Is Microsoft Copying Nintendo

To Me all Natal is a ploy by microsoft to get people on their console. They are already copying nintendo as is with the avatars which are very Mii like and now with Natal it wont be soon until they release a "xbox fit" or "microsoft balance bored" or even "microsoft sports" all microsoft is doing with this to me is losing more of there hardcore fans while trying to get all the people who dont like games at all or people who want a new way of exercise

No they arent copying. If you watched the press conference they actually took a few jabs at nintendo saying things lkike " why use a remote and use pre rendered controls by shaking a remote when you could use no remote." so they're actually trying to re-define motion controlls completely by not having a remote period,

I hope M$ wants people to use their console.

The largest growth sector in gaming is physical fitness. It only makes sense that M$ would invest in this market.

Yes M$ is getting more people to play, however there is no indication that M$ has forgotten about the so-called 'hardcore' audience.

who really cares?

it doesn't matter who copies who, if it's a good product, and you have fun playing it, then buy it!

it's all about personal intrest. does it do it for you or not. im not going to thumb my nose at a product because i think it borrowed of an idea.

thats like saying did febreeze borrow off of airwick....

airwick was first, but febreeze came with a new idea of neutralizing odor.

buy what you want.

"microsoft balance bored"

Khaosmasterx

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To Me all Natal is a ploy by microsoft to get people on their console.

Khaosmasterx

Really?? Stop the presses!

Copying the Wii? Not exactly. Copying the idea and sort've gimmick of the Wii? Maybe a little bit. But Project Natal already looks like it could blow the Wii out of the water now anyway. As for the Eye Toy, that was okay. But generally, the eye toy was sort've bad. Fun, but bad lol.

Why does it matter? And how on earth can you say Microsoft is losing hardcore fans after they showed games at E3 off like Metal Gear Solid Rising, Halo Reach, Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfeare 2 and Crackdown 2? We're still getting great game, Microsoft is just trying to expand the 360's audiance.vashkey

Spot on. Microsoft has made some very good changes and announcements and I hope that with this news, the 360 will start outselling the Wii some time soon. Unless it's already outselling it, in which case it's all good.

Did Chevy copy Ford by putting V8s in their cars? Who cares. As long as it works, and the graphics look good...wait what about the WII`s...aaahh never mind.HilbillyRokstar

thank you.........

useless thread.

Everybody copies everybody. A good idea is a good idea.

Natal looks really amazing but I just feel that now it has gone too far. I mean the Milo thing is cool and all but it's kind of pathetic to make a virtual friend, go out and meet some real people. Natal looks gimmicky with the crappy painting and the flailing around to play Richocet or whatever it's called.

I think that the Natal could have been packaged with a bunch of awesome minigames beacause honestly using that to play Skate and navigate the menus is stupid. Natal is bascially a wayyyyyyy better version of the Wii balance board but who cares? Cheers to innovation!

Natal is a copy of both the Eye Toy and the Wii-mote and according to this article the person who started it was just a MS fanboy who hacked the Wii.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10254466-56.html?tag=rtcol;pop

No they arent copying. If you watched the press conference they actually took a few jabs at nintendo saying things lkike " why use a remote and use pre rendered controls by shaking a remote when you could use no remote." so they're actually trying to re-define motion controlls completely by not having a remote period,

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"microsoft balance bored"

SEANSEXYUNDIES

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lol

is Sony copying acheivements like Microsoft, did Nintendo copy the wireless controller from Sony, did sony copy the hard drive on a console from Microsoft, did sony copy online gaming from dreamcast? who cares...lets take a gaming concept and make it better. thank goodness for competition.

as far as im concerned motion control in gaming is not that big a deal everything i've played using motion controls is meh. my mum went out and bought a wii for herself it has not been turned on after about a week of owning it. im not try to bash the wii but everyone single one of my friends who bought one got over it and bought a new console

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"microsoft balance bored"

SEANSEXYUNDIES

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I thought he did that on purpose to make fun of Microsoft. Or not. It doesn't really matter.

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"microsoft balance bored"

KA12NAG3

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I thought he did that on purpose to make fun of Microsoft. Or not. It doesn't really matter.

lol cant help spelling the grammar police just love making fun of typos :D

To Me all Natal is a ploy by microsoft to get people on their console. They are already copying nintendo as is with the avatars which are very Mii like and now with Natal it wont be soon until they release a "xbox fit" or "microsoft balance bored" or even "microsoft sports" all microsoft is doing with this to me is losing more of there hardcore fans while trying to get all the people who dont like games at all or people who want a new way of exercise

Khaosmasterx

rotflmao i dont think so...MS copying Nintendo give me a break the Wii doesnt even have anything as close to orsimilar to project Natal...and all gaming consoles have sports if you think about it i mean NBA,Madden etc.

I guess the question we should be asking here, did Nintendo copy Microsoft? I meanMS did have motion sensing controls on windows games long long before the Wii came out. As far as copying the wii's mii's, there's an article out there on the world wide web from like 2004 were Peter Moore discusses the use of Avatars on there upcoming console (360) and he says something like "at this time I just don't think it's what gamers are looking for, we have thought about it but right now I think gamers are more interested in the games", he then goes on to explain how they had thought about doing something eirily similer to Sony's home.. yeah before Sony had discussed even bringing out the Home service. I'd suggest getting on google and finding it, it's a great and enlightning read.