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E3 Prediction: Natal To "Borrow" Subcontroller From Move

Thinking about how E3 will play out, I've got a hunch. When you start digging into Natal, or whatever it's soon to be called, the major problem with the vaunted controller-less controller is just that. No buttons.

My prediction is that at E3, Microsoft will introduce a similar buttoned one-handed controller, or a set of controllers to remedy the issue. I'm not sure if it will include any motion tracking the way Sony's Move wand does, but I can't see Natal going very far without buttons. However, instead of assuming Microsoft is filled with fools and it is written by the gods that Microsoft can never do anything right, I'm going with Microsoft biting the inappropriate appropriations bullet and stomaching whatever sniping the fanboys have for the theft.

Tomdc5806d ago

if thats the case move and natal will be so similar specially with that fighting game footage where hip hop gamer wasn't using controllers, showing games can function with PS eye like they will with natal

sxpacks5806d ago

I don't think so. They've been tooting their No controller horn for a long time now.

If they do demo something, it would be the object scanning thing that they have been showing in their trailer

-Alpha5806d ago

This is exactly what I was thinking, the same exact damn thing.

It's interesting to note that maybe Move can work WITH Natal! Since Natal scans real life objects. I doubt it's that precise but it'd be funny as hell if it happens.

Odion5806d ago

Except that it would really be borrowing from Nintendo, since the whole motion stick and Nunchuk was theirs far before it was Sony's

thor5805d ago

It's funny to see them fight it out over overpriced peripherals that don't quite work right, whilst Nintendo is still raking in the $$$$$. If they think they're going to garner anywhere near the same success as the Wii, they've got another think coming.

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