Xbox Natal is to 360 what Wii is to Gamecube?

[jneul]

HappySqurriel said:

The more I hear about Natal and Sony’s wand, the more I am reminded of the Sega 32x and Sega CD. Both were late-generation add-ons that the dedicated fanbase of the Sega Genesis heavily anticipated, and were praised because of how they “Enhanced” the possibilities of the system. Unfortunately, they were add-ons that were overly expensive that few publishers supported and they did not sell well; and their failure hurt the reputation of Sega, which then destroyed all remaining respect with the release of an amazingly expensive unsupported system (the Saturn).

I personally won’t be surprised if Nintendo was looking at add-ons like the 32x and Sega CD when they decided that it was a bad idea to release an add-on for the Gamecube; and decided to make the Wii as their system for this generation.

 

I think the PS Wands may have more chance of being a success, due to them being so similar, but you are right, having them as add-ons does indeed give them a very big disadvantage.

I still remeber when the PS Eye was first launched, yes sure it was fun for a while, but the lack of support it got was bad, the new PS Eye has had a couple of games released ffor it which have been innovative (Eye of Judgement), but again, there was not lots off support, I just hope there is more support for the wands outside of just the release...

Finally there is one thing Natal has in it's favor at the moment, and that is good feedback from developers etc.