Project natal PS3 killer? or 360 killer?

[Kantor]

damndl0ser said:

Kantor said:
I think people are overestimating Natal. Sure, people are excited about it now. But then it'll release, it'll be expensive, it'll be ignored. At the end of the day, no amount of advertising or celebrity endorsements will make consumers buy something they see no use for at a ridiculously high price (what was it finally, $150?)

The PS Motion won't do any better. Actually, it'll do much worse.

 

 

Natal will be included in every new 360 sold, probably at the same price as the system is now.  So I don't understand where you think the price will be ridiculously high (fairly certain your pulling numbers out of thin air).   For everyone who already owns a 360, I would imagine the cost will be held well under $100.  If it were any higher people would just go and buy another 360 with the natal inside.

 

Natal doesn't have to be a big seller to the installed base.  Microsoft is looking at this basically as a relaunch and thats where the extra sales will come in.  From the people who are excited about this new device already inside the system.

I believe they said the price would be "under $200", and that's the last official word we had. There are rumours of it being bundled with 360s (or an entirely new console which happens to have the same hardware), but those are only rumours. It certainly wouldn't be the same price as the current 360 because a piece of technology as (admittedly) incredible as Natal would take money to create. If the PS Eye is $50 (right?) and Natal is so superior in every way, surely it should be at least $100?

It could sell if there were conceivable uses for it, but have a look at my other post and see if you can tell me what exactly Natal would work with.