Project Natal Coming This Season

[Raiser]

It’s always been strongly hinted at, but today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has confirmed it: Project Natal will be out this “holiday season”.

Nothing more specific than that was offered, but we take “holiday season” to be “November”. Guess the motion-sensing peripheral’s other important aspects – namely its price, included games and final name (remember, “Project Natal” is just a working title) – will have to wait for E3.

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Good to see that they're spending so much time developing Natal.

Wonder how much the system itself will cost and the games that come after it.

 

[azure0wind]

yeah!!
thx for the info!

i think i'm starting to like Microsoft!!

anyway i wonder how it will cost to....
(please make it cheap.....

)

 

[Hadrian]

It should be cheaper now that they're using 360 hardware for it instead of packing it with its own.

Still haven't seen anything I'd want to play with it though, most games I've heard of using it I would prefer to play with controllers anyway and others sound like Wii ports or are just impressive to look at but not really something I wanna play.

 

[Bladexdsl]

this thing is going to bomb i'm telling you now

 

[Hadrian]

this thing is going to bomb i'm telling you now

Maybe but saying that how well did their casual games do?

From what I've read around the nets, it seems that most 360 gamers don't really have much interest in it.

 

[playallday]

Sounds fun but I'm sure it'll get ho-hum just like the Wii did.

All it's made from is like a cheap webcam. $150 for software?

 

[Hadrian]

All it's made from is like a cheap webcam.
Its much more than that:

QUOTEThe device features an "RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone, and custom processor running proprietary software",[1] which provides full-body 3D motion capture, facial recognition, and voice recognition capabilities. The Project Natal sensor's microphone array enables the Xbox 360 to conduct acoustic source localization and ambient noise suppression, allowing for things such as headset-free party chat over Xbox Live.[1]

The depth sensor consists of an infrared projector combined with a monochrome CMOS sensor, and allows the Project Natal sensor to see in 3D under any ambient light conditions.[1][18] The sensing range of the depth sensor is adjustable, with the Project Natal software capable of automatically calibrating the sensor based on gameplay and the player's physical environment, such as the presence of chairs

What is good about the device compared to what the Wii & PS3 offers/will offer is that you will only need one for multiplayer. The custom processor is out and will instead use a 360 processor instead.

http://kotaku.com/5442458/report-microsoft-drops-natal-chip

 

[Revolution89]

How many games we can play with the camera?

 

[Sonicslasher]

As interesting as the tech aspect of it is, until they make a good game for it that isn't Natal Sports or some mini game bullshit, I ain't interested.

 

[stinkoman]

One of the things that bothers me about this kind of tech is simple: How the fuck do we move around, if we're confined to a small room/space? Also, this season or December of 2010?
The only thing I want it for are stuff like fable with Natal. That looks awesome.

 

[TheDestroyer]

This one looks really awesome.. simply amazing.. too bad i dun have an xbox to begin with xD..

 

[MarkDarkness]

This would be the greatest advancement in video gaming if two things happened: 1) they released it with projection glasses, that you could put on and actually get "into" the game and 2) a huge third-party like Square-Enix worked for years on an exclusive Final Fantasy-style game.

Both statements are unlikely, so meh. It's just a glorified Wii.

 

[Hop2089]

This is a project destined to fail like the Nintendo Power Glove.

 

[Elritha]

Don't really have much interest in this yet. Microsoft will need a very good title to launch and demonstrate the capabilities of this tech. Just like Nintendo did with Wii Sports.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Project Natal looks interesting from a technical side of things. The problem is, most consumers won't 'purchase' this.

The Wii did 'motion control' okay, because that was the entire focus of the system. This is merely an add-on.

 

[blackdragonbaham]

this thing is going to bomb i'm telling you now

Maybe but saying that how well did their casual games do?

From what I've read around the nets, it seems that most 360 gamers don't really have much interest in it.

isn't it like ''i wanna swing around my thing - i'm gonna play wii'' and '' i want the good old controls and a good included all around multimedia/ game machine - im gonna play xbox 360''
it's obvious that microsoft want a bit of nintendo's cake, but the question is whether the gamers wanna go i this destination, since a lot of sony or mic disciples aren't opened, rather conservative in the matter of innovative concepts.
good luck macrosofti

 

[razorback78]

doesn't interest me that much. i am really not a fan of motion controls. i still prefer a game pad instead. this imo of course.

 

[omgpwn666]

I'm not a fan of motion,but I will buy it and use it randomly like the Wii,except I play the Wii often on games that don't require much motion.

 

[razorback78]

I'm not a fan of motion,but I will buy it and use it randomly like the Wii,except I play the Wii often on games that don't require much motion.

i am sure more gamers out there are not so much interested in motion controls. it is kinda annoying i think. i prefer the wiimote for shooting games only. more than that i prefer a game pad.

 

[Law]

this thing is going to bomb i'm telling you now

Maybe but saying that how well did their casual games do?

From what I've read around the nets, it seems that most 360 gamers don't really have much interest in it.

'' i want the good old controls and a good included all around multimedia/ game machine - im gonna play xbox 360''

>good old controls

what