But others having differing minds have remarked upon a similarity of shape to "personal" massagers...

I'd be interested in seeing what the big colored ball is for, is it elevation tracking, or did Sony have licensing/hardware issues with true 3-axis tracking?

Anyway, to be fair, Wii add-ons like charging pads are also amazingly expensive.

Oh, and Sony appears to have a product years behind Nintendo and not as cool as what Miscosoft's "potential" is. I saw part of the M$ presentation, very cool except I remember when the little bo looked up at his "mom" a second AFTER it happened on the screen, it looked 'lip-synched'.