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You can already motion track a user with the eye-toy 2 from Sony and swing your arms to roll a bowling ball with the Nintendo’s wii remote. In my opinion, I would rather have a laugh with my friends with the so called “Arc” then swing my legs and arms around when playing Fifa or Driving games. Also, who wants to sit trying to control a car with nothing in there hands or peddles that don’t exist? Not me lol, I would get arm ache sitting there with both of my arms in front of me for 30 laps etc. I get tired after playing on the wii at my mates after 15 min or more. What a stupid idea Microsoft!

Not to mansion you need a mansion to use the damn thing lol. What if you are 15 years old and still live at home with your parents? You have a box room that is only 8ft by 5 ft and you cant swing a cat in it? Most of the videos show the Natal on a huge screen and with someone who is standing in a studio the size of a football field lol. This lasi applies to Sony’s Arc controller, but at least you have a choice to play the games with or without the remote.

Remember you are also on the screen when you use the Arc, so in theory its like the Natal but you see yourself. Also you have a more accurate motion system then just a camera that sees the outline of your body. What if you like to wear baggy trousers or clothes in general. lol.

I don’t think both will be successful, but I do believe the “Arc” will be more appealing to gamers who have already experienced what the wii already offers.

Sony and Microsoft have a lot to prove, but I would say Sony will be on top for consistency and originality when it comes to the gamer rather then the technology.

Until we see what games will be available for these peripherals, and how well they perform, there’s no point of saying which technology is better or more evolutionary. Do you buy it for its technical specs, or for the games available for it?

I have yet to see any videos of the Natal showing me a game or something that I would actually want to pay money to do/play. Yes, there may be a lot of potential for Natal, but talk is cheap. I’d say there are many more questions surrounding Natal, and many more doubts. Think about it. The only knock there is on the PS3 Arc is that it’s too similar to the Wii, but at least it works right? On the other hand, who knows what will happen with Natal. I won’t keep my hopes up though.

Look for a lot of shovelware to arrive on both. Motion controls imho are only good for parties with multiplayer (think Wii). Single player motion control, especially full body control is just ridiculous.

Natal on the other hand looks completely different as it doesn’t involve using anything other than your imagination and body. It looks, from the demos, way far ahead of anything else.
Pricing of the unit is completely unknown, if it’s too high then no way would anyone bother.

Accuracy wise, after e3 some journalists said that they had tried burnout using natal and accelerating was done by pushing your foot down like you would on a pedal, if so that’s accurate enough don’t you think?

Even with all above said however, I really don’t want motion tech to be the controllers of the future, if it ended up that way I’d just give up on gaming. I hate the wii, and I hated using the six axis. The wii is like a novelty toy and I just don’t have time for crap like motion tech. I wanna chill with a pint, sit back play some FIFA not jump about kicking my legs about, screw that

1) not necessary for all playstation games. its a controller, but expect an “accessory” price tag
2) It seems like they invested a lot of time, money, and effort into this as opposed to the psp go- which is selling for an outrageous price.

A lot of people compare it to the wiimote. You have to ask yourself, what kind of technology are you buying for 40 dollars versus “whatever price this new controller is”. If its so much more impressive than the wiimote for using position tracking rather than just the playstation eye of course that technology would be more accurate, but its going to cost you.

As for microsoft: their systems are still failing, and those were major purchases. Who could trust them now? Looking back the original Xbox had the red ring issues, then the xbox360, and now this. If this “accessory” hits the stores with an affordable price, that’s a yellow flag.

You get the idea. The argument about mm and sub pixel accuracy is moot, in the same way that graphics engine pixels have been moot for PS3 and XBOX360 vs. the Wii.

Simplicity reigns supreme for the casual gamer: if you can play games without having to worry about cords, cables, batteries for a controller–thats what sells.

The PS3 motion controller is interesting but the initial impression is of a better version of the Wii controller, not something Evolutionary.

Project Natal, if it works, is easy to set up, and is the right price point may be that next step.