Natal Ricochet lags and has jittering.

[Erik Aston]

huaxiong90 said:

Erik Aston said:
Eh... stopped reading the thread on page 5.

But just posting to say... If it's too early to bash, then it's too early to hype! If Microsoft wants to hype this thing up, then it's fair to knock it down as soon as they do.

It's easy to hype something based on potential. It ISN'T easy to knock something that hasn't gone gold.

You basically just outlined Microsoft's entire Natal strategy.

Why is this thing being shown on talk shows a year before it's supposed to come out? Because it's easy to get excited by potential, and hard to attack something which doesn't exist as a product yet.

"""Why?  This stinks of fanboyism.

The only reason to knock a technology down and try and stop any "hype" for it would be due to fear from fanboys of a competing system.   If your a true gamer you would wish it well and move along, even if it isn't your thing."""

People can play whatever games they like, and I wish them well. But Natal will have no games available for a year. I'm talking about Microsoft's hype. And since only MS developers, a few members of the games press, and talk show hosts and guests have played Natal, right now all the hype is basically MS marketing.

The only reason for Microsoft to hype an unreleased technology (before it is easy to attack it) would be due to fear of existing products on a competing system.

It's kind of similar to Killzone being hyped as the "Halo killer" years before release. Halo was in people's hands, but the promise of a "Halo killer" was supposed to slow the excitement around it. Even the early announcement of Vitality Sensor is the same sort of thing. The Wiimote's potential for FPS games was overhyped compared to the products of Red Steel or the Conduit. But Microsoft is the king of the pre-release hype, and look no further than Vista for proof.