Project Natal (2)

i have been suprised of the little discussion to do with project natal since its announcement at e3.

what is there to discuss? how well will we, gamers, be able to adapt to such technology? i guess given the nintendo wii, for those who own one, it won't be a problem. but like the editor of x-box magazine, i think i would rather stick to the control pad than gesture in front of that black box to be blunt. however, he did say that he was wrong to doubt microsoft on this.

will it sell? will the recession hold back sales? any analysis here?

how else can we discuss this?

an x-box 360 console with the project natal box

I think it will sell very well. Especially if it is incorporated with many hit games at launch. I don't expect to see this til next holiday though. And i agree, I would rather stick to a controller, which is Why i think microsoft will give us that option.

if it can scan a skate board it can scan a controller.letting natal pick up motion on your controllers while you just push its buttons.

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

painguy1

you are likely right. will project natal give nintendo a run for its money?

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Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

starman4

you are likely right. will project natal give nintendo a run for its money?

Most likley not. Because the wiis games focus around the wiimote while natal only has a select few. Im pretty sure it scared the wii users at first though. I know it had that effect with me, but after seeing that article about halo, and also thinking that the camera will have a small FOV not much is rly possible with it.

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[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

painguy1

you are likely right. will project natal give nintendo a run for its money?

Most likley not. Because the wiis games focus around the wiimote while natal only has a select few. Im pretty sure it scared the wii users at first though. I know it had that effect with me, but after seeing that article about halo, and also thinking that the camera will have a small FOV not much is rly possible with it.

microsofts loss then. yay for nintendo!

when is it coming out again? project natal? before christmas?

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

painguy1

if it can scan a skate board it can scan a controller.letting natal pick up motion on your controllers while you just push its buttons.

monson21502

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

prsman

it may be popular but not legendary like you say. the reason why i started this discussion was because i was suprised with the little coverage it has received since project natals announcement at e3.

what steps are nintendo taking to counter microsofts project natal? do they feel threatened?

I can't imagine a game that I would enjoy that would benefit from NATAL. Maybe housewives can use the 360 to do yoga when it comes out or something, idk. But it just sounds like a really expensive, mostly useless toy to me.

If it could somehow work extremely well with FPS's(the top selling XBOX360 game type)then it could be huge. But if not, it will not sell as well.

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

prsman

I am in no way bias. I actually have a prerelease xbox360 thanks to my uncle who is in a pretty high position in the xbox team. Im pretty sure it will be popular, but it is not practical & is just a product which fails at trying to scare nintendo.

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[QUOTE="starman4"]

you are likely right. will project natal give nintendo a run for its money?

starman4

Most likley not. Because the wiis games focus around the wiimote while natal only has a select few. Im pretty sure it scared the wii users at first though. I know it had that effect with me, but after seeing that article about halo, and also thinking that the camera will have a small FOV not much is rly possible with it.

microsofts loss then. yay for nintendo!

when is it coming out again? project natal? before christmas?

Natal sounded exciting at first but now it seems like BS. The fact that Microsoft hasn't given it a release date (yet Sony is giving their wand one) leads me to believe that they will release this natal technology on the NEXT Xbox. They only announced it to create sales for the current Xbox.

it sounds like a gamble on microsofts part. nintendo has nothing to fear?

i may give project natal a miss whether it be in this generation or in the next generation of gaming. i would like to see some dataon what funding microsoft is putting in behind this ambitious project so we can make an evaluation on whether it will make or break project natal. however, the proof will be in sales figures when i think about it.

perhaps gamespot will provide that information in due course. i'll shut up now.

I know you have an Xbox, it's just your tone made you sound like a Nintendo fanboy. You kept saying stuff about how it is only a toy, it won't work, and how problems will arise, etc.prsman

I saw a trailer where there is a woman talking to boy on tv and he's answering and all, looked cool....think of all the abusive stuff we can do.

If it could somehow work extremely well with FPS's(the top selling XBOX360 game type)then it could be huge. But if not, it will not sell as well.

Grif-yes

what if they provided a gun to scan? maybe a FUNCTIONAL lancer for GOW3? =] to use with natal i mean, man if they made a REAL lancer that actually fired live ammunition... i'll go fight the horde myself:twisted:

Natal sounded exciting at first but now it seems like BS. The fact that Microsoft hasn't given it a release date (yet Sony is giving their wand one) leads me to believe that they will release this natal technology on the NEXT Xbox. They only announced it to create sales for the current Xbox.

DumbDubya

[QUOTE="prsman"][QUOTE="painguy1"]

Its obviously only an extra toy and nothing more. They obviously have no use for it in any of their hardcore FPS's. It would not work correctly. I knew they would have this issues from the beginning when they announced it. they were giving people false hopes to boost sales. Still when gates announced it would work wit the PC that made me want to buy it. Im not expecting any serious hardcore thngs to come from it though.

starman4

it may be popular but not legendary like you say. the reason why i started this discussion was because i was suprised with the little coverage it has received since project natals announcement at e3.

what steps are nintendo taking to counter microsofts project natal? do they feel threatened?

I don't see why they should feel threatened.

First of all MS said that it was a project, so it may see the light in 1 year, 10 years or in 100 years, it's just an idea they are trying to see if it's possible to do.

Secondly Nintendo owns the market right now and that won't change at least on this gen, maybe next gen... but I don't see the point in throwing away your wii in order to buy an xbox with its PN for just a few games....

You may say that the 360 has better graphics and more power than the wii, which is true but if gamers have been playing with their wiis since launch day I guess they don't care bout the graphics at all.