So Sony invented the EyeToy/motion control 7 or 8 years ago, they have working tech demos of everything that the Natal video appeared to show yesterday, and now they have 1:1 motion. And somehow Sony is ripping off Microsoft or Nintendo?

If Natal support has just been added to the 360 SDK, and the only thing MS can show from the project is a heavily scripted demonstration video, they are at least 18 months from a release date.

All that being said, nobody is doing motion better than Nintendo this generation. Sony and MS should stick with their controllers.

dude, ign already tested Natal on Burnout Paradise and they've said it's not only intuitive but also works really good.

People who've demoed Natal say it works quite well.  Read the tid-bit about Burnout.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/e3-project-natal-hands-on
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/989/989269p1.html
http://kotaku.com/5275204/testing-molyneuxs-milo-a-virtual-boy-with-yes-a-dog

the new sony remote is Motion+ and Natal combined, so it has the best parts of both.
Cons: it looks like an ice-cream scoop.


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while they may have had a demo for burnout behind close doors, it was a very poor decision. People are going to remember the conference, and the main press news, not the special limited invitation only press.

It all honesty, it looked a little bit better than Natal when compared to the gaming front but fails in comparison to the technology front.


In essence, it is WM+ > PS motion controls > Natal in gaming relevance and here is why. Natal is the brand new tech and it is becoming the darling of the media blogs, but for all the wrong reason. As always, humanity seeks to dethrone leaders and heroes very quickly and everybody has jumped on the bandwagon in saying this will officially dethrone the Wii, but they don't understand the actual technology.

As much as I love new technology, Project Natal - when it comes to gaming - is no more than a glorified advanced Eye Toy. Whereas the Eye Toy on its own registers the upper body, this will register the whole body. As cool as that sounds, though, the fact that there are no buttons at all limits the possibilities of most traditional games. I can see an RTS being possible, but other than that no other types of games other than mini games are possible. The same thing could be said about the PS motion controllers. Though they have a Wii-mote look-a-like, the fact that there were no buttons and no analog stick limits the possibilities of more traditional games.


And that is what is separating MS and Sony's attempts for motion controls when comparing to Nintendo. MS and Sony are trying to SEPARATE the "casuals" and the "hardcore" gaming types. That is why the these motion controls seem laughable in the eyes of some Wii owners. The reason why Nintendo is successful is that not only do they make games that are accessible to casuals but to the more traditional gamers as well. The controller input tries to tie in everyone together, and not just separate the two groups from each other into ridiculous categories and ways of gaming.


MS and Sony are just copying without actually realizing why Nintendo is making things work...

LMAO what? keep dreaming

any pics?

Well it's the same as WM+. Natal is something else. Although it has a really nice voice feature. Not everything can be controlled by your body.
I believe Microsoft can pull off some casual games and some onrail adventures with great voice features. I don't believe many games will appear for Natal. Sony and Nintendo are on par with potential games. Third party will dramatically downgrade PS3 games to Wii.

I believe that Sony's choice is better for sales (note that Microsoft can easily change). Microsoft has the innovation with voice recognition. Still wondering how good it will be eventually.