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NeoRatt on 11 January 2010
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snyperdud said:
MonstaMack said:
snyperdud said:
So...what about the people who aren't interested in Natal?

Who's making traditional games for my 360 then?

There will still be tons of non-Natal controlled games. Just looking at this years 360 release list tells you that, atleast for 2010, we're still safe from the Natal effect. Most companies will probably only be making one Natal game and see how sales go from there. Also, most games will most likely have standard controls with the ability to have Natal controls (Fable 3). Natal is a test how much MS can grab from Wii's casual userbase and how well they can sell games with motion controls. If everyone flocks to Natal then you can expect less controller type games in the future but I would say thru 2011 we're still pretty safe, and even then there will always be controller only games.

Yeah, I know that controller game will exist at least for long time coming.

My worry is that who will be making these game. I don't want an influx of ninjabread man quality games to flood the HD twins.

Most publishers have stated they are moving away from casual and focusing on the hard core gamers...  I think what we have seen this generation is that a large percentage of hard core gamers buy games while a very low percentage of the casual market purchase more than a few games (Look at 360 and PS3 software sales vs. Wii.  The publishers are realizing this and focusing more on the hard core primarily.

EA stated that they need to focus more on the hard core gamers in their latest financials, THQ is focusing on the hard core with a marked quality improvement with Darksiders and probably Metro 2033.  There is still lots of hard core experiences coming.  You have to remember that even if Microsoft comes out with a killer Natal game, there will still only be up to 7,000,000 Natals sold by the end of Christmas 2010 (At the highest).  This is less than 1/5th the current 360 console base.  This would not be a sole taget market for most publishers unless after Christmas the 360 is posting Wii-like sales numbers.