    That's £50 (for one camera and one wand)
    plus £35 (for the second wand)
    plus £50 (for the two nunchucks)

    That's £135 guys, for the "Complete Move Experience".

    Now, you're free to use two Dualshocks instead of the nunchucks. But, if you only have one dualshock and need to buy another, then that's another £35 or so. So it'd be at around £100 - £120 for a two-player set-up.

    That said, Kinect is still shit!

  • Raznilof #18 2 years ago

    Move looks far more like an impulse buy than Kinekt which costs about as much as a complete console. It's funny that the company who coined the phrase, economics of (perceived) value are using odd reasoning to justify what is a product trice the price of Sony's. Sure Kinekt may be far more advanced and all that jazz, bottom line is...when Sony asks me to don the controller (which I am not going to do) it will be three times as cheap to do so.

    Of course, once the Kinenkt demo's are in store showing kinektimals in kiosks that displaying the picture at children's height. Parents and kids alike will go crazy for that whereas move is near impossible to demo in a store.

  • des #19 2 years ago

    There is nothing clear about that pricing...but that is Sony this gen,no clear goals just throw some random stuff and hope that it sticks

    It will be fun to see when some Sony induced retard buys that glowing stick,comes home and...waahhh,it's not working,calls tech support,"my dildo is not working!!!why,why???"...

    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 12:34

  • Psiloc #20 2 years ago

    "Note that you do not need the sub-controller to play most Move games, and the DualShock 3 pad can substitute for it."

    This is important, since it makes the 'jump in' price only £50, compared with £130 for Kinect. It's even more favourable if you already have a camera.

    I think they've done well here, especially since arguably they have a superior product at the end of it as well.

  • Beano #21 2 years ago

    "Well, Kinect works for two players. So for a fair comparison, let's say you want one camera, two wands and two nunchucks."

    No, most casual Move games (sports champions, etc) only require one Move controller per player. The nav controller is only used for hard-core games etc. So you get far with two Move controllers alone. The Eye camera is required of course but many have this allready.

  • Widge #22 2 years ago

    Yes. Sony's pricing is not clear. At no point anywhere in the article can I get a vague inkling of how much things cost.

    waaaah waaaah tech support

  • Darren #23 2 years ago

    Move sounds more appealing than Kinect initially as £50 is a lot less than £130 and you only need one camera (presumably) so extra players weigh in at 'just' £35 each (comparable to the Wii). Most people I'd imagine would only buy two sets of controllers for local multiplayer and the online modes will allow you to make up numbers (I assume), that plus sharing/taking it in turns (again, as people do with the Wii).

    However, you look at it Kinect is overpriced unless you plan on regularly having local three or four player gaming sessions. It's not a very attractive buy for the solo online gamer for example who might want to play against Friends over Xbox LIVE but Microsoft would argue that's not who Kinect is aimed at anyway.

    All that said, neither the Xbox 360 nor PS3 are as attractive to newcomers as the Wii for motion-controlled gaming since, come November, you'll likely be able to buy the complete console package, which already comes with the required motion controller(s), for a lot less than it costs for the 360 + Kinect or PS3 + Move.

  • orangpelupa #24 2 years ago

    hmm. much much cheaper than Natal.

    hoping Natal will get a lot of price cut......

  • Raiko101 #25 2 years ago

    Hopefully this will change some more peoples views on the Wii remote and nunchuck, because i'd like to see these kinds of controllers again next gen. It'll be a shame you can't use Move in the same way you would the Wii remote for racing games though.

  • telboy007 #26 2 years ago

    I don't believe in any of this motion control shit, Kinetic allows you to talk to your xbox like some scary ass 2001 space odyssey experience and scan in pictures of a cock for an AI 12 year old to show back at you (well, it will if Milo ever gets released). Does Move give me this? No. But then I'm not paying £130 on the other hand either. I bought a Wii for all this gubbins and I haven't played a game on that for about 6 months now.

  • andijames #27 2 years ago

    Is the camera connected via USB to the PS3? If so i'm fast running out of USB sockets on my machine. Would of been nice if they'd whacked one or two on the rear too.

  • Nighthawk_08 #28 2 years ago

    @des

    Can't believe the retard is back. WTF was your comment about?!?!?!? Go back to licking windows you slack assed fuck. Iv never met somebody this balls deep on microsofts shaft. Look stay of this forum. Go look at all the "great" games coming out on kinect instead. Weird fuck

  • chibber23 #29 2 years ago

    All the people adding the price of a sub controller do realize that if you have just one dual shock (comes with the PS3) you can pick up a six axis controller (with no rumble) for about £5 second hand. This can then be used if you want to play 2 player with the wand+a controller. I already have the camera so I'll probably pick up the wand and Tiger Woods to give it a try, £35 isn't a bad price to ask if you want me to jump in and give move a go!

  • apoc_reg #30 2 years ago

    Clarify is one word for this crazy modular pricing!!!

    I'm with microsoft on this one. Not that Kinect isn't too pricey but that not having to worry about how many of each bit is need is certainly a good thing!!

  • BAM! #31 2 years ago

    It's ridiculously expensive for those people that need 17 wands, 8 nunchuks and 2.5 cameras.

    Sony fail.

  • Widge #32 2 years ago

    I just want these things to get released now so we can stop bleating on about it!

  • bad09 #33 2 years ago

    Hehe I butt hurt the SDF today it seems ;)

  • Darren #34 2 years ago

    It's funny really because if Microsoft had got the pricing for Kinect far more sensible at sub-£60, the thing worked without any discernable lag and the camera reduced in size then it would be the most attractive local multiplayer system by virtue of not needing to hold any kind of peripheral at all. I can see how that would be very appealing to those who don't normally play games. Sadly though Microsoft seem to be doing their utmost to make Kinect as unattractive as possible to potential new customers and I think a big part of that is greed myself.

    I really can't understand why the Kinect device costs £130 in the first place and not £50 or less. It's basically just a webcam that feeds data to the console where it is processed, there's no dedicated hardware chip or anything. So would someone care to enlighten me as to why Kinect costs so much?

  • fongy #35 2 years ago

    To be honest, the bottom line is how much value a 'hardcore' player is going to get out of either K or M...
    I've got both a PS3 and 360 - and it's clear that developers are favouring the Move because it's easier to integrate into not only existing titles, but more "hardcore" games - whereas Kinect is truly more of a party / kids thing...

    The list I've seen so far that really impresses me (these are all Move compatible) - and I've split it up into "real" games and "party" games - tell me one game (and I don't mean "holding hands" in Fable 3 - what a gimmick - and after the disappointment of Fable 2 - that can whistle!) on the Kinect by a 3rd party - a "real" game that integrates Kinect?
    I will be buying move (and I hate the Wii by the way) - but integration into things like RE5, Ruse, and Heavy Rain - beats Kinect hands down! (see what I did there?!?!) ;)

    REAL GAMES

    SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (Fall 2010)
    The Fight: Lights Out (Oct. 2010)
    Heavy Rain (Oct. 2010)
    Little Big Planet 2 (Nov. 2010)
    Sly Collection (Nov. 2010)
    Heroes On The Move (Working Title) (2011)
    Killzone 3 (2011)
    Sorcery (2011)
    echochrome ii (Sept. 2010)
    Hustle Kings (Oct. 2010)
    The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest – WB Games (Sept 2010)
    Resident EviL 5 Gold Edition – Capcom (Sept 2010)
    RUSE – Ubisoft (Sept 2010)
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 – EA (Sept 2010)
    Time Crisis: Razing Storm – Bandai Namco (Sept 2010)
    NBA 2K11 – 2K Sports (Oct 2010)
    Disney Tron Evolution the Video Game – Disney (Nov 2010)
    Toy Story 3 – Disney (Sept 2010)

    PARTY GAMES

    Beat Sketcher (Fall 2010)
    EyePet (Sept. 2010)
    Kung Fu Rider (Sept. 2010)
    Sports Champions (Sept. 2010)
    Start The Party! (Sept. 2010)
    Tumble (Sept. 2010)
    The Shoot (Oct. 2010)
    TV Superstars (Oct. 2010)
    High Velocity Bowling (Oct. 2010)
    PAIN (Oct. 2010)
    SingStar Dance (Nov. 2010)
    John Daly’s ProStroke Golf – OG International (Fall 2010)
    Racquet Sports – Ubisoft (Fall 2010)
    Brunswick Pro Bowling – Crave (Sept 2010)
    Kung Fu Live – Virtual Air Guitar Company (Oct 2010)
    Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos – Crave (Nov 2010)


  • des #36 2 years ago

    @Nighthawk_08

    My comment was that people like you will buy glowing dildo,not knowing that they need a camera too...that will happen for sure

    Btw,i don't like Kinect either...in fact i hate this motion control garbage,everybody that defends this garbage deserves to play nothing except Wii Play for the rest of his life.Both Move and Kinect are products of Nintendo $$$ printing...MS and Sony desperate attempt to cash-in Wii userbase...if hardcore thinks that move was made to please them,then lolz


  • holloguts #37 2 years ago

    Bit expensive for a fairy stick.

  • Markitron #38 2 years ago

    Im actually getting pretty tired of the phrase 'complete move experience'. As far as I know the only game that would even use the setup of 2 wands+2 nunchuks is resi 5. All move launch titles require just 1 wand per player (except the fight, I think) and many of them involve controller sharing. Im no fanboy but the combination of the move's precision, entry price and hardcore AND casual appeal gives it a significant advantage over Kinect.

  • Darren #39 2 years ago

    Sometimes I wonder if this whole push for 3D and motion-controls isn't just a cynical way for movies and game studios to remake/re-release old stuff because they've ran out of ideas and it's easy to do that than have to make something genuinely new or innovative. Yes, we're experiencing them in new ways but we're still playing/watching the same old stuff; it doesn't make it any more exciting once the buzz has worn off, just different.

    Hey, call me cynical! ;)

  • ryandsimmons #40 2 years ago

    I'm confused.

    How is this "clarifying" the pricing. These prices were all published weeks ago, all this seems to be is a repeat of an earlier announcement.

    What am I missing?

  • Vanmunt #41 2 years ago

    I am a bit confused... every tech demo I see they are using two of the dildo controllers.


    ummm, Ok.. go and look at the tech demo for Move on EG.. what does he have in both hands, oh yes the two wand/dildo things... not baiting, genuine question.. what do you need to buy for the experience shown on the tech demos?
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 13:45

  • irrelevanthuman #42 2 years ago

    I will be picking move up,the recent tech demo sold me and its at a very reasonable price point to boot.Be interesting if move can successfully adapt genres that consoles have traditionally struggled to implement to their fullest potential-Starcraft 2 on a fuck-off hdtv anyone?

  • Beano #43 2 years ago

    "Is the eyetoy camera really up to this? "

    It's not using the old EyeToy camera. It's using the new (and more advanced) Eye camera which came out in 2007. And the Move controller also use gyroscopes and acceletors to track movement.
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 13:34

  • IronGiant #44 2 years ago

    £42 for the starter pack at shopto for pre-order, so even better price :)

  • Retro_ #45 2 years ago

    From my perspective I can see that the Kinect is Microsoft trying to be innovative before the technology can be handled, sure, it's years ahead of it's time and sadly for Microsoft, it's years too soon, so, it's a big fat fail. Move is basically a very developed and accurate Wii controller matched to a decent console, unlike the Wii which is little more than a Gamecube really. Now, if Microsoft had developed their own Move instead of the Kinect then it would of been a draw ( obviously! ) but no, Microsoft has tried to push the development envelope and whilst I can see the next MS consoles reaping the reward, right here and now, I see a bit of a disaster.

    As for the Pricing, well, it's easier to pay for something in stages ( al la Move ) than to cough up the full amount.

    [Edit] @Mickey my goodness, you really don't have a clue do you?
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 13:50

  • Widge #46 2 years ago

    yes and we all know what your imo is worth

  • Doctor_What #47 2 years ago

    @ EarlBassett: It uses the PlayStation Eye, not the Eyetoy. The PS Eye has a much higher resolution camera in it as well as a directional microphone.

    The Eyetoy does work with the PS3 though - I use it for photos in Burnout Paradise - it just wouldn't be good enough for the precision needed for the Move. The Move has demonstrated extreme XYZ axis sensitivity, so I don't think there's any need to worry about the accuracy.

  • Goodfella #48 2 years ago

    on paper KINECT is actually cheaper than the" full move experience " BUT will the tech retarded casuals see this.

    I bet you ripped on people who said the same about the PS3 being cheaper on paper (with it's built in wi-fi etc)

  • rare_uk #49 2 years ago

    Does anyone know if the £34.99 move controller has a demo disc?

  • Widge #50 2 years ago

    BING. Mickey fan of Sony's "everything in one box" approach with the PS3.

  • Beano #51 2 years ago

    @rare uk : It doesn't
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 14:01

  • rare_uk #52 2 years ago

    @Beano:

    Thanks. That's a bit crap init. So I buy this controller - which I'm really looking forward to - WTF am I going to play on it!!!!
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 14:19

  • geordiek #53 2 years ago

    I'll get move at launch and wait a week after kinect is released to buy pre owned when everyone trades it in :D
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 14:23

  • youhavenomail #54 2 years ago

    When it comes to Kinect, I haven't got enough space in my games room to run around kicking imaginary balls all on my own, never mind getting to care about Microsoft's claims of how great value it is for multiplayer gaming. :-(

  • BallsPark #55 2 years ago

    @rare uk.

    I wuold imagine that all the demo's would be available on the PSN at launch so you have the same access to content as someone who buys the starter pack.

    I'd say the difference between Move and Kinect in terms of price is you have options as to how much you want to spend on the experince with Move where as you have no choice but to spend the money on kinect

  • RexRunti #56 2 years ago

    It's worth stating that XBox 360 + Kinnect + Kinect Adventures = £250 (rrp), PS3 Slim = £250 (rrp). Of course everyone on this forum already owns a PS3 and/or a 360 so to us £130 vs £50 seems like quite a difference but to first time buyers there is a lot more to think about.

    I agree that Move is probably better for core games like Killzone 3 and Resident Evil 5 but I'd argue that the Dual Shock 3 is even better. The real question is what's better for casual/fitness/party/dance/stupid waggle crap games and for that I would say Kinnect (but is it worth £70-£100 more than the Wii?).

  • IronGiant #57 2 years ago

    Sony appear to have a decent strategy, sure they think that most people taken by the idea of motion controlled party games have already bought a Wii.. and theyre probably correct on that. Personally I will only want one Move controller so the starter pack is perfect for me and the right price, I think many other PS3 owners will feel the same way and can get an extra controller later on if needed.

  • berryl227 #58 2 years ago

    For those who doubt the potential of move check out the tech demo on this very website. For the naysayers the demo isn't gameplay but shows devs what they can do, to give them ideas. Also the guy is totally free of bullshit about the product. Anyway I for one have some interest in move having been totally ambivalent about the whole thing

  • alcides #59 2 years ago

    Microsoft princing strategies so far = hidden costs.

    So they see wrong where there's not, because they're wicked themselves.

  • MeBrains #60 2 years ago

    goodfella: donnie did indeed...

  • patchbox360 #61 2 years ago

    i'm not moving my arms

  • Avatargr #62 2 years ago

    Just a thought I had. Microsoft includes the price of the nav controllers to the "Move experience". The nav as we know is just half a pad and will be used for the analog stick to play certain games that require user generated movement (Socom, Sorcery, RE5 etc). All the party motion games require just one Move controller and The Fight requires 2.

    All the "hardcore" games cannot be played with Kinect as there is no way with it to implement movement. That is why all the games for it that we have seen so far are on-rails (correct me please if I am wrong). So in the future if Kinect is compatible with these types of games you will require a standard controller or a MS Nav.

  • Basoy #63 2 years ago

    So if you want the full four player motion package (exclude anything that comes with the current bundles) Move is dearer than a Wii Motion Plus set-up at RRP.
    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 18:44

  • NotSoSlim #64 2 years ago

    As stated all the demo disc demos will be on the PSN store to download which is a good move but would of like a game instead

  • Scimarad #65 2 years ago

    That's not bad, actually, especially the fact that you can use the existing pad as a sub-controller.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #66 2 years ago

    Speaking as an MS fan, who doesn't have a PS3 and is very excited about Kinect, Sony definitely have a price advantage.

  • gazgoblin #67 2 years ago

    Already got a camera for GT5 head tracking.

  • The_Bloody_Kettle #68 2 years ago

    Still not going to buy on release. I'm going to wait and see which direction these 'movement' controllers are heading. I like the wii, but it's a party toy. My PS3 is my 'sit alone in my room' toy. Me-time. Not exercise time.

  • hy4000uk #69 2 years ago

    85 quid to play some wannabe wii games in single player mode (more if you want to use two remotes)

    and people wonder why sony failed so hard this generation

  • Skooch #70 2 years ago

    I am amazed at people's short sightedness. It is very likely that eventually many PS3 Move enthusiasts will end up with two sticks, two nunchuk things and also need a camera, I think that comes to around the same price as Kinect. But Kinect is bundled with a full price game....many people seem to be missing this.

    I can understand that £130 is much more than was expected and is a lot to pay out in one go, but over time people will spend more on Move peripherals in many cases (not all, but many).

    I expect to get negged to f&%$ for this post but anyhoo never mind. :)

  • Diomedes #71 2 years ago

    The benchmark of Sony cant be last generation share. Last generation its early competitor collapsed (Sega and the Dreamcast ) and the other competitors arrived nearly 2 years late to the party and without offering too much more so they were doomed .......Sony wont see the same positive environment ever.

  • vizzini #72 2 years ago

    This generation feels more like the ps1 for Sony, where the long slow burn took the industry to all new levels of 100 million console sales.

    360 might go another 24 months this generation competing with PS3 in core games, but realistically the Wii and 360 will be burning out by next E3 and trying to release a new console into a Sony headwind.

    As it will be a period in time when the ps3 customer-base will be half as big again (50-60m), the console price will have dropped; probably below £150, Blu-ray will have grown to replace DVD as the mainstream format and all the early software development difficulties will be gone; allowing the real performance benefits of the hardware to be seen in the 3rd party software aswell.

    If you add in that Nintendo have expanded the market probably adding 40m customers, it is possible that ps3 might sell more than the 140m PS2s in this 10 year cycle and reach 165m with some help from Move demand, and timely console price cuts.

  • Farzlepot #73 2 years ago

    I didn't want a Nintendo Wii.

    Therefore, my PS3 shall be a Move-free zone even if they charge pennies for the whole set.

    I simply don't understand this obsession with motion controls at all. I've had a few goes on a Wii, and it really isn't all that impressive.

    Then again, I suppose people said the same thing about analogue sticks when the N64 was launched. Some of us hate change, dang it!