New Project Natal From Microsoft Coming 2010 and Cheap
Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal add-on for the Xbox 360 is one of the most exciting and interesting new gaming peripherals to be announced in some time. So of course, news that it might just be cheaper than previously thought gets us excited.
Currently, the news from MCV states that Project Natal is coming in November 2010 and will ship 5 million units in its initial batch, which includes 14 games and a super-low price of £50.
Sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera will be released worldwide in November 2010. All these details have emerged from a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios.
One publishing source says Microsoft is “trying to get as close as possible to ‘impulse buy’”. Another even says the camera could even retail for just £30.
Activision, Bethesda, Capcom, Disney, EA, Konami, MTV, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft all committed to make games for the device in an announcement made at last month’s Tokyo Game Show.
Sony has said it will launch PS3’s motion-sensing wand peripheral – movement of which is tracked by the already-available PlayStation Eye camera – before Microsoft’s kit in spring 2010. However, so far the Japanese firm has kept details of the launch closely under wraps.
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