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RageBot on 26 January 2010
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thx1139 said:
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If its affordable, I don't see how it can fail.

Because the fact that something is affordable doesn't mean the pepole are going to buy it.

Well this isn't just random affordable device. It has quite a bit of hype and software support following it.

Therefore, I believe price plays a big roll in its success.

Right now, it is just a device, we don't even know if it's going to be "affordable", we don't know if it's going to have games that the mass market will want.

Therefore it's a complete failure to try and analyze anything before we know something about the Natal and it's games.

One more thing to mention - Wii Sports/Fit/Whatever for the Natal won't sell, there's already a Wii.

WiiSports is a free game. So if they include a clone with every Natal, people will buy it.

It will also be more enjoyable on the Natal because it will have actual motion tracking. And it won't require 4 controllers, just one Natal.

But the Wii exists already.

If you believe there still will be a market for the Wii when the Natal ships then there will also be a market for 360+Natal.  You cant have it both ways.  Some people will be interested because they get a great console for gamers and for casuals.  My wife simply wants a Natal because of the demo where the woman was flipping through movies on the 360 by waving her hand and giving voice commands.  She loves Netflix and the Video features of the 360, but hates using a remote.  She is not the only woman I know that is like that (hating remotes).

So much of this conversation reminds me of the time before the Wii came out.  People complaining about the lack of seeing software announcements. Ask yourself when did Nintendo show Wii software other than the demo (which turned out to be WiiSports and WiiPlay)?  Natal has been shown at E3 and other conferences behind closed doors.  It will make another showing at GDC and then be fully unveiled at E3.  Sounds like a pretty sound plan.  Developers have been saying great things about it as well.

The market that the Natal is aiming for is either already on the Wii, or will most probably buy a Wii in the future.



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