Playstation 3 Features

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: 320 GB Move Bundle
  • The PlayStation Move places you in the game through ultra-sensory precision.
  • PlayStation Move gaming is accessible and characters are easy to control
  • Challenge friends online, download games, movies, and more, with PlayStation Network
  • Watch high-definition movies via the included Blu-ray player
  • Enjoy immersive 3D games with your PS3 system on your 3DTV

This bundle is probably the best PS3 deal ever – see my notes on how you could sell the Move stuff if you don’t want it and still end up ahead. I’ve been a PS3 owner ever since the 60GB classic became available and I’ve been impressed with the PS3′s reliability, versatility and its sheer power – and I’ve owned both ‘classic’ and ‘slim’ models, upgraded most, gave away a couple. In the end it’s a matter of personal taste but the PS3 is increasingly the most popular ‘gaming’ or ‘entertainment’ implement in our household. And we DO own an Xbox too.

I will not go through the long list of PS3′s features. It would be an exaggeration to say that it does ‘everything’ but, in my view, it does a lot more than the competition and it’s doing it increasingly well. Agreed, features and capabilities do not come for free and sometimes they don’t even come cheap (see my list of possible add-ons above) but I can’t say that I have the feeling of being constantly nickeled and dimed when I upgrade my PS3. I will have no choice at this time but to order the extra Move and Motion controller from Sony but the charger, the larger discs I used to upgrade my old classic, all of the cables came or will come from third party vendors and even for the old SixAxis and the remote controller there were alternatives at the time I decided to buy the Sony-made ones. In addition, the ‘basic’ PS3 console can take you pretty far as it is and you can have a lot of fun without having to spend one extra penny.

TO BUNDLE OR NOT TO BUNDLE

We got the bundle because we really needed a fresh console but, it turns out, if you already have a PlayStation 3 Eye camera all you need is the stand-alone Move controller to be able to play Move games. If you don’t have the Eye then it’s going to cost a little more but the general idea is that it’s possible to ease yourself into the Move universe and possibly stop if you feel that the Move is not for you. However, if you get yourself hooked, the odds are that you are going to spend A LOT on extras, eventually