[KillerGremlin]

Natal puts developers in a weird position. Do we develop for Natal and alienate the non-Natal people, or do we just stick with the 360. Microsoft depends on 3rd party, and it seems odd to release something that will divide the console base, especially at the end of the console's run. I think Natal at the very least has to be part of the next Microsoft console, but I'd like to think it plays a larger role in the future Microsoft console than it would on the 360. Mind you the thing isn't supposed to come out till 2010 at the earliest, so who is to say Microsoft doesn't unveil a new console next year or something?

Right now a lot of speculation is basically, "Natal is a Wii-competitor" and "They should release it first to see if it actually works."

I'm just gonna call bullshit on that second point. Natal better be fucking perfect when it comes out or it is going to fail. That is the end of the story. If it is buggy it will fail. Nintendo gets points for testing the hell out of the Wii and making sure it worked and worked well.

I agree that Natal is a Wii-competetor though. That much is true. But if you're competing with Wii I think you would practice smarter business than just throwing an add on to the 360. And this argument becomes incredibly suspect because Natal was the highlight of the Microsoft Press Confrence. If it wasn't such a big deal they would have only showed it for 5 minutes like the Sony Anal Wand. I think Sony maybe came up with a peripheral in an attempt to compete with the Wii, but I think Microsoft is looking to do bigger and better things.