Mon, Feb 08, 2010 | 02:03 GMT
Molyneux: Natal could bring “bigger change” than the PC mouse
Without the mouse, modern PCs would probably just be a bunch of glorified calculators – powerful ones, sure, but towering monuments to their own wasted potential nonetheless.
Without Natal, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux argued in a recent interview with Gamereactor, the videogames of tomorrow will probably just be a bunch of first-person shooters.
Yowza, Pete. Might want to put up your dukes, because them’s fightin’ words.
“IF you’re thinking Natal is going to give you another version of an FPS, you’re just not thinking broadly enough. After all, it was the invention of the mouse that gave us computing as it is today – not the invention of the microprocessor. That’s how we ended up controlling our PCs,” he said.
“The mouse was the real revolution of the PC – not the Intel processor. And who’s to say Natal [couldn't] end up creating something you and I can’t even imagine now. It forces us to approach technology in a completely different way. Before the mouse, we only had the keyboard… That one little £9.95 device changed everything about computing. And things like Natal can be a bigger change,” he added.
Thus, he concluded that Natal’s early days will be defined by “obvious stuff,” which will hopefully give way to more revolutionary titles on down the line.
Can one of those “obvious” things be a new Black and White where we, using Natal, get to be the monster and terrorize tiny people by flailing about with our comparitively massive limbs? Like something out of a bad Japanese monster movie? Please? We can’t even count how many birthday wishes we’ve wasted in hopes that this fever dream would one day come true.
Thanks, CVG.
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Tags: lionhead, peter molyneux, project natal
21 comments
#1
RGW1982
08/02/10, 3:36 am
Great, Fuck Natal.. I Love First Person Shooters, At Least The Ones That Aren’t Directed At 10 Year Olds. XD
#2
JimFear666
08/02/10, 3:44 am
hahahaha its not like a 360fanboy will say something against xbox360 hardware. I dont think it will revolutionise anything except kids games.
#3
Psychotext
08/02/10, 4:33 am
Black & White would be perfect… and you know he’ll have thought of it too, so hopefully something is coming.
#4
MasterChiefFenix
08/02/10, 6:55 am
Molyneux is the king of hype in promotion….idk bout delivery though.
#5
Yoshi
08/02/10, 7:18 am
fuck you microsoft no1s takin away my mouse and keyboard XD
#6
Erthazus
08/02/10, 7:25 am
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLUTIONARY
I bet for 10 bucks that he have at home big picture with the name: REVOLUTIONARY
#7
Yoshi
08/02/10, 7:42 am
And it flashes red everytime he walks into the room and winks at him.
#8
Dannybuoy
08/02/10, 7:47 am
So is he saying Natal needs to be £9.95 in order for it to catch on like the PC mouse?
#9
NGCes26294BIV
08/02/10, 9:15 am
Motion controlled gestures will one day fuel the way we interact with most media, and this is just the first baby step towards that. Think about it –
We’re already moving from keys, mice and switches to touchscreens and touchpads. Eventually that will change from touchscreens to gestures.
Natal likely won’t be revolutionary, but the idea behind it likely will.
#10
Bulk Slash
08/02/10, 9:20 am
But I wanted a Natal FPS where I make a gun shape with my hand and shout “fire” when I want to shoot.
#11
RGW1982
08/02/10, 9:40 am
Touchscreens And Touchpads Suck Balls For Gaming Already, Also I’ve Play Controllerless Games Before & They’ve All Been The Shits, For Gaming Natal Will Be A Failure.
#12
Psychotext
08/02/10, 9:51 am
DS says STFU.
#13
RGW1982
08/02/10, 9:57 am
DS Fucking Sucks Too, The Only Decent Games On The DS Are Like The New Super Mario Bros Where The Games Don’t Use Any Of That Touchscreen Gayness, The Rest Of The DS Games Are Pure Garbage.
#14
Psychotext
08/02/10, 10:05 am
/smh
#15
Borzi
08/02/10, 11:12 am
It’s gotten to the point now where I start feeling sick every time I see the crap he spews out. He has success with Black and White, promises the world with Fable (and never delivered) and still won’t shut up.
Money. Mouth. Sharpish.
#16
mington
08/02/10, 11:33 am
poor old Molyneux can’t even open his mouth
he was just shooting the breeze with a eurotrash report
you can slag him off after he’s done his X10 speech
#17
TravisTouchdown
08/02/10, 11:49 am
What’s wrong with RGW1982? Not very catchy titles, he’s writing.
#18
scuz
08/02/10, 12:24 pm
oh fuck off with this marketing shite.
#19
Telepathic.Geometry
08/02/10, 1:12 pm
I wish Molyneux would just shut up sometimes. He’s always spinning the most outrageous PR bullshit. :-/ It’s painful.
#20
Psychotext
08/02/10, 1:18 pm
Jesus people… it’s an interview where he’s giving an opinion on a question he was asked. How sensitive are you? Ironically he stays a mile away from saying Natal is good… though he does like the possibility of it changing the way people think. The crazy thing is he’s actually agreeing with what every hardcore gamer has been whining about… that’s it’s not for them. Yet somehow he’s still in the wrong.
Seems people are completely ignoring the rest of the interview where he talks about the things he saw at the show (which is specifically aimed at young and indie games designers – http://nordicgamejam.org/about.html). Not to mention the fact that he’s there in the first place.
#21
blackdreamhunk
08/02/10, 1:21 pm
Molyneux is one of the biggest losers in the industry
mircosoft is such a loved company hhahahahahhaha
I bet there is more and more lawyer waiting in the wings for mircosoft.