Is NATAL really any different than play station eye ?

[Squilliam]

theprof00 said:

Squilliam said:
If the wand is supposed to be released in 3 months time then how come the hype for the thing is so dismally low as to be off the radar? I don't understand this.

I also don't understand how people can discount the utility of having onboard processing power. It means that Gem cannot be as easily tacked onto games this far into the generation as they are already making prodigeous use of the PS3s resources. This is especially true of Sony's 1st party efforts where their present games don't leave much at all to spare and they are the ones who have to hold the torch for that technology.

You've seen RE:alternate edition right?

Iirc they said it was pretty easy to tack on to the game.

I have seen a small bit on it. The way I see it with the PS3 is that the performance of the entire system is very fragile and there are many interdependancies. For some code-bases it may be difficult or nigh impossible to shoe-horn an interface given the restraints of budget, time and percieved potential success of add-ons like the Gem. Its one thing for an individual case and another for the entire game industry.