Rading though my online deals this morning I came across a great on from an online retailer for Wii MotionPlus add-ons for a great price ($9.99US shipped free from China). I thought it would be the time to take the plunge and pick a couple up for 2 of my 4 Wii Remotes. I thought “Man it’s been almost a year, there should be a bunch of games out by now”. After doing some digging, I found that not to be the case.
This wikipedia article has a nice table that details the compatible titles.
The fact of the matter is, there are like 5 (worthwhile) games that actually support it. One fo these games happens to be the one that has it bundled in. ( I don’t think that counts, just like Wii Play) I think Nintendo has talked us in to buying some more white plastic to combine into one of the most expensive controllers in the industry.
Do the math:
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$19.99 $39.99 $19.99 =$79.97
That is one expensive controllers on the market. I know these numbers have been crunched before, but that is really expensive for the few games that take advantage of all of these technologies. There are ways of combining the costs though buying games that include certain compnents, but in the end you are paying more for a fully loaded Wii than an Xbox360. This doesn’t make the Kinect seem so pricy, although not an apples to apples comparison.
I will accept my deep discount on some more white plastic and buy Wii Sports Resort for the kids the Christmas and we will undoubtedly have a great time with it.
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