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I love my Xbox 360, but I really don't like the look of Natal. When the Wii was announced, I was excited and thought the controller looked really unique and fun, but Natal just doesn't excite me that way. I'm sure it will be good, I just imagine it'll end up more like Eye of Judgement than the Microsoft Wii-Killer.



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Natal will end up like Little Big Planet.
Expected to be colorful, fun, casual, but it turns out to be a complex, hardcore experience.

A more hardcore motion controller wouldn't hurt, but it looks like Microsoft totally misses this, so with their software lineup, they might fall on the ground between the two chairs. (is it the idiom in english?)

If they would truly target the casual audience, it should be a cheap, WM+ style conroller, it wouldn't need to be high-tech, futuristic, or awesome, just accessible above all.

If they would target the hardcore, we would have seen new Halo, GoW, Fable, etc games wotking with Natal at E3, not painting, and ball games.



I doubt it will flop. I like the look of it but one thing worries me - feedback. Taken at face value, the no controller stance means no physical feedback.

This seems fun, and it's easy to get all excited about it - but in reality people tend to like physical feedback. It's hardwired into us. I'm concerned that in a truly practical environment this will become a real weak spot.

The Wiimote vibrates, it has sound right in your palm. You feel yourself hit the ball. With Natal (again taking it at face value) you will swing your arm, get zero physical feedback, and only have the same visual feedback you'd also get with the Wii.

I'm really not sure about that aspect.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

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Natal is nowhere near release and it has already flopped?

I thought that logic was reserved for Wii core games.



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Great now MS is even trying to still the floppyness



I think the poll is actually quite telling. With so many PS3 and Wii boys on this site, I would have assumed it would be dead last.



Dinomax said:
Vgchartz Where the PS3 wins at everything!

? I thought that Nintendo fans were the most prevalent here.



Yes you can see how PS3 fans dominate here just look at the first page of this thread... All raging PS3 fanboys.