Greenberg: "Millions of Natals in Consumers' Homes this Holiday"

[couchmonkey]

hardyhar said:

couchmonkey said:

Wii Fit was successful because there was demand for interactive fitness software and Nintendo tapped it. What consumer demand is Natal filling? Hype can make a success but only consumer demand can create a phenomenon like Wii Fit.

Look at the Wii itself. I remember reading the specs and thinking "it sounds shit". Then I saw the Wii Remote for the first time and thought "WTF?". As soon as I saw the first Wii Sports demo I knew it was gonna sell millions though. Natal on its own isn't what's going to sell it. It's the software/features that are possible because of it that will sell it.

Absolutely, and I will admit that's the flip side to the "Show me the software" coin that I keep tossing at Natal: I'm not convinced until I see the software, but I can't say it will be worthless either!  Natal could be huge but it needs the right games.  It can't succeed on its own.