Source; UK MCV
The UK MCV website posted today that they have caught some leaked information on the long-awaited hardware extension for the XBox 360, called Project Natal by the developers of the device.
Appearently their sources say that Microsoft has settled a release date which is a year from now, sometime in November 2010, and it will be a worldwide release, so no one feels left out.
The article also mentions that Microsoft has now shared technical details and information to game developers, so they can prepare games that works with the device.
Microsoft plans are to make 5 million units for the worldwide launch, with a price of 50$ for a unit – which is a significant lower price than people all over the internet has been guessing. Let’s just hope that this guess is a fact and not just a rumor. If the price is this, I will definitely pre-order one.
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Ill only buy it if i have to… you know to unlock achievements. otherwise forget it, im lazy =)
There’s a highly risk that there will be achievements, tha tonly can be unlocked with Natal – look at Burnout Paradise mugshots achievements. You need a cam for that. Glad I found it for 20 pounds in Gamestop.
I admit it would be nice if Natal could let us get those kind of vision camera achievements, but I just get the feeling Microsoft won’t support it.
That is a much more workable kind of price though. Not much more expensive than the Vision camera when it was first launched, too.
I can’t see why MS not would make Natal combatible with Vision Camera achievements. Though, you might be right, when we’re looking at the prices for a new cam, even now, years after they released it. Monopoly at it’s best.
I sincerely hope Natal won’t be too expensive.
Glad I hunted down a used cam. It’s like new anyways…