Major Nelson: Natal won’t replace the Xbox 360 controller
Project Natal is getting a lot of attention lately. Especially with the rise of the two videos that supposedly showing Geometry Wars and Half Life 2 being played using Microsoft upcoming controller free peripheral. But what the truth about those videos? Can we play FPS games using Natal? It seems that Xbox Live’s director of programming has the answers to these questions.
Speaking to Kotaku radio, one of the callers asked Major Nelson if Project Natal has the potential to translate the experience of playing FPS games solely using the device. He answered:
” ……I love Xbox 360 controller, It’s one of the finest controllers that ever made for a console. Now when we look at something like FPS, I think you and I can both agree that if we were playing Call of Duty or any type of FPS, you don’t really want to run around to the back of your couch for cover. That isn’t fun. You may haven’t a couch to do it, or you may haven’t room to do it. With Natal, we want to bring new gaming experiences to the living room. So, we already got the first person Shooters in the way to play those pretty well. Is Natal going to add something to that? Possibly. But, I don’t, we get a situation where the Natal will replace the entire thing.”
When the host of Kotaku radio asked him if he has seen the two videos that supposedly showing the games being played using Natal, he answered ” No. I haven’t seen them”. Then he asked him if we will be playing Geometry Wars using Natal? He answered ” I don’t know”.
So you have it now. Project Natal is all about new gaming experiences, and it won’t replace the Xbox 360 controller. What do you think?
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Glad PS3 owners dont have to pay to listen to this dork’s information.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 2:26 am
Of course it wouldn’t replace the controller. From what has been shown so far, Natal is strongly centered on the casual base. You can’t really have any hard-core experiences from it – at least, so far. If it got rid of the controller Microsoft would lost a huge amount of customers.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 2:27 am
So a game like Command & Conquer isn’t hardcore to you? To me RTS are very hardcore4 and NATAL would bring new elements into that genre. What we don’t want is a bunch of crap that centered on NATAL and not the games like so many Wii titles.
I can’t wait to see what they come up with an I imagine Rare will come out with Killer Instinct on it to start things off and Fable 3 will have something incorporated as well.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 2:54 am
XBOX 360 and Natal = Epic fail
W8 n C lol
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 5:06 am
Playstation owns the Xbox360 now and not even the Microsoft’s propaganda minister Major Nelson can stop their slide.Who cares about Natal it just an Eye Toy knockoff.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 5:37 am
Jealous PS3 drones…. Natal will be extremely fun. Eyetoy is crap…..
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 10:19 am
i hate all fanboys. if u dont like natal cuz its on the 360 shut the hell up and go get a life. if u hate the gem cuz its on the ps3 samething go get a life. all u fanboys r so dumb. ur not making any money off the this shit so shut up and just enjoy wat u have and wat u want
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 11:38 am
[...] Major Nelson has confirmed that Natal won’t replace the Xbox 360 [...]
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 11:48 am
Maybe instead of all the experts commenting here who already seem to have all the answers we can wait and see if the hype is worth it. Talking trash about Microsoft is not a problem for most people, but what makes it really fun is when you have an actual reason to give them a hard time.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I have both the 360 and PS3. I don’t really care about being a fanboy for one gaming system. But I got to say PS3 fanboys are the biggest cry babys out there……lol
Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 6:30 pm
first off ppl who say that they got both systems are probably lying but who can blame them they just add words before they say crap about the other console so that ppl will agree natal is gonna be crap the eye toy is the same crap…wii will be dominating both systems why? because the simple fact that its a family console and its cheaper…natal i believe will have some gay shit like playboy where you fantasize about doing some chick or dudes for 360 owners or like major faggot
Posted on January 1st, 2010 at 9:43 am
I agree with Spank.
Posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 1:23 am
[...] So there we have it; it appears that Natal and the Xbox 360 controller we know and love (except in games such as Street Fighter) will likely find a way to coexist with separate game types. However, it does leave one to wonder what sorts of “new” experiences they have planned for the “core” gamers, as they’ve spoken of before. source: VG Arabia [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 3:47 am
I personally think natal will open up many possibilities in gaming like head tracking to give the illusion of 3d for us people who don’t have nice 3d capable tvs. I don’t think that natal and the 360 controller have to be separate they can be used together to create an engrossing experience
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 4:09 am
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