Official Microsoft E3 Conference Thread

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JaggedSac said:

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Also, if Natal hardware costs anywhere near $100, then this is going nowhere fast. They need this to get into the $50 range for there to be any significant penetration. Otherwise, devs won't risk any high budget projects working with this as there will be a very limited userbase.

Well, this could be the case.  But you could also look at it like this.  A $100 controller that at least 4 people can use at once, vs paying for 4 controllers.  Probably cost as much as upgrading 4 WiiMotes to WiiMotion+.

Except we've seen this type of "value proposition" fail many times (see the PS3).  This will have several things working against it, price being one of them.  Timing is another.  They are already saying this won't be ready until at least 2010, which probably means it will be here for the 2010 holiday season at the earliest.  Meanwhile WM+ releases this week and you can get Tiger Woods with WM+ bundled for the same price as Tiger Woods for the 360 or PS3.

So if this doesn't come out until late 2010, Nintendo will already have a 1.5 year head start.  Once pricing is announced, I would expect Nintendo to respond as well.  I could see a Wii with WM+ included (and Wii Sport Resort) for $150 by the holiday 2010 period.