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Forums - Microsoft - Strong evidence that Natal is targeted for Holiday 2010

priteshmodi on 29 July 2009

So, let's recap. We've got Microsoft's own Steve Ballmer on record saying that the company's Project Natal is on track for a 2010 release, a redaction of said statement, and a slimy report from overseas noting that the motion-sensing accessory is slated for a 2H 2010 launch. Just in case you needed one more modicum of evidence that Natal is headed for Christmas trees far and wide next year, THQ CEO Brian Farrell has said as much on the company's Q1 earnings call. To quote:

"With respect to the cycle itself, if you look at what's happening in the industry, the fact that we have for example, Natal from Microsoft, a platform addition coming late next year."

Of course, Mr. Farrell here may just be regurgitating news that he heard through the grapevine rather than inadvertently slipping the world a piece of insider knowledge, but hey, are you seriously going to question the insight of the guy who green-lit Bratz: Super Babyz? Exactly.

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/thqs-ceo-joins-the-fun-says-natal-is-coming-late-next-year/

It looks like MS is targeting the Natal launch (along with games by first and third parties) for Holiday 2010. I'm really excited to play around with the technology myself both on the Xbox 360 and elsewhere. There have been reports of MS implementing it on a PC. I'd love to see what they do. Sure it seems pretty crazy to think that someone would use Office with motion sensing but there might be some really great ideas to come from the community. I'm most excited to see if and how the Linux community will take the tech further.



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JaggedSac on 29 July 2009

Hopefully they add support for it in XNA. I would love to fiddle with this thing.



Squilliam on 29 July 2009

Im hoping to see some real industry wide adoption like with TVs etc. The device itself is too awesome just to use as a console/pc interface.



Tease.

Aion on 29 July 2009

I hope they advertise the hell out of this.



 

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sguy78 on 29 July 2009

It will be freaking wild.



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Words Of Wisdom on 30 July 2009

2010 release... alongside the Microsoft's next console perhaps.



badgenome on 30 July 2009
sguy78 said:
It will be freaking wild.

I agree. Lots of households with broken furniture and knick knacks.



megaman79 on 30 July 2009

Sony's got the Eye Pet for this christmas in America so this makes sense. I wonder what Nintendo are going to do then with a full yr to plan and prepare for the christmas casual fight to the death.



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Strategyking92 on 30 July 2009

MS better not forget the hardcore like some other company.
A few casual games in a year is cool... but don't go overboard and only release that.



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megaman79 on 30 July 2009

That's what they all say, we promise we will primarily be core focussed. Well you can't effectively create a "casual" market if you don't support it sufficiently so this going to be a really interesting time for MS as they change their image.

And remember Ubisoft talking about increased casual dev. for Wii, DS and Natal, third parties will do the same thing on 360 that theyve done on Wii.



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