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dsister44 on 07 January 2010
vlad321 said:
Natal is an amazing concept for an interface to PCs. I am very excited about it, maybe even hook it up to a TV instead of a remote control. Definitely getting one once all the bugs are stamped out/

As a video gaming controller it is shit and worthless for any genre that I can think of other than ones I can get on the Wii anyhow. Just look at how laughably pathetic the Half-Life 2 video leak was.

So basically what you are saying is that you are going to spend $50-$100 for a mouse? And how does it being on consoles affect your enjoyment of it?



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jarypo_87 on 07 January 2010
dsister44 said:
vlad321 said:
Natal is an amazing concept for an interface to PCs. I am very excited about it, maybe even hook it up to a TV instead of a remote control. Definitely getting one once all the bugs are stamped out/

As a video gaming controller it is shit and worthless for any genre that I can think of other than ones I can get on the Wii anyhow. Just look at how laughably pathetic the Half-Life 2 video leak was.

So basically what you are saying is that you are going to spend $50-$100 for a mouse? And how does it being on consoles affect your enjoyment of it?

well, it will be used as a way to push game design backwards and focus on over charging us for tech that is many years old (natal) and spending hundreds of millions of $ to media and organizations to act like its worth it to rip off poor unsuspecting parents and old folks. That is MS's plan.

It has uses on the PC, because some people with disabilities can use it to navigate and it dumbs down the input so that even those with mental disabilities may be able to operate a PC with it. For the XBOX it does nothing but gimmick. That's it.



dsister44 on 07 January 2010
jarypo_87 said:
dsister44 said:
vlad321 said:
Natal is an amazing concept for an interface to PCs. I am very excited about it, maybe even hook it up to a TV instead of a remote control. Definitely getting one once all the bugs are stamped out/

As a video gaming controller it is shit and worthless for any genre that I can think of other than ones I can get on the Wii anyhow. Just look at how laughably pathetic the Half-Life 2 video leak was.

So basically what you are saying is that you are going to spend $50-$100 for a mouse? And how does it being on consoles affect your enjoyment of it?

well, it will be used as a way to push game design backwards and focus on over charging us for tech that is many years old (natal) and spending hundreds of millions of $ to media and organizations to act like its worth it to rip off poor unsuspecting parents and old folks. That is MS's plan.

It has uses on the PC, because some people with disabilities can use it to navigate and it dumbs down the input so that even those with mental disabilities may be able to operate a PC with it. For the XBOX it does nothing but gimmick. That's it.

Vlad has been saying how he wants to buy it. He also says he in't going to use it for games. So I'm not sure what that^ had to do with me



youarebadatgames on 07 January 2010

As a user of a multitouch + gesture laptop/tablet, I disagree that it is useless. Keyboard and mouse is arguably a terribly unintuitive input method. As to whether it will translate to a decent gaming input, I would say developers will figure out a way to make it work when most of the world moves away from mouse/keyboard.



Jumpin on 07 January 2010

I would like to see how Natal does multiplayer recognition (it can pick up multiple bodies, but there's no recognition between them), and also how it handles situations where buttons are required for actions (firing triggers and such). Camera recognition technology isn't exactly something new, as PS2 and DSi already have it.



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JaggedSac on 07 January 2010

^^What do you mean there is no recognition between them?



Seece on 07 January 2010

Wow lots of damage control here.

Can't wait for Natal



 

MDMAniac on 07 January 2010
scat398 said:

the new tablet computers coming out should be far more successful than there previous models of 5-6 years ago.

 

Funny thing is that we heard the very same words with every new spin-off of tablet computing, and each time they turned out to be a total crap. Sorry for the rant, I'm just really pissed-of by TabletPCs and whatsoever because I've buried so many bucks into this stupid tech.



scat398 on 07 January 2010
MDMAniac said:
scat398 said:

the new tablet computers coming out should be far more successful than there previous models of 5-6 years ago.

 

Funny thing is that we heard the very same words with every new spin-off of tablet computing, and each time they turned out to be a total crap. Sorry for the rant, I'm just really pissed-of by TabletPCs and whatsoever because I've buried so many bucks into this stupid tech.

It's ok I don't mind the mini rant, I was right there with you on the old tablet PC's.  I think technology has advanced enough now that this next group will be more well recieved.  I think apple will probably lead the way and PC's will work off that model of success to bring lower costs ones to the mainstream market.

Although with that being said I won't be a first adopter this time I'll let someone else test drive them for me.



Cueil on 07 January 2010

Everyone keep saying this is the Wii's market, but I can't seem to find the 3D senor cam on the Wii anywhere



 
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