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Nintendo didn't want Project Natal?DVDBack23 @ Jan 28, 2010 02:57 | 10 comments
The technology was demoed by Israel-based 3DV Systems in 2007, but Iwata and other executives declined to accept it as a Wii peripheral.
"Iwata-san only ever invests in something he can guarantee will work for a Nintendo audience," says an unnamed "top" executive, via CVG. "3DV showed off a camera that detected motion in 3D, and had voice recognition - but Iwata-San was unconvinced he could sell it at a Nintendo price point. He also had some worries around latency during gameplay."
Despite agreeing that Microsoft has improved on some aspects of the technology since it purchased 3DV last year, the exec adds: "What we witnessed at E3 was smaller and the facial [reading] stuff had improved, but it's the same technology. We remain unconvinced Natal will deliver on the more sophisticated elements of what Microsoft is promising at the price they're aiming for." |
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Comment by: KillerBug (Jan 28, 2010 04:04) "He also had some worries around latency during gameplay."
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Comment by: fgamer (Jan 28, 2010 04:29) Of course he's not gonna praise the competition, he wants them to go down. Natal will probably be better than the Wii imo. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jan 28, 2010 07:55) Originally posted by fgamer: I dunno WII motion plus is precise enough but its still a unfinished consenpt IMO. If natal is as precise as the WII was or better than ya it will be a neat lil gadget...but still..... I'll take persion over anything... |
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Comment by: KillerBug (Jan 28, 2010 10:31) Quote:Originally posted by fgamer: Precise? Maybe...but when it comes to response time, the only thing worse than the WiiMote Plus is the orriginal WiiMote. |
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Comment by: Amak (Jan 28, 2010 10:51) "Iwata-san only ever invests in something he can guarantee will work for a Nintendo audience,"
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Comment by: KSib (Jan 28, 2010 15:08) Quote: 100% agree with you. The response time is ridiculously slow. The only FPS I could play on the Wii without feeling like I was severely handicapped was Metroid Prime. |
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Comment by: TBandit (Jan 28, 2010 17:03) I don't think it's the fact that he doesn't want to help the competition but if he doesn't see it fit to make money off of why would he buy into it. I don't think the Wii has as much potential to use Natal to it fullest. |
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Comment by: NINVIN21 (Jan 28, 2010 17:10) The idea of Wii came from the PS2's eye toy. |
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Comment by: Altus580 (Jan 29, 2010 03:06) The wii came straight from the xaix (i think that's how it's spelled, pronounced za-vix). My wifes dad is a manager at radio shack and we had one years before the wii - all motion censored games. |
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