Natal won't boost it by much if at all, Natal NEEDS a game that will get the masses and I don't see that happening.

There were PS2 games that had trophies before the Xbox 360 was released.

I highly doubt it.

Unless it get's some really amazing games that work well with it and is easy to adapt to but I still don't think it'll do very much for X360 sales.

I don't think it's as much about Natal as it is about the games it comes with, and the marketing it gets. With the right game(s) it can do wonders for the xbox, but without software that properly shows the advantage of Natal it'll just be a moderate success, selling only (?) in the millions.

As of yet, we have seen no games for it, so I cannot say if it will be a success or not.

All depends on the marketing. Need first something akin to the Wii. Basically a 360 console bundled with Natal and a premier game bundles with it. Second advertising like the Wii had in its first year on the market that shows a strong focus on using that product with the bundled game and in a setting that is conducive of the customers it is trying to attract. And even with that it is a big risk. Will need more premier games that show off its strong points like Ninty did with advertising of Wii Play, Metroid Prime 3, etc.

Definitely going to be a risk but they can do it. But I'd say a necessity of the product is that either bundled with a 360 or sold alone, it needs a game bundled with it. Look at the success of the Ninty products. Whether it's the Wii, balance board, zapper, or wheel. All bundled with a premier game and all huge successes because of it (even Zapper with Link's Crossbow training). People don't want to be buying this and not be assured that a big title is supported. They want to know right when they pick it up that they have something to play and that it is a good game. I'd still argue today that one of the biggest reasons to Wii's success is that Wii Sports is bundled with it because it give you a game right out of the box that showcases the strenghts of the system and has good hype traveling by word of mouth.


So yea definitely risky but maybe MS can pull it off.

Yes...significantly.

We should ask twesterm since his company is developing a game for it.

Natal will fail, and not based on it's quality or functionality.

It will fail because consumers are not as dumb as MS thinks and game makers will not be quick to adopt it. And what I mean by that is there trying to release an expensive peripheral when both game players and companies know this generation is at the least in the second half if not the third quarter. With out a good base of games people are not going to buy it and the companies are not going to be quick to spend a lot of resources and hire extra people just to develop for it when sales will only be increased a small amount or very low if the control is Natal only.

And I base this on the history of expensive console add-ons that have basically all failed in the past sega-cd and the power glove comes to mind.

At least that's my opinion.

It's amazing that you listed addons from almost two decades ago aimed at core gamers but failed to list a successful one from two years ago that is aimed at a wider audience like Natal is.