Black Fist said:
jbrist said:
Black Fist said:
To be honest, i´m much more excited for "Natal" then the "PS Wand", because i see much more possibilities with the Microsoft one.
From all seen so far, Natal looks to be very diferent from all there is out there in the market, and i have the notion that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.
And with Johnny Chung Lee on the team, i´m waiting for Natal to have 3D Head Tracking/Virtual Reality incorporated, without the use of glasses (as shown on the Johnny Lee videos).
In my understanding, the idea behind "Project Natal" is that Microsoft wants to turn the TV screen in a MS Surface, and that alone is amazing.
Now, for the "PS Wand", for all i´ve seen so far, it looks like a better Wiimote, but that´s it; it looks like an update on the Wii.
Now, for all we know, the "PS Wand" might be way better than "Natal", which can very well end on being the biggest pile of crap ever made, but the point is, as a technology, i see a much bigger potential in the MS one.
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Okay Black Fist, that's fair play, however, you're looking at it from a TechniFreak (No offense, it's just the name I call that group of people) stance, and not from the view of a Casual gamer, A mother isn't going to be thinking "I could get the PS Wand, but Natal is like MS Surface with better technology built in", because she doesn't know what that means, and doesn't need to know either, all she needs to know is that it will keep the kids entertained, and she can join in and play some fun games, right? Cause to me, that fully fits a casual gamer. And, based on the couple of dozen people I've asked, most think that the PS Wand looks better because they don't like the idea of playing a game where you're not holding onto anything. I asked them "Well how about if you're playing a racing game, you use a dinner plate as a steering wheel?" and they all said that it was a stupid idea (I think so too to be honest, lol).
And just to add onto what I asked, if Microsoft DID make a racing wheel peripheral or something, then what's the point of having a "hands free gaming experience", since they've just turned a unique way of gaming into a Wii/PS Wand, which would be a little hypocritical of them.
But yeah anyways, remember, when you're talking about what is best for the audience, think like the majority of the audience, and not as yourself, imagine if you were that mother who was choosing what to buy...
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I have to disagree here.
If we look at it in a casual gamer´s perspective, one that never played a game in his life, it´s much easier for him to prefer Natal as you don´t have any controller.
Besides, i think that, the moment Natal comes out, 90% of games will use, in one way or the other, with some games using all it´s motion capacities, and other using only the voice or head tracking; as for the Wand, games need to be made specially for it.
And, when i said, Wand was nothing more than a better Wii, that is not necessarily a bad thing, because, for not being that much diferent from what already exists, it´s much easier to make games for and use all it´s potential.
But, all in all, no matter who has the best controller, we, the gamer, are the ones that win in the end.
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