Microsoft compares Natal to futuristic devices

Microsoft and Sony are the worse things to happen in gaming!

and the best

What about Nintendo?

Sega?

Atari?

@blackdreamhunk:

So what was the best thing to happen?

Cartridges.

Going from cassette tapes to cartridges was a massive leap.

Consoles used carts when the PC was still in the dark days of the 5.25″ disc…

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Somehow I loved my Datasette and C64. So fiddling, yet so stunning. Btw. I am curious about natal, despite that fitness stuff and the minority report-like navigation. I smell something heavy. Argh, it’s Milo shitting his pants!

Doesn’t Microsoft realize that I, like my fellow gaming brethren, am a lazy piece of dog shit? I don’t want to “lose the controller” and be forced to get off my couch and jump around. If they were smart they would invent the ULTIMATE controller that I can just shove up my ass and manipulate by farting. Sheeeeesh these guys are dumb.

Funny how they believe in that piece of junk, I sure am looking forward to their justification of Natal’s failure later on.

To be honest my fear is that it is like those sci-fi devices: technology created to wow that’s ultimately impractical.

They get the benefit of the doubt until after E3, mind. I’m not sure why everyone wants it to fail so much, unless it has some seek and destroy function targeting 360 controllers that I’m unaware of.

@BDH

I completely agree.
It was horrendous when Microsoft created the windows platform and kick started PC gaming.

Also… Microsoft need to be linked to this page on a rather amazing blog site.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/06/07/videos-natal-has-dignity-degeneration-system-rave-mode/

I don’t want Natal to fail, but I don’t think it will deliver, especially the way Microsoft is hyping it to deliver. The videos I’ve seen, especially the most recent with the Parade family flailing their arms around like they’re swatting away a plague of locusts, look ridiculous (embarrassingly, and this is coming from a guy who did Dance Dance Revolution in his underwear at night down in the lobby of my college dorm years ago). Precision looks as though it will be an issue as well. Not to mention how tiring it’s going to be. Microsoft should not ditch the controller for most applications and just do minor gesture recognition; a fair compromise.

This technology could usher in an entirely new genre of game and a new way to play, depending on how accurate the thing is and how short they fall from their original planning. All eyes will be on E3, especially mine, but I don’t have very high expectations.

Natal will do nothing to free people from the controller for gaming and entertainment. It’s all about the software, so MS need to have something good to show at E3. Any bets on a Natal-powered MGS?

@12 – Unfortunately, looking like a complete twat hasn’t stopped 550+ million Wii game sales.

Great spin for

“you don’t need a controller, well apart from to play all our current bestselling titles and most current popular genres… you’ll want a controller for them. But otherwise… yeah… you’re the controller so long as it’s a simple gesture based game”

I’ve really got to change my career into PR and Marketing – they clearly have all the fun.

What about Nintendo?

Sega?

Atari?

they were good for gaming