ODST Sales are old News...KOJIMA + NATAL Here we go!

[Lord Flashheart]

Renelius said:

You know, you're right. How could I possible think that those producers are getting paid to promote MS products. Surely it is an act of goodwill! I bet Kojima plays 360 all the time, and is so enamoured with the product, he felt it was his duty as a gamer and as a developer to give his time to let the world know what a great product MS is developing.

Don't get me wrong here, I genuinely hope Natal is all it is cracked up to be. I just laugh at how people take marketing and turn it into gospel.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I have been reading all of the fanboy wars for some time on this and every other gaming site. I am convinced that Microsoft employed the largest viral marketing campaign in the history of the world to promote the 360. I bet there are numerous MS employees posting on this very site, trying to sway public opinion towards their product.

Not saying 360, or Natal, or MS or any of it sucks or anything. I think it is a good gaming machine. In fact, I think all of them are. I just find Microsofts marketing strategy facinating. I don't believe the fierce brand loyalty of this generation is a coincidence. Not that people didn't always favor the console they owned throughout all of the generations of gaming. But the HD generation and all the system bashing and flame wars that have come with it are something special.

Anyway, sounds crazy I know. But given modern marketing and the financial power of MS, you cannot deny the possibilities. What better way to get people to buy your system than to convince them to hate the other?

Because Sony doesn't work like that?

I hope this is released for the holidays next year because coming All I Want For Xmas Is A Natal.com