Yes. My local Wants have a sign up saying we will be taking Wii's to get ready for Natal poster. That was up on January 2nd. Wants is like Cash Converters. Man I cant wait for Natal launch. Everyone in major cities getting a huge launch. Remeber they are treating it like the launch of the 360. That is from the horses mouth. I fully stand by that Natal is the turning point of the gen. With a slim 360 still an option.

Haha. Watching people play that ricochet game makes me laugh.

I suggest you do the math on how long it'll take the 360 to outsell the Wii if it leads by... let's say... 100k/week.

It definitely won't be anytime soon. Nor do I expect the 360 last as much as 10 years, mate. Next-gen is inevitable, and not any console can do what the SNES/PS1/PS2 did.

Natal will be a success, no doubt. Hype is big even now, and you know what it'll be by the time MS joins in hyping it. But I would lower my expectations.

A Guy in the commercial called it "The most succesful computer tech (Or was it vision) ever"

It's not even out yet, and they made the video look like a documentary about how they took over the world or something. This is pure marketing hype and very little substance.

Look past the internet hype. It's the hype created by morning TV shows, evening news general media. Stuff like that is the guage. And Natal has already had more in those fields than any other console or gaming product Ive ever seen.

lool,,,good one.

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hopefully games will be more than just cute mini games.

He could just be referring to the execution of the device.

Everyone is getting overexcited about this thing. The only way I see this as being an evolution, is if they incorporated 3D gaming into it. Things you can reach in virtual space and such. Now that would own!!!

that's actually true,,,controlling a 2d screen with 3d controller is kinda pointless,,,that's why i said let's hope it's more than mini games.

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I just watched the video and there was very little substance and mostly commercial slogans.

We will hear a lot from MS now because they were WAYYYYY behind Wii and also behind PS3 during the holidays. They feel like they are the ones that need to catch up. So we won't stop seeing TV shows, and news about both Xbox360 and Natal, especially in the US. They already started with a price cut in france and a special $35 gold membership online. There is no way that MS will not fight back.