Darth Tigris on 12 January 2010
| binary solo said: I don't really know what to make of that figure. It could be good, it could be merely OK. It all depends on how much MS is relying on 3rd party publishers to make the Natal launch successful. If they need a string of 3rd party titles at launch then 70% to 80% less than 1 year out from launch is not much to get excited about. If they said "all current 360 publishers are working on Natal games" then that would be impressive. If MS are going to let their 1st party titles do the talking at launch and rely on 3rd parties to come on stream through 2011 then 70%-80% is pretty good, not excellent but definitely promising. Man Natal hype just keeps on coming. It makes me worry about Sony's commitment to the wand. They're either seeing it as a minor peripheral of little consequence to their overall strategy, something like a "you need to have it to stay in the game, but it's not where Sony gaming's core lives" which I think it a risky position; or they are keeping their powder dry so they can hit the global market with a shock and awe campaign that will get all manner of gamers and potential gamers blown away by its awesomeness, somehow if that's their plan I don't see it being quite to mind blowing as they might want it to be. For Natal it's time to stop with the come hither looks and actually show a bit of leg. It's all very theoretical at the moment. GDC and E3 will be interesting to watch. |
