We could continue to see a back and forth between the Xbox and PS3 as each company introduces new changes to reshape the playing field.
This holiday season, the safe money bet is on the PS3 as a $299 120GB Xbox "elite" just doesn't measure up to a $299 PS3, and I think a lot of consumers are aware of this.
Next year, MS seems to be banking pretty heavily on reintroducing the Xbox along with Natal. Xbox fans in particular seem to be parroting MS on this despite the fact that the only thing that's been seen are some tech demos with no word at all regarding actual games to be released in 2010 that make a compelling case for practical applications of Natal. The potential is there, but without a compelling line up of titles to support the interface, people will not be buying Natal in droves "just because it's there and it's pretty neat!" without a hardware seller like Wii Sports.
Something tells me that the PS3 motion capture interface may not have quite the same impact although it depends entirely upon the quality and quantity of games that use the interface once both are on the market.
On a related side note: if Natal is anything like Z Camera or better, I think it has a very strong chance of being a potential game changer, assuming we see a launch with strong titles and continued solid support for the interface down the line.
http://gear.ign.com/dor/articles/855511/z-camera-video-feature/videos/zcamera_GDC08_022708.html
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