It’s a matter of marketing. And marketing is not only advertisement. A company has to define its target market, recognize its needs and finally make an offering. Wii is a brilliant case of successful marketing.
Microsoft on the other hand, has a strategic goal. They want to place their device to the living room and control the services which they offer to their customers. That’s the reason XBOX doesn’t include a web browser. They offer video on demand, communication and soon they may offer a form of online shopping.
Natal doesn’t aim to gaming. Image processing needs enormous computational power and current HD games could not run. Natal is a way to interact with your TV. You can give voice commands to change channels. Imagine how it would be to shop clothes via XBOX and trying them on a 3d model of yourself.
So, even though Natal may help console sales, it may not help games sales.







