| nojustno said: I can see where you're coming from, but let's not underestimate the amount of casuals out there. There have to be plenty that don't have a Wii yet and/or are more interested in Natal. It is after all a new way of playing. Saying it wont attract a new market at all is a bit short sighted. |
Perhaps it is a bit shortsighted. The issue is the market we're discussing. There's one thing everyone on this site has in common - we eat, breathe and live gaming. We might not agree, but we're more alike than anyone cares to admit. That being said, casuals do NOT think like us. If it's not on Oprah, advertised to death during Monday Night Football or the Grammys, or just all around their daily life, it won't be a blip on their radar. Natal is an accessory, not a system, so it won't get the attention drive that an actual system would.
The problem here is that MS will advertise Natal but miss that remainder of the market that Nintendo has yet to penetrate. MS loves to advertise on technology sites, since they own shares in many of them. The issue is, the people using these sites already have made their decision for gaming. MS is going to need to make a cutesy robot like Wallie and make it the cute mascot of Natal. Post it on bus stations, billboards, make lunchboxes, and maybe even a saturday morning cartoon off of the character. They need to penetrate through to the consumer that falls in love with puppies, the type that make the creators of Spongebob Squarepants millionaires.
It's a tough nut to crack, thus why I feel that MS won't go the distance to break that permafrost layer that seperates that market from the industry.
