Microsoft has said it is internally treating Natal's launch 'like a new console' - and predicted big things for E3 2010.
The hardware is set to launch in November this year, with few details known about the games that will accompany its arrival.
However, European Xbox developer account manager Ben Board said that the accessory would be "truly revolutionary".
"We're treating this like the launch of a new console," he told Develop.
"You can imagine what the months leading up to that will look like for us and the team, not to mention the developers making those precious launch titles: bonkers, in a word, but also incredibly exciting to be involved in something I truly believe to be revolutionary.
He added: "As a gamer, lots of stuff that floats my boat: Alan Wake, Aliens v Predator, Bayonetta, Bioshock 2, Blur, Crackdown 2, God of War 3, GT5, Last Guardian, Mafia 2, Mass Effect 2, Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, Split Second... It'll be interesting to see Sony's wands in action, and perhaps we'll discover what will come after Wii. I think this E3 will be a biggie."
When we start seeing some games people can start judging if it'll really live up the huge hype MS are giving it. But they are making some really big stories about this now, so it had better be good.
Also don't treat it like a new console MS, no one wants their new camera to RROD on its first day!
Well they're not treating it as a new console, they're treating the LAUNCH LIKE it's a new console!
I take that as meaning they're going to push it big time in the press, more than a normal peripheral or maybe even a game. But then this is MS, of course they're going to give it the big sell, they've already started!
Natal seems to get a lot more column inches than motion plus and the wands/orbs, so as distasteful as it may be, it is working in terms of buzz for the genral public.
I cant wait for this. If it does sell for £50 then i'll get one. The Kids will enjoy it. And remember, you don't have to buy it. Not looking forward to Natal Fifa, all that diving around the living room......will be a laugh. Xbox will dominate 2010,as the PS3 did in 2009. The Xbox has lots of great exclusive titles coming out, like Alan Wake, Splinter cell, Mass Effect 2. Will be a great year.
Is microsoft and Sony's way to get into the casual market. But nintendo have allready got the sales, games and more importantly the advertising and brand name.
The fact Natal is relying on software will indeed take up more resources .. the fact that some people say it will take up to 15 % of the cpu resource, i doubt that, that is way to high for microsoft to ignore it.
Sony's wand thing is litteraly just like the wii, except for it has better tracking, which isn't surprising, as the wii's one is pretty terrible.
All in all, Nintendo stick to party games, Sony and Microsoft work on 'proper' games. Ditch the motion s**t.
I know my family will have great fun playing it. They don't care about it being a Wii "copy" or whatever ... I just know that my folks will love it.
Am disappointed about the chip coming out though - means it's less likely to be used in FPS games for things like peering around corners or ducking incoming fire.
Clearly everyone with an opinion of Natals internal processes and how it will be the biggest flop ever have had loads of hands on time with it...
Look, it could be lame, it could be the most amazing piece of tech ever. Fact is apart from a few promo vids, no one knows much about it, apart from the technical specs. You don't know how running software will affect performance. You don't know what the games are like. You don't know jack, basically.
So sit tight, wait a while, check it out when the information is available and make an opinion then, when you have FACTS.
So your saying your not even going to try it and ware going to ignore it even before you've seen what it does and what games come out for it? Its a good job not all people as closed minded as you. For what its worth, I think Natal will be rubbish, but I'll give it a go as I still might be suprised.
Imagine if you will playing a RPG, you come across some nasties and need to change your weapon, instead of pausing the game and going into you inventory and clunkily swapping guns/swords/dildos you hit your chest and a gloriously cool third person shot of you reveals a star like device springing open on your back with your weapons holstered around it, imagine then reaching over your shoulder and whipping your desired weapon out to kick some ass....sounds good doesn't it?...that's why Natal will revolutionise the way we play games, because people with more imagination than you will come up with ways to use your body to streamline gameplay. Natal could be the proverbial epic fail but as an artist it makes my imagination salivate...imagine what that times a few thousand can acomplish?
@Zero_Cool - No you snooker cue it won't be the consumers that decide if Natal is revolutionary...it will be the games developers.
I can't really imagine Natal being practical for anything. You have to perform the actions YOURSELF for them to show up on screen? So what happens when you're playing Dead Or Alive and you want to hit a Jumping - Spinning - Dragon - Backbreaker - Triple - Kick??? LOL......good luck with that one.
Microsoft are going to take your money for a crappy product AND cause you severe bodily harm in the process.
That doesnt sound good ,specially when we know what happens to old MS consoles when the new ones are introduced.
Now this cant happen as Natal needs the 360 to work ,but if their resources are spent in Natal and their already slim programming force (Lionhead,Rare ,Bungie as second party still for some time,Turn 10 ...nothing more) gets focused in Natal then this means trouble for 360 games in the future.
I can't really imagine Natal being practical for anything. You have to perform the actions YOURSELF for them to show up on screen? So what happens when you're playing Dead Or Alive and you want to hit a Jumping - Spinning - Dragon - Backbreaker - Triple - Kick??? LOL......good luck with that one.
Microsoft are going to take your money for a crappy product AND cause you severe bodily harm in the process.
I suggest you read more about Natal, as you clearly don't have a clue about it.
That doesnt sound good ,specially when we know what happens to old MS consoles when the new ones are introduced.
Now this cant happen as Natal needs the 360 to work ,but if their resources are spent in Natal and their already slim programming force (Lionhead,Rare ,Bungie as second party still for some time,Turn 10 ...nothing more) gets focused in Natal then this means trouble for 360 games in the future.
It's more to do with the marketing of the product, so that doesn't really fly. Their development studios also have large teams and can recruit more staff (which they have been doing recently), so it's feasible they can work on more than one project at a time. As for the reliability, the first Xbox was fine, just big and ugly.
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