Wed, Nov 11, 2009 | 11:51 GMT
MCV: Natal to have “14 games, and super-low sub-£50 price”
MCV’s reporting that Project Natal will release in November 2010, will have 14 launch games and will retail at less than £50.
The details come from a “behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios,” with one source saying the camera could cost as little as £30.
There’ll be 5 million launch units, apparently.
That’s it, pretty much. More background through the link.



20 comments
#1
Blerk
11/11/09, 11:51 am
The lower the price, the better their chance of it actually catching on. If you’re not bundling it in from the start, your only chance of catching the mass market is to blow you away with an impressive game and make it cost peanuts.
I’m guessing it’ll be the same RRP as a normal retail game – £45. And will come bundled with some sort of game, Microsoft’s own ‘Wii Sports’, if you will.
Still can’t muster much enthusiasm for it, though.
#2
G1GAHURTZ
11/11/09, 11:53 am
Is that 14 GAMES or a game with 14 modes?
#3
Freek
11/11/09, 11:54 am
Except we all know there won’t be a cool game a la Wii Sports to go with it. It’ll be those silly demos they’ve been showing, but expanded upon a little.
#4
Robo_1
11/11/09, 12:10 pm
Sub 50 pounds would be very impressive.
#5
bobbymington
11/11/09, 12:15 pm
I knew they’d do this
The reason wii was so successful was because it was cheap
+ i can’t believe the natal hardware would cost much to make either, two cameras and a mic.
#6
DrDamn
11/11/09, 12:19 pm
I thought they’d do well to get under £80. £50 is a great price point.
#7
pleasant_cabbage
11/11/09, 12:23 pm
For me £50 or under means buy at launch. Curiosity satiated.
#8
JonFE
11/11/09, 12:27 pm
Keep the price low, bundle it with Halo Reach and/or Fable 3 and watch it fly off the selves, I say
#9
Tonka
11/11/09, 12:32 pm
It will be shit. And it won’t launch in 2010.
#10
blackdreamhunk
11/11/09, 12:49 pm
there is going to be alot more game devs and pulishers who are going to go bankuprt or with out a job beofre this ression is done.
#11
Soong
11/11/09, 12:49 pm
I really hope it fails miserably. The reason I like my PS3 and 360 so much is because they deliver proper games and don’t rely on waggle gimmicks. I want normal controllers and if motion controls become the default control method for all consoles then that’s me done with gaming.
#12
Tonka
11/11/09, 12:56 pm
It won’t take off on the PleasfixMe. Next generation however… OOooohhh Next Generation.
#13
OlderGamer
11/11/09, 1:08 pm
I’ll buy it. @Soong, who says that both types can’t live side by side? Not like the Wii killed ps3/xb360. Not everyone looks for the same old thing when it comes to video games.
#14
rrod360lol
11/11/09, 1:20 pm
A year from now is too late to launch.
#15
mescalineeyes
11/11/09, 1:30 pm
bundle it with Halo Reach
bought.
#16
Psychotext
11/11/09, 1:33 pm
Yeah, I reckon I’d pick it up for sub £50 fairly happily. Hell, I bought a ps-eye with nothing for £25 so why not.
#17
freedoms_stain
11/11/09, 1:40 pm
It’ll be 49.99 :p
Still gots no interest in controllerless motion control.
Show me some decent games running on it plz.
#18
theevilaires
11/11/09, 1:49 pm
Hell, I bought a ps-eye with nothing for £25 so why not.
you should have gotten the eye of judgment package instead. That game is fun.
#19
Psychotext
11/11/09, 2:00 pm
Not really my sort of game. I’m still considering getting eye-pet, which would be the first thing I’ve actually used it for.
#20
Hakkiz
11/11/09, 2:10 pm
@Soong & co.
A little defensive, aren’t we? I guess the question is not will you buy it but will your wife make you buy it.