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Project Natal Is Gonna Be Priced Like a Console

How much is Project Natal going to cost? Microsoft's still working it out, but Robbie Bach says at the very green roundtable I'm sitting at that it'll follow a price curve "like anything else,".

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KingKionic 5371d ago

Microsoft doesn't even have to price it high .I mean they really dont.

"but Robbie Bach says at the very green roundtable I'm sitting at that it'll follow a price curve "like anything else "

Thats not good at all . Overpricing Natal and it isn't out yet.

Sigh...

Godmars2905371d ago

They didn't have to overprice HDDs and wireless adapters, but they did.

KingKionic 5371d ago

Yeah ...but this is different .

Microsoft has the software for Natal and the cameras there using cost nothing .

I hope this was referring to the motion controllers and not a console .

BulletToothtony5371d ago

and you think that a usb adapter costs $100? you can get a wireless g usb adapter for under $10 and wireless N for under $20 so why charge $100

A 250gb hdd costs around $40 so i dunno why MS charges so much for add-on they just do..

Mc Fadge5371d ago

They can charge as much as they want because there's no competition

KingKionic 5371d ago

No. I didn't say that .

I said "but thats different " meaning it`s not going to change .

The way Microsoft prices there add ons . But for Natal it wouldn't be smart to price it at a high price .

badz1495371d ago

the 1st time you turn it on, it shows "SUCKERS"!

potenquatro5371d ago

They don't have to, and I hope they don't. But I wouldn't be surprised if they did. If they do price it high however, will it be very succesful?

slayorofgods5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

I can't help but think that Natal will be about as successful at securing casual gamers for Microsoft as their paying for jrpg's was for securing the Japanese market.

I can see hard core gamers, most notably the xbox 360 supporters, being excited for Natal but I do not see it's release expanding Microsoft demographics much at all.

From a price point of view, casual gamers are going to think that Natal is an over developed attempt at copying the already successful Wii. Only the hardcore technology guru's are going to see the effort Microsoft put into on improving what Nintendo invented.

To be perfectly honest though, it annoys me when either Sony or Microsoft attempt to dip into someone's market. Nintendo has the causal market, Microsoft has the FPS market (why else would such a great game in KZ2 sell so little?) and Sony has the jrpg market. That's just how it is. So, Natal and even Sony's version of Natal are both bad ideas that are just taking away from the games that we, the fan base, want to play.

morganfell5371d ago

Look, I know this car was made in 1975 but it has NEW SEATS!

NEW SEATS! I SAID!

Don't you understand how much that improves the ride?

starvinbull5371d ago

To be fair to M$ if it works like it's meant to then $150 isn't too much in my book.

The tech is a serious development even outside of games.

I don't really want to play the next Killzone or Pixel Junk with it but it is very impressive from an overall point of view even if not from a gaming point of view.

$150 is about right in my opinion.

vhero5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

PSEYE does exactly the same and only costs £20/$30 but this is MS they will rip off there customers its what they do and you lapdogs will buy it up like drugs because that's what you do.

Blaster_Master5370d ago

I just sold my 360 because of lack of quality 1st party titles. Ill be damned if Microsoft thinks Im gonna buy a 360 plus a 200 dollar natal when they dont even support their system with regular quality content. I think Natal is just more smoke and mirrors if you ask me.

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Godmars2905371d ago

If they expect it to meet the hype they're generating, its going to have to be $40-$50. I suspect $80, but at that its going to be a hard sell to casual gamers. Even with the likely high-profile ad campaign and bundle deals.

renegade5371d ago

I expect like PSeye price or less

Godmars2905371d ago

The thing is at least three time the size as a PSeye. As wide as the 360. Don't think they wont milk those factors for a higher price tag. Just wonder if they have the brains not to.

Mc Fadge5371d ago

Can you show any images with that size?

Gabe EatsWell5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

Priced like a console and play with thin air.
-Project Fecal

Bill Gates5371d ago

They're about to fall for yet another gimmick that M$ is about to throw at them.....AAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

They should rename this project, Project Dumbass....AHAHAHAHAHAHA

This sh!t's going to FAIL harder than the BABOONS themselves....AHAHAHAHAHA

xcox5371d ago

i was thinking "project Anal"... after all, it seems obvious now that this is the core focus of their strategy xD

how to screw millions of gamers and squeeze every $ out of their stupid ass with full submission and media support: mission accomplished!

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Deeeeznuuuts11h ago

It's gotta be Far Cry 2 for me, the feeling of that game I'm still yet to find again, just everything about it, I'd kill for a remaster, I'd even be happy with just a bump in resolution and frame rate, occasionally go back to it, think I'm gunna have to do just that now 😂

porkChop11h ago

A remaster of Far Cry 2 would be amazing, especially with the mods that fixed the broken stealth system and the dumb checkpoint respawns. Include those fixes and it would be a huge upgrade over the original.

JEECE10h ago

Enemies respawn in Far Cry 2? Terrible! It's a broken system! Make me a one-man army who can inexplicably hold an entire region!

Enemies respawn in Dark Souls and Zelda? Brilliant! So much more hardcore! Glad the devs took risks!

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The problem isn't them respawning. It's that they respawned after just 5 minutes. Like you'd still be in the area looking for diamonds, loot, exploring, etc, and the enemies would just respawn with you there.

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RDR 1 was a great game, but the lack of screen time for some characters, boring horse riding, and lack of mission variety takes away the fun at times.

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jambola1d 15h ago

Yeah
It's as good as you remember
Feels like one of those "10 HARSH realities of Re-watching" articles

just_looken1d 6h ago

I love how it seems a extreme few remember that red dead redemption is red dead revolver 2.

red dead revolver now that is rough red dead redemption for its time was groundbreaking and it still has way better cover system/dlc/mp content then red dead 2.

I remember all the bugs the game had day one like donkey lady so dam funny

Cacabunga23h ago

RDR1 is a legendary game!!!

Really how to cope with a slow news day…

just_looken21h ago

@caca

I know i said that

Oh boy let me guess no one here knows what red dead revolver is

Or you all never played version 1.0 of rdr 1 i bet its that so many on here have the stench of being in gaming for 10 years at most.

Cacabunga20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Stop pretending being superior in knowledge to everyone else..

The article title is about RDR1 and the thumbnail also confirma that. No one (at least i dont) care about what you say about RDRev.

You are the only one who spoke off topic abt another game.
If it makes you glad that you are the only one who knows what RDRev is then congratulations.. just pathetic

“ red dead revolver now that is rough red dead redemption for its time was groundbreaking and it still has way better cover system/dlc/mp content then red dead 2.”

Oh and thanks for the laugh ..

jznrpg15h ago

They didn’t name it Red Dead Revolver 2. They named it Red Dead Redemption

neutralgamer199214h ago

Looken

It was made by Capcom until they gave up and R* bought the IP. Hopefully one day we get a complete remake of the original to bring it in line with rest of the series along with other quality if life features. Another great is Gun very under rated

On topic:

If we are going to compare RDR to current generation games then we will surly find some stuff that's lacking but for it's time it was a masterpiece and for me it's one of the best games I have ever played. I hope it ends up on Pc where nodding community can take full advantage and make the game even better. Other than that's no it's not overrated at all. We don't even get that many western games and it's to me the best one (yes better then RDR2)

jeromeface10h ago

is also so damn funny how no one agrees with you

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shinoff21831d 14h ago

Junk article. Game was dope and still is. The swimming part sucks though.

just_looken1d 6h ago

It does but the game was made originally for ps2 back after san andreas so for the dev window and timeline it makes sense.

just_looken21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

red dead revolver was back in 2004
https://www.gamesradar.com/...

after this they were making gta iv and a squeal that became read dead redemption

But you all will hate this because facts are scary

"Red Dead [Redemption] has been in production for six years (mainly because of horrible management/lack of direction due to fear of disrespecting Rockstar NY) and it will never get the money back in sales it cost to create for those six years," claimed another source.

From a 2010 article hmm what is 2010 - 6 hmmm

https://www.engadget.com/20...

The swimming in red dead one made sense for the time period and dev hell it was in

Again though it seems alot on here have 0 game knowledge before 2018.

jambola14h ago

Nobody asked about or mentioned revolver
Why are you bringing it up in every reply?

shinoff218312h ago(Edited 12h ago)

Just looken

I could agree with you about the swimming part but I was swimming my ass off in San Andreas which pre dates

Either way it's not a deal breaker and the game was dope af

-Foxtrot23h ago

I liked it a bit better because I didn’t think it had many “small nitpicky” things RDR2 had that on its own meant nothing but when a lot built up it was annoying. For example getting off your horse and you had to reselect your weapons again or walking around the camp slowly. None issues but built up with others sometimes it was a little frustrating at times.

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i love the artstyle and how they didnt shy away from their imagery

but symphony of the night is also superb

DarXyde1d 19h ago

SotN and Blasphemous are phenomenal.

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GBA Metroids and Castlevanias are up there with anything else imho.

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Catlevanias GBA and DS games are the best! But there others that I like a lot such as Hollow Knight, Chasm etc

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As much as I want Silksong, adding it to the BEST is a little premature. It's not even out yet.

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this article seems like it was written by an artificial intelligence.