Wii Vitality Sensor will overshadow both Natal and Arc

[Demotruk]

Mummelmann said:

Arius Dion said:

Mummelmann said:
The Vitality Sensor is hardly new technology, it measures your pulse, on your finger. This has been done for over 20 years and is hardly groundbreaking.
I'm not saying it won't sell more than Arc and Natal (in fact; I think it will) but to call it innovative or fresh technology is plain wrong, and as a peripheral it is vastly simpler than both Arc and Natal on its own.

The bad news around here is that a Wii-Mote + Nunchuck with Motion Pluss and Vitality Sensor will cost nearly 300$ per controller...

How much will Natal cost? Or the Wand? Which, don't you need to buy an eye toy or whatnot for it to work?

Demotruk; playing multiplayer without more controllers is kinda hard so it really doesn't matter that one controller comes in the box. And FYI, I don't care about any of the peripherals for any of the consoles or the games utilizing them. My point is that the controller itself already costs damn much and the peripherals are very steep in price as well. I considered buying a Wii with Mario Kart and three extra controllers right before christmas but the cost of the controllers put me off the idea, I'll wait until they're more affordable, the three controllers cost a lot more than the game and the console itself.

I agree that getting 4 wii remotes is expensive, though I think the vast majority of people are happy with one or two (I think the average per Wii owner was 2.2 or something), but that has little to do with the vitality sensor. In all likelihood the sensor will come with the major games that utilize it, and it won't add much cost to the price just as Wii Sports Resort was sold at a normal price.