Goodbye Buyer's Remorse

Despite the good price i got on the PS3, there was still a part of me that regretted the purchase.  Sure, it can play DVDs and Blu-ray, do Netlifx, play games i've been salivating over for years, stream media from my PC, and even browse the Internet, but it still felt like a white elephant.  Where was the "killer app" that would make it indispensable?

Well i'd been checking out the PS3 Move for the better part of the past two weeks, trying to decide if it was just a Wii clone (we already have a Wii, and i didn't want to be redundantly redundant) and slightly repelled by its price tag.  Then we went to Costco and found it for $10 cheaper,so i decided to take the plunge.  After all, with Costco's generous return policy - i could always take it back.  And since it was on the same shelf, also picked up a copy of Start the Party.

It's a decision i haven't regretted since Adrian played with it.

Although the Wii looks and feels as though it might be idiot-proof, there is still a steep learning curve for a three year old who's never played video games before.  Making the connection between gestures (and button-mashing) and what happens on-screen is not a given.  I had high hopes for the Wii as a kid's console back when we bought it (Gianina was pregnant at the time and i had an eye on the future), but i guess "kid" is a relative term.  Or maybe i'm just too impatient.

Whichever the case, the Move + Start the Party combo takes care of that.  The Eye camera takes real-time video and "replaces" the motion controller with the hand-held implement appropriate to the particular game you are playing.  The feedback is immediate and the learning curve is almost non-existent.  The games are super-simple too. 

Adrian has taken a liking to "Bug Bash," and given the game's simplicity married with its frantic pace, it's not hard to figure out why. 



The Move hardware also shows promise for me.  I like the Table Tennis game in Sports Champions, and the Gladiator game isn't bad either.  My sore right deltoid testifies to how much i liked playing it.  Looks like this one's a keeper.