| Impulsivity said: Sony has had controller free gaming for years with the PS Eye. To be frank it kind of sucks. There are very few things you can do without any kind of meaningful input. You at least need a keyboard, a mouse, some button or something to be able to indicate complex actions you can't just act out. I have a feeling Natal will end up a lot like the PS Eye with most of the games relegated to novelty games where you interact with the screen to do things like swat away bugs or balls and match on screen prompts. It's very hard to see how you control something like God of War on Natal, even most shooters seem like they'd have to be on rails with no controller input and you'd still need a replica gun or something. |
You can't compair Natal with the PS Eye, that is like comparing 2D gaming with 3D gaming. Many things that were impossible when we only had 2D gaming became possible with the introduction of 3D gaming. Natal will be able to do far more then the PS Eye but that doesn't mean it will succeed ofcourse.
As for genres like FPS and Action games, I think it can be done on Natal but not as a simply port. You can controle a 3D invironment with your hands but less accurate so FPS on Natal would have to have a strong auto-aim and perhaps even semi-auto movement. But at the same time Natal could add new interesting gamerplay through dodging bullets with.. well.. your own body. It would be a different experience but not necesarilly an easy casual experience, although I imagine some gamers wont reach the physical requirement to play Natal's hardcore games on a pro level.
As for the Microsoft guy, he's holding a PR-talk to the max but that doesnt mean all of it is a lie.
