Commenting on the announcement of Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's motion controller, Reggie Fils-Aime, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo feels it's ‘ironic' that motion control is being introduced three years after the Wii."We have been very familiar with that technology," said Fils-Aime regarding Natal. "I have personally seen a lot of iterations of similar technology. Our first reaction is that it is ironic that, three or four years ago, the prevailing industry opinion was that prettier pictures or more horsepower were the waves of the future. And now it's clear from both of our competitors that physical activity in gaming is the wave of the future.
"It's also ironic that, for Nintendo, the future is here. The future is now."
"We have pioneered many interface options that people take for granted today."
Speaking with Kotaku, Reggie continued to say that the Wii will succeed due to Nintendo's experience with motion technology. "We've looked at similar technology and will continue to look at other technology for the future. What's different, I think, for us, is that the experience is what drives us down a particular path, not simply how nifty the technology is.
"When we looked at this technology and other technology, we decided that the best way to drive immersion and precision as well as creating an environment for publishers to flourish was the Wii remote coupled with the nunchuck."
Nintendo is scared ****less. Inferior hardware.. inferior motion control.. inferior games.. inferion network.. When it comes to the home console, if MS gets Natal in stores this year, nintendo might as well hang it up in the home console market.
Stick to what they do best, handhelds and pachinko machines.
exactly, otherwise they would just use the existing Vision camera
There are already motion games using the existing Vision camera, they're just not very good.
I find it ironic that Microsoft introduced a motion controller years ago, decided it wasn't any good, said that they didn't think that motion controllers were particularly useful, designed systems for motion-based-control that don't rely on physical devices, did this all over a period of about a decade, that Sony began selling their console with a motion controller within a month of Nintendo, and that now Nintendo is telling us that it's ironic.
There are already motion games using the existing Vision camera, they're just not very good.
I find it ironic that Microsoft introduced a motion controller years ago, decided it wasn't any good, said that they didn't think that motion controllers were particularly useful, designed systems for motion-based-control that don't rely on physical devices, did this all over a period of about a decade, that Sony began selling their console with a motion controller within a month of Nintendo, and that now Nintendo is telling us that it's ironic.
There are already motion games using the existing Vision camera, they're just not very good.
I find it ironic that Microsoft introduced a motion controller years ago, decided it wasn't any good, said that they didn't think that motion controllers were particularly useful, designed systems for motion-based-control that don't rely on physical devices, did this all over a period of about a decade, that Sony began selling their console with a motion controller within a month of Nintendo, and that now Nintendo is telling us that it's ironic.
A regular vision camera can't do it. NAtal needs stereo vision, and possibly an IR light for more accurate range detection.
The reason that Natal does all the processing in the unit is because that means the 360 doesn't need to dedicate one or half of one of it's cores to Natal. thus you can still have both pretty games and head tracking to look around inside car and plane cockpit or have actual good looking motion control games.
Also Nintendo's success is kind of bittersweet, since Wii owners rarely buy any extra games, and when they do buy games they almost exclusively buy first party games.
Wii Attachment rate is abysmal, and the number for how many hours a Wii is used a week pales in comparison to the competition.
Natal and Sony wont beat Nintendo now, because of the marketing, Nintendo already pretty much owns motion control for this generation at least. It will be a long time before MS and Sonys superior technology penetrates the market to the extent Nintendo has done. But its'nt it always the way that the best product, is never the leader. It's the best MARKETED product that's the leader, i.e. iPod.
and "ever wonder what the bottom of an avatar's shoe looked like? BOOM! THERE IT IS" marketing GENIUS!
Sorry, in a lot of cases first to market IS the best marketed. NOTHING Sony nor Microsoft is showing off has the raw appeal of wii sports did when i first picked it up. They're a ways away from release, and it COULD happen... but Wii was a FANTASTICALLY promoted piece of technology.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Sidewinder...1/dp/B00004Z729
I have high hopes for this "Natal". but I prefer to wait and see who comes out with what, rather than hedge my bets on a product which is still being designed...
I have high hopes for this "Natal". but I prefer to wait and see who comes out with what, rather than hedge my bets on a product which is still being designed...
Insignificant???? It was the first motion controller for the PC!!!!! I'd call that significant!!!!
/irony
/irony
little bit different
Ironic aint it?
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