Bill Gates Reckons Natal Should Head To PC Too

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senortaco said:

welshbloke said:

senortaco said:

welshbloke said:
Most people continue to miss the significance of Natal. This was obvious from the start. I am not sure how this news is going to lead to a doomed 360 or kill the Xbox.

This will only stengthen Natal and make it even less likely to fail. The 360 will be the first major product to use Natal in the living room but expect it to expand. Natal could end up powering a number of appliances in the living room one of them being the 360.

While true, I'm being to wonder if The Pacthman was onto something when he siad that Natal isn't nessarily a gaming interface, but a navigation interface...

I think it was obvious that it was going to be used as a navigation interface amongst other things and that was one reason why I think most people missed its significance. Patcher has underestimated its other functions if he thinks it will become largely navigation interface mainly because it supports much more.

We are only scratching the surface and I think we will be suprised by how resourceful the development houses will be once they get to grips with it. It has the potential to exceed anything currently in the motion world and so it is probably unfair to compare it to the wiimote although the wiimote should be praised for showing the world that motion control technology was more than just a gimick.

Although I do believe that there are incredible avenues for creativity with Natal, motion controls in general, so far only a handful of developers/games have shown the ability to expand the controls and experiences. OR the desire to want too, I just find it hard to believe that NOW we have motion controls with XB360 & Sony that all of a sudden developers will "GET" motion controls...

I would not focus everything onto motion the Natal system is more than motion. It is this combination of capabilities which will lead to innovation. Expect to see systems only use a portion of the capabilities and others to explore every capability to the limit. Also with it not being limited to just the 360 more people will be involved which can only be a good thing.