PlayStation Move Bundle Review

The thing that surprised me about this unit is that the box you see on the outside (the white and blue box, showing the PS3 and PlayStation Move components) is the only time you will EVER see anything even mentioning the Move within it. There's another box inside of this box (see the gray one above), which is simply the standard PS3 box. I was almost expecting the Move components to not be included.

My biggest fear was the potential headache involved in getting my PlayStation 3 to connect to the internet, considering that it would have to be done through my Linksys router (of which had given me terrible frustration in connecting to my iPod Touch in the past). Surprisingly, all I had to do was write down the PS3's mac address from a settings menu into my router's whitelist and it was connected rather quickly - no issues whatsoever!

Well, I got the PS3 hooked up, the controllers charged and I registered with PlayStation's online gaming community. All that was left was to pop in the demo disc, and that's where things went terribly wrong. The PS3 seemingly did nothing for about a minute, then it started making noises like a racecar. They'd get really loud, then taper down, the get loud again and cut off entirely. The Game menu on the screen showed no information for a disc that was inserted. I tried to eject the disc, but it didn't come out. I had to shut the unit down, power it back on and eject. When I finally got the disc out, the edges were entirely eaten away. I don't think I've ever seen a chewed up Blu-Ray before, but there it was.

I went through these motions about four more times, knowing each time that it was defective, but was hoping I was wrong (after all, what are your chances of getting a defective PS3 - one in several thousand...or more?) Yup - it was defective and that's all there was to it. I had to package it all back up, and off to the store it went the proceeding day, for a full refund.