Microsoft devalues the Xboxes use of Natal wayy before it launches

[Reasonable]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Reasonable said:
I don't see how this 'devalues' it. Natal is clearly a very interesting input medium, and as such as relevant to PC as 360.

Its amazing how even you don't get it. Its funny how I can see everyone elses point besides my own, but still only a select few who actually think here can understand what I am saying.

 

I've just come to a different conclusion.  I think with the whole 'cloud' computing MS want to own the interface, whether for a console or a PC - and thinking further ahead I believe they see the distinction between a PC and a console vanishing.

I believe they figure we're going to have a box that connects us to the interent and our distributed content, and clearly whoever owns the interface for the majority of interactions will hold a lot of sway - in much the same way Google became so powerful because it 'owned' people's access to information they wanted.

So I don't see the PC angle devaluing it from a bigger picture - although it might devalue it short term as a gaming device.