THQ planning big for Natal, but waiting for install base to grow

I don't blame them for not wanting to drop 40 million dollars, but if ALL the dev studios feel this way, Natal won't get off the ground. Someone is going to have to take a big risk.

Pity Microsoft shuttered first-party development, eh?

How can you plan big but wait... that makes no sense if you're SERIOUS. If THQ isn't serious, that means there's no plan besides what they thought of in their collective heads. Why? Because anything else costs money.

Natal control patch for Bayonetta? ;)

Sega needs to revive Propeller Arena, though not necessarily for Natal.

I hope for the life of me they aren't planning a WWE Natal game, it was bad enough thrashing around on Wii, I got through 2 matches before it got old, let alone an entire career mode season ¬_¬

Will not work. Think outside the box, please don't go for the obvious, that just turns off fans.

If any game was going to convince me to buy Natal, it would have been Halo Reach, but apparently its not, I'm guessing thats because it would be restricted by Natal, and thats probably the same issue most popular games will have. If that becomes the case, I'm not interested, however, if its for some other reason that Reach doesnt have it, then maybe, just maybe I might reconsider.

Not if they are stuck in the same mentality that if they make a carnival game with better graphics it will sell

Pfft, who cares about Natal, I want my Space Marine game already, THQ!

OMG. TONY HAWKE RIDE EXCEPT WITHOUT THE SKATEBOARD. HOW GOOD WOULD THAT BE?

Not only will it not be able to function very well, but now it'll be even MORE inaccurate as Natal isn't 1:1!!!!

Think of how jealous your friends will be when your skateboard results in even more hilarious moments as you try to skate around only to fail miserably when Natal fails to even pick up that you're moving your feet!

So basically we'll never see this game... Taking the fact that it will be about 1 year before we know if natal will have a sizable install base or not. Then they'll green light the game, and it'll be another 2 years in development. So the soonest we'd see this game is 3 years after Natal is released. By then what ever idea Bilson dreamed up will be "old hat", or a bad idea.

Not to mention that any original IP published by THQ will sell less than expected despite its quality.

I really don't give this generation more than 2 years.. So I doubt THQ will develop it for this gen.

2012 all 3 consoles will release next gen, I have no doubt about this.. By next gen you will have natal 2.0 which will be good, for the xbox next pre-bundled.

Sony will have stereoscopic cameras that basically do the same as natal. Nintendo also possibly will have the same tech

All 3 consoles will have 3d support and processing power will at least double..
This sort of tech with 3d would be good I think. I think completely controller-less makes no sense Microsoft will also realise this and also release a ps move / wii mote equivalent.. Basically both technologies will completely merge to give accurate 1:1 hand and body tracking with very precise hand tracking which is the most important thing.


Then you will see THQ take the risk and build this game, it would be able to be ported to more than just 1 platform so the risk is mitigated for the publishers.

This is the exact reason why I think Sony will win big with Move, by having a platform similar to the wii, it mitigates risk for publishers they have 2 platforms to target not just one. They should have released the move last year though they have taken too long to release it.