Of course, the practical ramifications have to be considered, as well: Nintendo would not have presented anything as half-finished as Natal on the show floor; they would've given it a Vitality Sensor-esque showing with no demonstration if they were going to reveal it at a stage when it's so clearly not show-worthy (by their standards, at least). And then too, I can't see Nintendo developing a product like Natal. It shoots well past "good enough" and enters into the Uncanny Valley of motion controls, where you're not quite at 1:1 virtual reality controls, but past 1:1 object-centric controls.

But yes, there would be the usual anti-Nintendo sentiment. Mostly because MS pays good money to make sure that Nintendo doesn't get a good rap, and because the gamers they've won over from the Nintendo camp are about as friendly towards Nintendo as ex-Catholics are to Catholicism.

I actually liked the Natal idea im unsure about how it can work. The boy thing was interesting and got me excited but i dont know how traditional games could possibly work.

i have to agree with you. IMO i think the press and many people hate nintendo because they did what they werent supposed to. that is blow away the competition. it doesnt matter what nintedno does. they could announce a VR helmet that puts your right in the game, but poeple would still bash it because nintendo made it. again though, just my opinion.

If Nintendo had announced Natal, they would've needed to announce the next generation Wii along with it. All of Nintendo's other peripherals compliment the Wiimote, Natal's functionality overlaps. I think the market would reject it for that reason.

Ahh another Wii is uber and internet is evil thread :) That's number 100 this week ?

Man, really...

the press bias towards microsoft is too much to ignore.

sibilings blogs Kotaku and Gizmodo almost refuse to post any nintendo news without a negative commentary.

(remember when Red Steel 2 was unveiled? "No way the Wii can make this graphics!!!" kotaku shouted - turns out it can)




Meanwhile, these same blogs put microsoft as the new nazi superman rulers of the earth


I woudnt be surprised if someone discover that Kotaku gets money from microsof to act like this.

The point of the OP is about underlying media bias, and i would have to agree. If Nintendo had pulled the exact same move, with all the same tech therein, they wouldn't have been allowed to here the end of it.

Yes, Nintendo fans would support it, that's a given, but we're talking about the general media, which seems to be in love with it, and would be in deep hatred of it if it were a Nintendo product.

all i have to say is i could buy a car with the cost of my cheap wii and its peripherals....i would strangle the guy who announced it....who cares what the the reaction was

People are saying that :P

that's what i'm saying

btw, some people misunderstood, i don't say gamers love it because it's Microsoft, they would love it if it was Sony as well, but there's no way gamers would say a positive word about Natal if it was shown by Nintendo (i speak about average, not every gamer)