You know it's coming. Natal is little more than a concept to most people, yet that hasn't stopped the parasitic third party plastic garbage makers from dreaming up peripheral nonsense for both it and Sony's motion control wand.
"One of the biggest challenges for peripherals firms is keeping up with changing technology, particularly the trend toward interactive gaming started by Nintendo and now embraced by Microsoft’s Project Natal," says DreamGEAR COO Richard Weston.
"From all the recent revelations at E3 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, motion sensing devices and add-on accessories for these devices will be the main focus in the future," adds Paul Coucher of Logic3.
Typical. Third parties are not going to let Natal's "hands-off" nature get in the way of a "hands-on" rubbish steering wheel. It'll be hilarious how many Natal users will buy a load of peripheral junk, completely missing the point of Microsoft's new invention.
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9:00 AM on 06.27.2009
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I mean, who drives with no wheel or controller? You can't drive with your hands, it won't feel right.
Natal is such a waste of time....
Octopus Outfits for the latest "Tentacle Simulator?"
I get your point though.
Wii crap only needs to make sure the infrared emitter isn't blocked (sometimes not even then), but the other two, especially Natal, need a camera to do the sensing.
@jrod885
Although I disagree with your comment on motion sensing you've made a damn good system of proving who's casual and whose hardcore. If you have any add-ons that aren't guns, steering wheels, practible accessories (i.e. chargers) or came with the game. You're casual.
As for the PS3 "wand", the important bit is the bit on the end. I don't know if I see much market for accessories. After all, how are you meant to attach (for example) a golf club *above* the glowing ball? The only way I see it being possible is if accessories have some clear plastic ball compartment which allows them to house the ball but somehow extend it.
Anyway, the Wii demonstrates what utter shit these attachments are. I don't know who buys them but I am certain they are next to useless.
Use your Wii wheel for all driving games on Natal, your light gun attachment and Wii controller for FPS, and your guitar hero/rock band guitar peripheral for pretty much anything else you can think of - sword fighting, pole vaulting, etc.
You ever wonder what the bottom of an avatar's shoe looks like?
Bam, there it is.
Also, the scanning BS shown in the video confuses me.
worst part is most of my friends and people i know that have a wii , bought some kind of wii sport plastic junk package .
@ megaStryke - It's like the word "imagination" just pops into your head when you see it. Of course it only works for us folks who watch Spongebob.