Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour

divideby0 - 42 days 18 hours ago

good price.....
I have not use for it, since it cant be used effectively online..
intresting tek, but without seeing a game that I would play, makes this like our Wii just a niche

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Fishy Fingers - 42 days 17 hours ago

Seems everyone hated motion control until their company of choice released one. Funny how that works.

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man0fsteel - 42 days 17 hours ago

edit: eh forget it - deleted

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devilhunterx - 42 days 17 hours ago

Will there be a Project Natal girl?

For those new to the internet, go watch the Wii Fit girl on youtube

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silvacrest - 42 days 17 hours ago

considering that the just released wireless N adapter cost $100, i cant imagine natal being only £50

anyway, if natal does actually work like the E3 conference shows and is priced decently it could be huge

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zonetrooper5 - 42 days 17 hours ago

The shoe spammer has been banned from the site.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 42 days 16 hours ago

: )

Good luck with all of that.

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kalioon - 42 days 16 hours ago

2010? will the xbox even be a viable platform by that time? A year is a very long time away. WiiHD should be out by that time, as mentioned the ps3 wand will be out. Will there be any 360 fans left that dont already have motion contols bythat time?

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DJ - 42 days 16 hours ago

They've been wrangling up developers and investors left and right, but still haven't been able to eliminate some significant tracking glitches and lag from Natal. It's not like those issues can just magically disappear by launch date.

As of right now, the PS3 motion controller looks more accurate and reliable for game developers, and will actually allow certain Wii titles to cross over to the PS3. Natal is really just EyeToy, and there's a good reason Sony stopped pushing for games that strictly relied on the camera. It's just too limiting.

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mistajeff - 42 days 16 hours ago

I'm surprised they got the price so low. Still not gonna get it.

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jack_burt0n - 42 days 15 hours ago

crazy price for the tech, fair ammount of computing power heat sensing cameras etc in that little box, it will be impressive if they bundle it with every 360 @ no cost.

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punisher99 - 42 days 14 hours ago

Personally. I'm not a fan of any motion controllers. I think they are just a gimmick meant to bring in "non gamers" But my question is to anyone that wants to answer it. If you are using the standard controller with NATAL? Then whats the whole point of NATAL in the first place? Why not just use the controller???

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PLAYSTATIONGENRATION - 42 days 14 hours ago

Suffer from sub par success then I will sit here and laugh at you all who thought natal would be anything but a add on that shined a little...but did not live up to the hype...(i don't even see a reason to be excited abut what we have seen from natal if you are hardcore) Natal has showed us nothing but a hype train that dose not deserve it

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Crystallis - 42 days 14 hours ago

This is just another toy to appeal to the casual. Natal along with Sony's Wand will have little to no impact on the casual market. As sad as it is the Wii holds most of the casual market. Sony and MS are just trying to take a little piece of the pie from Nintendo is all.

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NiteX - 42 days 14 hours ago

No true gamer would buy this Natal crap, they'd be way to disgraced.

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K1W1 - 42 days 13 hours ago

Once agian we see nothing but hate from most posters on this site.

The price point and game support were both points made against Natal in other articles.

Now we have some details saying that it's gonna be a reasonable price with a strong games line up, and its still getting venom from the haters.

I don't get it. Natal looks and sounds promising to me. It's got strong support from both first and third party developers, the price is looking like a non issue.

If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't.

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Neo604 - 42 days 13 hours ago

Since xbox main game genre is fps, I doubt you'll have accurate aiming not to mention movement.

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biggame901 - 42 days 13 hours ago

Natal does seem like it will have the support from the start to make somewhat of an impact. 14 games at launch is a good start, and with launching with their biggest title in Halo: Reach, it could make for an interesting holiday.

However, I'm still not buying some things noted. While a $50-60 price point sounds nice, it sounds highly unlikely, considering Microsoft's horrendous history of peripheral pricing ($100 Wifi adapter, $150 120gb harddrive among them.) I have a hard time buying that this will buck this trend.

Some of you are already projecting mega success for Natal. I want to all to take a moment, stop being blinded by fanboyism and be realistic. Motion control is a fad, not the future. Its primary aim is casual gamers, which by the way, is not the 360s audience. It may have a problem latching onto this group.

In closing, console add-ons have a LONG standing history of failure. I don't see Natal changing that history. It will have its moment, and then fade out of existence.

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Xi - 42 days 13 hours ago

I'm most excited to see the results of the Xengine that is rumoired to help push the visual fidelity of 360 games.

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Shendow - 42 days 12 hours ago

Its nice to see 360 people hype about something that says it can do alot but you haven't see much for, I'm betting Natal is going to do as good as EyeToy did or in 360 words, about has good as LIPS an that movie game that puts you into the movie.

Sony is pushing their idea with the controller an making it feel more real, E3 they show move styles of games that it will work with then Mircosoft did with their little cam, I don't see Natal working with more then one person because to much movement going on, but 360 people have been knew not to think of the problem that it might have.

Another thing to keep in mind, Sony did the cam last gen, which means Sony has move time and work on their idea's then Microsoft has on Natal.

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ndibu - 42 days 11 hours ago

Nuff said

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Bigpappy - 42 days 7 hours ago

Natal is NOT Eyetoy. I can see Natal out selling Halo Reach. 3mil in 2 months. Some people would buy it just to move around the blades on 360 dashboard. I am a hard core RPG guy, and I want one.

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ef-u-2 - 42 days 6 hours ago

its called girls,girls like facebook, girls like twitter, girls like video chat, girls also like motion controls and easy to use interfaces, buttons analog sticks and triggers turn girls away from games not all girls but most girls MS wants girls to start buying and using game machines

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Cajun Chicken - 42 days 4 hours ago

Acceptable price. MS, please don't dumb down the innovation...

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