Natal's name revealed

[DividedUnity]

I liked natal better. It sounded a bit more sophisticated than wave.

 

[Shiny Rabbit]

I thaught it looked cool at E3, not like, "OH MY GOD I MUST HAVE THAT" but nonetheless...

Still, I probably wouldn't buy one unless every game I want starts requiring it.

 

[CrashBang]

*sigh* I understand why they're doing this, so that they can try and steal the casual market from Nintendo, but when they make sooooo much money from Live and being ahead in the 'hardcore gaming' race, doesn't this just seem a tad greedy?

 

[CheckD3]

Why do developers do this? Instead of the Nintendo Revolution, they called it the Wii...really?

Now Natal becomes the Wave, what's with developers coming up with cool names and replacing them with shit ones?

 

[Resurrectionist]

The Wave
The Move
2 letters difference.
Innovation!

[sub]Avatar for the occasion.[/sub]

 

[Gasaraki]

What the hell? Natal was much better!
First they make it overpriced, then they give it a horrible name? It's like they're trying to make it fail

 

[Weaver]

Wow, it sure is expensive for two cameras on a stick.
Obviously the cost is in software.

 

[joshthor]

microsofts stock after this is released:

The stocks of both Microsoft and Sony have gone up on the news of their new motion control devices. Unlike hardcore gamers, the stock market loves the idea of motion controls. Of course, if they don't sell well all that love will turn sour pretty quick.

hence why i said AFTER it is released

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

well I will wait until it is out, if it seems good I will buy it, personally I am looking forward to it quite a bit to be honest however, I am interested in what new options it will provide gamers with.

I don't understand this whole trend of declaring something shit before you have even had the chance to use it, I mean if I started mouthing off about how "Half life Episode 3 is going to suck!!!111! lololol" Then no doubt you guys would tear me apart limb from limb... metaphorically speaking of course

cant people enjoy gaming anymore?

Of course not. It's motion controls, so we are obligated to hate it automatically. If we don't do that we cannot call ourself hardcore gamers. Why bother playing games at all if we aren't seen as hardcore gamers!

But yeah, I think it's kinda stupid how so many gamers dismiss the Na... Wave without even knowing how it will be implemented in games. This isn't a substitute for the normal controllers, seeing how it uses cameras to map your movement. Which means it can be used together with normal controllers. I am looking forward to see how the industry takes advantage of that, and that is the one thing which decides if I will buy this or not. If that is the price it will have to be used very well for me to buy it, seeing how money is a big issue these days.

I hope they manage to implement it in a great way, for casual and "hardcore" gamers. Would be great seeing all the negative people having to admit they where wrong.

(I am also a proud owner of the Wii. It is great fun, even though the motion controls are finicky in some games.)

 

[Gigaguy64]

So we have the Playstation Move and the Xbox Wave.

Calumon: To mention the Nintendo Wii! ^^

[sub]The Oldest of old jokes.[/sub]

So move, wave, then pee?

I GET IT NOW, THEY PLANNED THIS!

Thank you for ensuring that from now on whenever i play my Wii, i will hear that over and over again in my head....

 

[Luke5515]

Reminds me of when we found out that the Revolution would be called the 'Wii'
Why won't people just keep the code names that they've put out already?

 

[Sougo]

Why not just call it Microsoft Mouse-trap?

 

[Atmos Duality]

*sigh* I understand why they're doing this, so that they can try and steal the casual market from Nintendo, but when they make sooooo much money from Live and being ahead in the 'hardcore gaming' race, doesn't this just seem a tad greedy?

Greed for them is just business as usual.
It should be amusing to watch the market deviate from a hundred clone-shooters every year to a hundred copy-waggle games each year.

 

[esperandote]

Like Google Wave?

If they wanted to do something like Mario-Wario they should have named it Wove (For Sony's Move).

 

[mr.aravaro]

I can't think of a blander name then wave, but it's not like I'm going to buy it anyway.

 

[AMMO Kid]

Well I wasn't doing to buy it anyway so this just gives me another reason not to like it

 

[theamazingbean]

Is anyone else in favor of burning every ad agency to the ground and passing a law requiring all products to be named with serial numbers?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

They could call it 'Super Ultra Mega Best Thing Ever' and I still wouldn't buy it.

 

[Resurrectionist]

Is anyone else in favor of burning every ad agency to the ground and passing a law requiring all products to be named with serial numbers?

Second that.