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.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
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
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
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.
Except that it would really be borrowing from Nintendo, since the whole motion stick and Nunchuk was theirs far before it was Sony's