The "dildo" as you call it will attract some serious female players.

What is being missed is that right now Project Natal and the Sony Wand are peripherals with potential. But they are still peripherals -- add-ons that the 68M who own those systems would have to buy. Meanwhile, there are 65M Wiis.

And if history tells us anything, less than 40% (27.5M) will buy the add-ons. The Wii Balance Board, usually sited as the most successful high-end add-on, has only reached a penetration level in the high 30s.

Thus, the market for these devices and their software is probably not as high as what most developers or analysts are thinking, just based upon history.

Mike from Morgantown

But the Wiimote has a longer shaft....

Its also got an optional extender.

Does it vibrate(just guessing it will have vibration) and has a red glowing sphere at the end?

It vibrates and its got an IR camera so you can tell how 'hot' you're making your girl inside.

Never knew the Wii mote was capable of such things...Incredible.

Very excited for Sonys Wand, can't wait

Wrong. Natal has it's own form of input for a different style. Wiiremote + Natal == Super awesome.

I doubt that Natal for 360 or Sony Gem will succeed. It's a peripheral.

Neither technology is honestly that interesting. Natal is a camera system that is not too different than Sony's own Eye Toy (anyone ever play Eye Toy Antigrav? Go look it up). The key difference that everyone is missing, is that the Wii started out with the Wiimote. This is the fourth year for the Xbox 360 and the third year for the Playstation 3. From jump street, the entire library of existing content is incompatable.

They will have to have some very compelling software to make these devices seem worth purchasing. The other problem, is the market. People buying Playstation and Xbox are clearly a certain type of gamer that seeks the experience that is currently there. The Wii was aiming at bringing back old Nintendo fans, raking in non-gamers and picking up whatever other willing customers it could. Microsoft and Sony are trying to change audience mid generation and I don't see it panning out like everyone thinks. In a sense, this industry is suffering iPhone syndrome. There is a king on the throne and everyone else will make desparate efforts to take his place. Natal and the Wand will be no different to the Wii than the Samsung Instinct or Palm Pre were to the iPhone. Sure they are nice, but they won't dethrone anything.