Natal the best thing since the TV remote, Xbox Live’s GM says |
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| BY Jason Townsend-Rogers Nov. 29th, 2009 | More on: |
The unveiling of Project Natal to the masses has resulted in it receiving a great deal of pre-release hype, especially from Time Magazine. However, it has yet to be determined whether or not this hype will translate into strong sales for the product.
Marc Whitten, the general manager of Xbox Live, thinks differently; while speaking at the Streaming Media West Trade Show, he made it clear that he thinks that Natal will turn out so successful that it will even end up replacing the television remote. “With the flick of my wrist I can change a channel. With the power of my voice I can start a movie,” he says.
“I believe that this will be the largest leap of TV experience since the remote control.”
December 1st, 2009
at 11:26 am
Yeah that sounds great /sarcasim
why would i want to use my thumb to start a movie or change the channel when i can use my whole arm? takes way more energy to use one finger than an entire extremedy.
this is going to be a fad and a failure. people will jump on it super early and get it to see why all the hype which will lead to big sales at time of realease and then it will fizzle out. now im not saying this is going to be like the eyetoy because it will do better but when the eyetoy first came out peole bought it to see what it was all about now there is no support for it.
December 1st, 2009
at 11:57 am
Don’t forget that you first have to locate and pick up the remote..