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SaviorX on 03 June 2009

The guy making the MS Natal said that he began work on the item 18 months ago.

 

18 months ago, that is December 07/January 08. MS decided that motion control was the leading thing so they jumped along the bandwagon as well, after the Wii's first (non-launch) holiday season.

 

Now here's my point.

 

In January 08, the Wii was recognized by MS as the market leader, technically officially(...?). I'm guessing that 3rd parties as well must've realized that the Wii would be in the power seat concerning this generation, so why the initial reluctance to join along?

 

Wii support should've definitely been a priority by February 2008. A lot of 3rd party stuff is coming, so I think this (12/07-1/08) is a notable benchmark.



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SaviorX on 03 June 2009

Pitiful bump:P



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MontanaHatchet on 03 June 2009

I'm not seeing the scary thought or big point.



 

 

darthdevidem01 on 03 June 2009

Remember microsoft wasn't blind to ignore nintendo's LEGENDARY E3 06

maybe E3 06 told them, right motion may be the way forward.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 03 June 2009

The lesson here is Microsoft and Sony are a lot smarter than most 3rd party management, and they also know more about the industry. No news here.



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Thatmax on 03 June 2009

Microsoft will be keeping an eye on a lot of things, and thinking up new ideas and various patents constantly, this just happened to be one of the ones which took shape with demand for this style of gaming increasing.



theRepublic on 03 June 2009

Are you saying that you think a lot of third parties also realized this at the same time? Meaning that if game development for the Wii started at around this time we should be seeing the fruits of that labor soon?

Is that it?



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SaviorX on 03 June 2009
theRepublic said:
Are you saying that you think a lot of third parties also realized this at the same time? Meaning that if game development for the Wii started at around this time we should be seeing the fruits of that labor soon?

Is that it?

Exactly. Obviously, not every Wii related 3rd party though.

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famousringo on 03 June 2009
SaviorX said:
theRepublic said:
Are you saying that you think a lot of third parties also realized this at the same time? Meaning that if game development for the Wii started at around this time we should be seeing the fruits of that labor soon?

Is that it?

Exactly. Obviously, not every Wii related 3rd party though.

I thought we were starting to see the fruits of that labour.



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