WereKitten, I think you and Malstrom are talking about the same thing, it is just that he uses consciously harsh words, while you are using euphemisms. They are vaporware for not breaking into the mass market.
Vaporware doesn't only mean a product that is nonexistent, fake, hoax, but also that it fails living up to the expecations. Surface might be a clever experiment for the future, but when it was announced, it was also announced as the "future is now", with all those videos of people using surface in everyday situations. Obviously, they didn't have intentions to break into the mass marked, but they CLAIMED TO DO SO! And that part was fake.
Natal is all the same. They might actually release it for the 360, quietly, or delay until the "720", but it definitely won't live up to the expectations of exanding the market and competiting against the Wii. The total lack of Natal-based games is the proof.
