You left out a zero from your prediction.

I think you like eyes if you didn't realize that the video was extremely pathetic. Between the input lag, the fact he could barely move and look around at the same time, and the fact that he had trouble in a situation where he didn't even have to do pixel precise combat, I would rate the video as an epic failure. There was utterly 0 potential there.

Also I don't think you realize how happy I am for Natal being used for something other than a bad controller. I'd love to use it to control the media on my PC. Also to manage any of the TV functions that are painful to do. Have you tied to search youtube using a TV remote?!

Really?! If that Half Life 2 video leak with Natal was legit, i think it's awesome, some real "Minority Report" stuff there, looked cool to me.

I have written about several game types that Natal would be perfect for. I agree that it does not fit well for an FPS, but that is just one genre. And a genre that was not developed with Natal in mind. Perhaps your vision is limited, or perhaps you are just bitter that pc gaming as you once knew it is dead.

What you saw in Minority report was Video Editing, not video gaming, which is exactly why I want a Natal to be hooked up to my PC. Also it'll be nice to control my OS overall. I'll stick with KBM+Mouse fo games though.

I agree that Natal needs its ow genres that are developed for it. Currently there is no genre developed for Natal. The best that I can think of for natal would be some sports akin to Dodgeball. The biggest advatage of Natal is movement detection. The problem is you can;t move a whole lot in a living room, so its biggest dvantage is ruined by its purpose. The best you can do is have interpretive motions (for games that require moving a lot, don't get me wrong Natal would be AWESOME for Rail Shooters and stuff), but then that begs the question, what the hell is the difference between a game interpreting a motion and interpreting a key press? To me the answer is obvious.

We must have watched completely different videos then.  The only issue that I saw was the difficulty interacting with the buttons.  that very well may have resulted from a lack of on screen indicator.  As for lag, what are you talking about.   I know several people have mentioned it, but I didn't see any lag that could attributable to NATAL.

To me the video demonstrated that a FPS using NATAL is easily doable.  The control mechanisms are there.  Of course RPGs and stragety games are the two most promising core genres for NATAL.

The problem is you spouted off like you were declaring fact as if you had insider information, but you're just another detractor with no imagination, using a selective perspective because you simply hate the idea of it.  Are you really waiting for someone to retort to your 'declaration' and counter with possible gaming scenario's that could provide a unique, fun experience or have you really already made your mind up and there's nothing anyone can say to convince you otherwise? 

I would say that you're right - this is obviously not for you, but you need to recognise that you're the minority demographic that this appeals to and it will be the 'so you wanna dance', 'jane fonda workout', 'learn karate by mimicking these moves' types of games that will likely bring in the bulk of a new audience.  I think you're just valuing your own personal opinion too much, if you can't see past people other than yourself enjoying this. 

I hate to jump into an argument that is already well under way, but I think you're missing Vlad's point.  I don't think this tech will be able to pull off a FPS very efficiently.  Take, for example, one of the most common movements in FPS: Strafe, crouch, aim and shoot all at the same time.  How are you going to efficiently achieve that movement, and maintain aim, without a hand-held controller used in tandem with Natal?  The most obvious way would be for you to physically crouch, somehow move, and shoot while maintaining good physical aim at the screen.  This would be quite difficult, imo. On rails shooters would probably work well though.

Like Vlad, I think the biggest strengths for this system lie outside of gaming.  Imagine being able to manipulate more than one thing at a time on yor computer screen.  Thats the biggest problem with the mouse, it only has one point of "contact" with what you see on screen.  Huge applications there. And sports games =P

Natal is just an accessory for those two stupid to use a keyboard and mouse. It's been the plan of Microsoft for ages. (Mostly for military applications)

Anyway, this is the death of gaming and technology I suppose. Changing the world? This thing is absolutely nothing special and it's a shame. As a hardware engineer I find it insulting, I guess money can even make shit smell like roses.