Natal Dev: Natal will spawn new generation of video games

[Zeus]

A developer behind Microsoft's Project Natal thinks that the newly developed product will almost certainly inspire a new generation of video games. With Natal, new experiences will have to be explored apparently.

<blockquote>Johnny Chung Lee: “Almost certainly. Most of the current game genres are optimized for the input device that was available. With the additional of motion and pointing sensing, we’ve already seen several great examples where developers are exploring novel kinds of gaming experiences.

“The lines blur between game categories, and the lines blur between control mechanics. Natal provides a very different set of input capabilities than your typical game pad. To really take advantage of those capabilities, new kinds of experiences will have to be explored.”</blockquote>

News Source: <A href="http://www.360magazine.co.uk/general/natal-dev-natal-will-spawn-new-genres-of-videogames/" target="_blank">360Magazine</a>

[tech3475]

Personally I had enough of camera games after the eyetoy.

I just hope though that devs keep the right balance between "casual" games and "hardcore" games, I also hope they dont pointlessly include features in games when it doesnt really work.

[Blazeking]

Personally I had enough of camera games after the eyetoy.

I just hope though that devs keep the right balance between "casual" games and "hardcore" games, I also hope they dont pointlessly include features in games when it doesnt really work.

I never had the Eyetoy or Eyetoy 2. The Ps Eye was my first and it seems as if no dev was making any real use of the camera (except Criterion). It was forgotten about. But the one thing I wondered about Natal: How the f*** do I just walk? Surely if MS thinks can get away with not using a controller with Natal. The sole reason it will not atrract hardcore gamers; because we like buttons.