Project Natal: the future or a gimmick?
26 March 2010Microsoft has just announced they will premiere their new motion sensing technology at the upcoming E3 in June and a lot of buzz has obviously started among both developers and fan/hate boys…
Will it be the revolution in gaming it promises or will it just turn out to be another gimmick that almost no one will really care about?
IMHO, a lot will depend on how Natal is going to be brought to market: to be successful, from the first day after its release it should be an integral part of the 360 and be bundled with all consoles. Otherwise there is the serious risk that, despite being able to potentially fulfill its ambitious aims, it may still not reach a widespread market penetration and then just be perceived as another “eye-toy” sort-of add-on that can be skipped.
This, btw, should also be the path that Sony has to take with its PS Move and, amazingly something that, somehow, Nintendo forgot to do with the Motion+… de facto making it an add-on that may not be fully supported by third parties in a near future. In fact, companies may prefer to move to other technologies (Move or Natal) where they would soon be able to count on an almost 100% installed base.
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