Microsoft devalues the Xboxes use of Natal wayy before it launches

[Demotruk]

Words Of Wisdom said:

nightsurge said:

EDIT:  And the only way it was "devalued for Wii and PS3 owners" is if those individuals also own a high end gaming PC, which lets face it, the majority do not, despite how the fanboys all seem to claim that way.

This makes very little sense.

One of the biggest reasons not to own a 360 is if you already have a gaming PC that will be getting a majority of what you'd be getting on the 360.

I think the argument isn't that most Wii/PS3 owners have a gaming PC, I think the argument is that many gaming PC owners also have a Wii or PS3.

However the vast majority of the market for video games have a medium range PC at best. An XBox does differentiate itself from these, and it differentiates itself from a high end PC by cost and relative simplicity. A Natal XBox would differentiate istelf from medium/low range PC's moreso.

 

The key thing that's missing here though, is the fact that Microsoft will always want to keep the PC and XBox platforms as close as possible, in order to keep developers on the PC.