The Entire forum has been up in arms over the $150 price point. However I think this sounds about right given the added premium for Microsoft products.
Here's a list of peripherals sold for a single game that have sold moderately well
1) Guitar Hero - Game+Guitar = $90
2) Band Hero - Game+peripheral= $160
3) DJ Hero - Game+peripheral- $70
4) Wii Balance Board - Game + peripheral= $100
5) Wii motion Plus - Game + peripheral= $50
So a price of $150 bounces in on the high end, but the marketing so far is similar to the HDD. You don't need it, but your 360 will be much more awesome if you have one.
Price = $100. For $50 more dollars you can play all these games coming down the line for natal. Which doesn't sound unreasonable.
The price seems a tad high, but if the games are compelling enough, I would consider paying $150.
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Such a BS law is this honestly, very poorly thought out and far too broadly applied.
So it's to 'protect children' from harmful content in messages, yet they can continue to play multiplayer regardless, where they will hear worse, they can even hear worse stuff in the street and school playground FFS lol
Well, they can't regulate schoolyard talk or the streets of London, so this is probably the next best thing.
I don't agree with it, though it's exactly the sort of tweak around the edges politicians would make to have it seem like they're doing something.
About as effective as "protecting women's sports" in the US that literally targets 4-5 trans athletes nationally: you *could* do that... But why would you do that.
Both cases are just prudish politics for deeply unserious people.
And I bet when you get your account banned they try and take the access to your digital purchases away
You're on the right track, most people end up spending $150 (or more) on peripherals in the end, whether it's plastic instruments, extra controllers for the family or miscellaneous items (headsets, charging station, wifi adapter etc).
The problem is just the thought of the spending $150 in one go. It doesn't seem an unreasonable amount if you could get enough use out of it, like regularly playing with family and friends.
It's well worth $150 if it can do everything it says it does. However and this is a biggie, Microsoft is going to be willing to take a loss to get this thing implemented into people's homes.
Also, even at $150 everyone in your house can use it. With the Wii and Move, everyone need's their own controllers. Which in the long run would be more expensive then Natal. If the Move is $99 and you want 4 people to play, well do the math. It's much, much more then $150.
Microsoft can afford to take a loss to get their product out their and if this is truly a re-brand then they are expecting to take a loss out of the gate like every company does.
$99-$149 either way is a day one purchase and even better if they release a bundle with a slim 360 as well for $250-$300
If it release at that price it'll flop.
You can buy an entire wii for that. With games if you get one used.
The sad thing about natal is it's not going to do half the stuff people imagine that it will. For patent reasons and such you know.
IE you can't hold any object and use it as a control device. Like a plate for a steering wheel, or your own skateboard as a controller. Sony has that patented.
I personally have no interest in playing a racing game with nothing in my hands. Call me lazy but the amount of coordination required to keep my hands near an imaginary ten and two is too much for me.
Similarly holding an imaginary gun, or using gun fingers, not cool. It could be good if you could hold a stick and use it to shoot things. Maybe it'll be fun for party games, I don't know I'd still want to hold something in my hand when playing a tennis game, or swing something when playing an rpg. The only game I think looked plausible was the soccer thing.
The most exciting uses I see for it are in regards to the interface of the xbox. It would be really handy for watching movies and listening to music as long as random motions I make don't switch tracks. If I reach for a glass of water and fast forward my song or skip a scene in a movie it would be pretty lame.
Well, considering it allows up to 4 people to play is really the reason why it's worth the price, compared to all the other peripherals out there.
Either way, I'm probably not going to buy it.
If natal does what they claim it may be worth it.