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MS needs to strike while the iron is hot. Showing Natal so far ahead of its release is giving time for anticipation to build, settle, and die down. Plus, the competition is able to see what they're doing.

There's a reason Nintendo kept the N64 controller and Wii-Remote secrets until it was almost time for the hardware to release. Still, I'm a guy on in his underwear, surfing the interweb using a Wii. They're a multi-billion dollar company. I guess they know what they're doing. They've done okay, so far.