Oh my gosh.

I'm living in the twenty-first century.

That's ridiculous. If it hasn't even finished being made it shouldn't count. Then again, teleportation didn't count either since it's not really teleportation.

So is it going to be on the list again next year when it officially releases?

Not to montion, the current iteration of Natal is in many ways simply an upgrade to the eye-toy (maybe. It hasn't actually been shown to be more accurate than the eye-toy at this time, and we are kind of simply taking Microsoft's word that the device is more accurate).

Actually, I have been wondering just how accurate the device is compared to an eye toy. Sure I've been told, many times, by microsoft, that Natal uses some really advanced technology to accurately position the player within a few centimeters, but technically an eye toy can do that too provided line of sight (because the eye toy is a camera, it can tell if you make a slight movement with as much accuracy as a camera. If a person moves on camera even a couple centimeters, a normal person at the other end will most likely see it. Thus, with that level of accuracy already implemented on the eye toy, I am curious just how much different Natal is from eye toy in terms of accuracy).

Come to think of it, did the eye toy ever make the list?

@ matrixdude

How is it not teleportation?

The fact that this list contains both teleportation and something called "the no-punt offense" makes me incredibly sad.

Hmmm... I hate MS, but I am digging NATAL. I'll always love the traditional controller, but this kind of motion control is interesting if only to see how they implement it into games.

I'm not against games being physically more interactive than just pushing a button. In fact, so long as this is applied correctly, it should be a blase. Now, that said, I still hate MS... So I'll not be getting a 360 any time soon. Guess I'll just have to see what SONY cooks up...

Anyone else think of the marketing opportunities associated with Natal and crotch thrusting?

standing to play games will be the end of the "enjoyable" video game experience. this goes for the PSenis as well.

I was really hoping the video for the picture would be in here, I want to see this.

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the EyeToy do the same things as Natal? They may not use the same technology, but they are the same, non?

Was 2009 a dry year in the patent office?

It's official Natal has online teleportation playing!

This makes as much sense as Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

@carlton

thats IMMEDIATELY what i thought of

@Xzyliac

I have a PS3Eye and it's pretty much worthless outside of using it as a webcam (it's a GREAT webcam, by the way) and a speaker for chat (but it seems to be really quiet on the other end).

The problem is, pretty much EVERY tech demo or game we've seen for Natal are just tweaked versions of mini-games that have already been on the EyeToy and PS3Eye and they've all SUCKED at being more than a 5 minute amusement to bust out with relatives.

I don't see how you can say the Natal "looks different" at all when Sony could very realistically make versions of all those Natal "games" as a free download for the PS3Eye.

It may be more exact, but that doesn't mean there's any legitimate FUN application for it on the gaming side.

@DinnertimeNinja
I've never touched a PS3Eye so you may be right and I may be plugged into the hype machine.

However I still think it's very negative to just immediately write it off without even giving it a chance.

I mean it wouldn't be the first somebody came out with a piece of hardware copying an earlier piece of hardware and succeeded in software.

@D Sane
Yeah that's Time. It's either really good or a whole lotta bullshit.

I'm fairly certain that calling it "teleportation" is completely ignorant on their part.
What they're referring to has been worked on with limited success for a good deal of time and is called quantum entanglement.
Teleportation is by definition the dematerialization of matter and rematerialization in another location. While in these experiment you simply have two points where their states match exactly at any given point despite the distance between the two.

In other news, wtf is a natal?

I am actually holding a wait and see but it may be the thing that gets me to buy a 360(as I only have the other 2 consoles right now), but like I said it is a wait and see

Wait this isn't even out yet though, huh? I don't know if 'proof of concept' counts. This is just like Obama winning the nobel peace prize FOR DOING NOTHING, not even the stuff he promised to do while running. America got duped by a good public speaker.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/obama-address/1163263/

LAUGHABLE!!!

@thejesusninja26

Better than being duped by a bad public speaker with a low IQ to boot.