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Echoing previous predictions by MCV, US games analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Microsoft’s Natal will retail for between $50-$80 when it goes on sale worldwide this Christmas. MCV revealed last November that Microsoft is intending to sell Natal for under 50 in the UK, with some sources predicted that …
Read More »Wii price cut needed immediately, analyst claims
Despite the last Wii price cut arriving as recently as last September, one analyst has claimed that nintendo needs to drastically reduce Wii’s RRP as soon as possible or else face market share erosions at the hands of Microsoft’s Natal and Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller. Nintendo built the majority of …
Read More »More from Natal at Gamefest 2010
Microsoft's developer conference to lift the veil on Xbox 360's high profile device
Read More »Microsoft X10 event coming February
Microsoft has announced that it will host an X event in San Francisco next month. X10 is set to take place at the Terra Event Center and will last four hours. Games and hardware set to be on show includes Alan Wake, Splinter Cell, Halo Reach, Natal and Fable III. …
Read More »Devs divided on Natals prospects
This week’s Develop Jury Service has seen conflicting views from the development community, with both praise and concerns expressed on the potential of Natal. And while the praise was glowing, with some developers claiming that Natal will create new genres, others remain confused on what to expect from the motion- …
Read More »â??Natal should bring entirely new genres to gamesâ??
Developer trio backs Microsoftâ??s controllerless peripheral
Read More »Developers divided on Natalâ??s prospects
While some studios see it as a game changer, others call Natal a risk
Read More »Is Natal just another Wii? Have your say
This weekâ??s Jury Service turns to future Natal software
Read More »70-80% of publishers working on Natal
Though its recent airing at CES had little in the way of new Natal software to show off, Microsoft estimates that three quarters of the world’s developers are currently working on games for Natal. Part of the reason we showed Natal at E3 – which is actually a little bit …
Read More »Natal and Wand to reach beyond Wii
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has claimed that the upcoming Xbox 360 Natal and PS3 Motion Controller will reach audiences left untouched by the Nintendo Wii. "The new controllers from Sony and Microsoft will allow two things," he told MCV. "They will …
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