PlayStation 3 - 320 GB System/PlayStation Move Bundle

Bought my 2 daughters this Play Station 3 320GB bundle with Move wand for Christmas. They had it set up on the TV and Internet and working the same day. Easy set up. So much better than their Play Station 2.Oldest daughter invited her boyfriend over and they were playing one of the archery games supplied with the bundle with the Move wand. Really cool. They had it working perfect. Accurate and well done. Hit the target many times. Great game. A web cam camera is supplied with the bundle... easy set up. Its used with the move wand. One wireless controller supplied. Worked great.They got on the high speed wireless Internet with the Play station 3 and downloaded a Star Trek demo for me to play. Kind of cool. I may order Star Trek games for about $5.99 each via the play station 3 controller. There seems a lot of games that can be bought and downloaded from the play station website.Also Face book and You Tube were seen on the Internet via the Play station 3. Real fast and easy. On Play Station 3 via the Internet you can have other people around the world playing games with you. Sounds really fun.This Play Station 3 INMO is a quantum leap forward compared to Play station 2. With a 320G bit capacity with the memory card this Play Station 3 will hold lots of games. Some of the Play Station 2 games INM0 were just as good as the Play Station 3 games, however with the Play Station 3 there is so much more capability of doing other things with the machine. On some of the games the animation and graphics are better on the Play Station 3 games.Wife bought the kids an interactive plastic rifle and a hunting game. After zeroing in and calibrating the kids were "hunting" all kinds of animals and "saving" themselves from being killed or eaten by wolves, bears and lions. The interactive plastic gun works well with the Play Station 3. The rifle is made to look as a toy and is brightly colored and can not be mistaken for a real rifle.Called the Play Station phone number supplied about the basic standard warranty. Got through right away. Pleasant and informative person answered my question about just holding on to receipt (Amazon on line statement)for warranty. No problems.Kids will love playing games on this machine. Also some games grown ups will be able to relate to and enjoy Being ex Navy I enjoy any of the plane/ aircraft carrier games. Being an old "Trekkie" the Star Trek games look like they would be fun. Will have to restrict use of Play station to no more than 1 or 2 hours per day to kids as I can see these games can be highly enjoyable addictive... ( make sure they have time for homework, etc.). Enjoyable past time to play when the weather is bad. A small amount of game playing is fun. Go for it. 5 stars

MOVE VS. OTHERS :)Ever since the launch of Slim, the PS3 has been undertaking a quiet revolution or... could it be the console's midlife crisis? :) Here's what happened recently - and I will only note the more important developments going 12 months back (writing this in Oct., 2010):- NetFLIX streaming, now disc-less, 1080p, 5.1 surround sound- Much larger disc (this one is triple the size of the original Slim)- Move- 3D gaming- Blu-ray 3DThis is a lot of new 'stuff' for a 4 year old console. I am not going to go into bean-counting mode and compare the PS3 improvements with what we see at the other guys but, clearly there is a lot of life in the PS3 and a lot of what the PS3 has to offer today - 3D gaming, Blu-ray 3D - either cannot be duplicated or is unlikely to be implemented by other consoles of this generation.WHAT YOU GET, WHAT YOU MAY NEEDBriefly, this is what you get in with this bundle and I will make it very short because there's a lot of info. at the Amazon page:- PS3 Slim with...* 320GB HDD - as far as I know, the largest hard disk a console has ever had. You CAN upgrade it to a 500GB if you want but 320GB should probably be enough. See PS3 Slim reviews for details and features* Move controller, of course* PlayStation Eye camera (must have for the Move to work)* Sports Champions (Ping Pong is simply awesome, some of the games play much better with a second controller)* A demo disc so you can see what Move can do for you (most of the demos can be downloaded from the PSN)- DualShock 3 controller (rumble, motion sensitive)- ONE USB wire mostly to charge the controllersI marked with asterisks the items that come with the bundle are not included in the Slim 160GB package.Depending on how you are planning to use the PS3, this is what you don't get but may end up buying eventually:- HDMI cable for HD output (a component cable should work too but you can get a decent HDMI for $3-5 or so)- One or more extra USB wires same as above, don't pay more than $2-3 for one- One more Move Controller (some games will either require two controllers or will play better with two)- One or two Navigation Controllers (you can use the DualShock in your left hand but it feels weird)- Dedicated charger, especially if you have more than one Move controller or you also have a Navigation controller- PS3 TV remote controller to use when watching moviesTO BUNDLE OR NOT TO BUNDLEWe 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 - see above.THE PS3 BUNDLE VS. OTHER OPTIONSAt the time I'm writing this you can get a Move-less, 160 GB PS3 for $100 less. In my view, it's probably worth buying this bundle even if you do NOT want the Move because you should be able to sell your brand-new Move controller ($49), the PS Eye ($30) and the Sports Champions ($40) game and make close to $100 in the process and you will STILL have a console with TWICE the disc capacity.MY RATINGThis 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 conclude, this bundle gets 5 stars:- for being chuck-full of 'stuff' (controllers, game, huge hard disc)- for being the most cost-effective PS3 deal at the time I am writing this (Sep. 17, 2010)- for the PS3 being the most feature-rich, well-balanced console you can get these days____________________________________________Aug. 16, 2011 Note:Quite a lot happened to the PS3 since I posted my review. A week or so ago Netflix became part of a new category named TV/Video Services with Hulu PLUS, Vudu HD Movies, NHL GameCenter Live and MLB.tv. I've had Netflix for quite a while and if Hulu adds a lot of movies show to what I'm getting from Netflix I may say goodbye to my satellite provider. Under the Music tab I can see now Qriocity. I believe there is a 6 months free trial but I'm a Pandora guy so I'm not sure I'll sign up. It's good to know it's there.Oh and... funny coincidence. I just read that Sony cut $50 of all consoles sold in the US. I paid $499 for my first 60GB PS3 back in 2007 (came with 8 or 10 Blu-ray movies so it wasn't THAT bad a deal) and it's still one of our 2 PS3. Not even a hiccup after 4 years of gaming and movie viewing.-->> Brush your teeth, it's the law! <<

I love Amazon, especially the reviews, and I base almost all of my purchases, or at least am very heavily swayed, by the reviews, so I take the act of writing this very seriously. Having said that, the PS3 w/ Move bundle is the best thing I have purchased in a long time and that includes alot of other electronics. You can't go wrong. There are already a plethora of games for the PS3 that have been tested and reviewed many times over, so I won't go there. Instead I will focus on the Move system. WOW, truly, WOW. WOW sums it all up pretty well. I have played the Wii console and thoroughly enjoyed it, but the precision of the Move system combined with the HD of the PS3. . . just WOW! There are beautiful and fun games for all ages, and they are just starting to come out with the games. I am SO excited to see where the programers can take this new devise, because so far they have just scratched the surface of what really is possible!Oh, one down side, if you are buying this system, then right now purchase a charging dock for your controllers. You'll need it because the system doesn't charge the controllers when it is off. And be sure you buy a charger that plugs into the wall.Another note, we have used the Move system in a large open family room (24'x24') and in a small den (12'x10') where we keep it, and the system works great in both spaces.All in all, you WILL NOT regret spending the money for the best gaming system available!P.S.- So far our system as been enjoyed (and envied) by all ages. We all had alot of fun Thanksgiving! Ages 15-65 approved. lol