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    Image of brass2themax brass2themax
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    I think this can turn out to be highly successful if they manage to pull out some decent games they give you the *option* to use the motion controller or the *option* to use a regular controller. I forsee a few problems with Natal though, since there is virtually no way you can avoid having to get up off the couch to play a game using the motion control capabilities. At least with the PS3, you're holding something that you could use from the couch, if you really wanted to. I guess you can also play Natal while sitting on the couch, but it would probably think you're a very short person. I remain skeptical about the idea of just using a camera, and a camera alone for tracking. There should always be some sort of peripheral for a game of which you are holding. Natal would be great without holding anything as a wireless means of navigating a menu system, but that's all I see going for it without a lot of high risk endeavors.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    Of course they're going to try this route. When you release on a Nintendo console you're fighting an uphill battle against arguably the biggest casual game company out there with the biggest name recognition; with the Xbox Camera or PS3 Vibrator your family-friendly competition are a bunch of pinatas and sack dolls, neither of which have nearly as much fame as a bunch of bearded plumbers. The sales potential of both peripherals are still an unknown, but there's really nothing to lose here by being first out the gate.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    Oh goody, another 15 games ending with z to take up shelf space.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    ugh... I just imagined Ubisoft releasing an eye pet style variant of imagine babyz with a digital foetus crawling about on your coffee table.

    I was just a little bit sick in my mouth.
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    Looks like Ubisoft really wants to be the first to release HD versions of Carnival Games.
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    Image of the-hypnotoad the-hypnotoad
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    Glad to see Ubisoft hasn't learned from their softer than expected sales of the motion-controlled shovelware they make.

    "Doctor, it hurts when I do this (releases Babyz Party Island)"

    Doctor: "Well, don't do that."
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
    Because motion controls has been so profitable for them...
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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    I always knew that Microsoft was treating Natal as a product introduction. It is far bigger than any of us know; in fact what we will be paying for is a beta version that they are hoping to apply to the bigger computing world once we have helped to usher in this new technology as "early adopters".
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    Image of Nside Nside
    12/01/09

    @Spoony Bard: I doubt MS would charge much for this new trinket. In order to make it accessible to the target demographic (casual gamers) they will need to make it affordable, at least the hardware part of it. They'll likely make up for losses on the hardware by selling churned-out casual games at $60 a pop...
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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    12/01/09

    @Nside: No, they won't charge a huge amount. In essence we are the guinea pigs for this technology. That's how I see it.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    I smell a Photoshop Conte—

    Wait a minutes! This ain't Gizmodo! ;)
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/30/09

    @(Starman) Starman: Which is a shame. This place could do with one.
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    11/30/09


    @deanbmmv: Not with evil Crecente and the Kotaku Midnite Crew around! Pew pew! ;P
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    Theres still a long long ways to go. However, I suppose you have to start somewhere where you can get deep market penetration. A console is a good start.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    If you think about it. Motion control hasn't really been perfected yet. Only a few Wii games really work that accurately and even they can have problems.

    Tony Hawk Ride is a good example of how the industry is jumping the gun, with this whole Motion control thing. I actually think Motion control is a step backwards. We're taking something that's easy and relaxing and turning into physical work.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    Is he kidding? I'm not going to put a live mic and camera always-on in my home! We have already heard admissions that in the UK and the US, basically any electronic communication is intercepted and archived. To assume they'd spy on us through ubiquitous cameras on every PC would be... crazy... as crazy as the current state of things is now.

    Even assuming no government or corporate spies cared to watch you, there have been over a decade of trojans that will let the controller watch you through a webcam or listen through a mic if they are attached. That is probably why we eventually started seeing more webcams with activity lights on the front of them - to tell when the device is active.

    To use a system like this for control, it would have to be a standalone unit without storage media, or network connectivity beyond sending command signals to the computer.
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    11/30/09

    @fuchikoma: Just wear a tin-foil pirates hat with lead eye patch.

    They'll jam all attempts from the NSA super satellites connected to an AI core to eavesdrop on you.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/30/09

    @Yossarian:
    It sounds crazy because it is, but that doesn't make it less true... this looks like a lot of links, but it's about 30 seconds' Googling. :/

    [www.privacydigest.com]
    [en.wikipedia.org]
    [homelandsecuritynewswire.com]
    [www.scmagazineuk.com]
    [news.zdnet.co.uk]
    []
    [www.timesonline.co.uk]
    homelandsecuritynewswire.com/nsa-may-offer-billions-solution-allowing-eavesdropping-skype
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    Image of Baconrath Baconrath
    11/30/09

    @Yossarian:
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    Image of Placentasaurus Placentasaurus
    11/30/09

    @fuchikoma: This is what is known as doubleplus ungood.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/30/09

    @Placentasaurus: Is that a plush boar hat in your avatar? Awesome...

    @Baconrath: "You're crazy!" :p
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    Image of Terrorsaur - Five Six Terrorsaur - Five Six
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    So what happens when this gets integrated into our daily lives and I BSOD?

    shiiiiiiii-----
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    Image of R_Shackelford R_Shackelford
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    Oh yes, the wonderful Gates Foundation... they want to give vaccines to the third world because they looooooooooooove them.

    They want to make genetically engineered mosquitoes to deliver vaccines because they loooooooooooooove them.
    [afp.google.com]

    Please, Gates... take your "philanthropy" and stuff it.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: The dude has one of the largest philanthropic organisations ever.
    I don't think it would really be beneficial to tell him to scrap it. What else is he going to do with all that cash.
    He could buy several luxury yuaghts and such, but that'd just be selfish.
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    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: Yeah! Damn Gates for caring! Damn him to hell! It's not right that he uses his well earned money to help the third world, even if it means using his know-how and connections to do so!

    Damn that philanthropist and his warm heart!
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    Image of Scorpi Scorpi
    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: I think you are underestimating something:

    HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO HAVE MOSQUITOES INJECT VACCINES. How is that not cool. I hadn't even heard of it until you put the link there - now I'm going to go out and donate all my money towards this.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: Wow. That's a shitty attitude

    I sure hope you've done your part in saving at least 100 orphans for the day. Otherwise, all you are is just one more meaningless commenter on the internet, while Gates is actually out there doing things to benefit the world.

    So, what have you done lately that's so great? We'll love to hear it.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: He's giving away an OS called "Life" for free to people in need.

    I would think that the free operation of humanity would be something that Linux fanboys would get behind.
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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    11/30/09

    @R_Shackelford: The fuck? Christ, people will find ANYTHING to bitch about, won't they.
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    Image of jwells001 jwells001
    11/30/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666:
    I'll do something great for the world as soon as I make my first $100 million...
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/30/09

    @jwells001: What? You think Gates just fell upon his millions? That his success is the result of luck or happenstance? No, the fact of the matter is that he made his money and he is using that money to help people, which is more than could be said for the people here who bemoan his efforts as not being entirely altruistic.

    You don't need $100 million to do something great for the world. In fact, all you have to do is get off Kotaku and go out and volunteer. If not that, then don't complain and don't tell someone who is doing more for the world than you to "stuff it." If you're complaining that it's easy for him to be a philanthropist because he has that money, you may be right, but that doesn't mean you can't start now.

    To be downplaying the work he has done is not only hypocritical but idiotic.
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    Image of R_Shackelford R_Shackelford
    11/30/09

    Remember, Bill Gates LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES you!
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    11/30/09

    In reply to Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
    Honestly I think we're going in the opposite direction of Natal and Minority Report and more to a Ghost in the Shell world. Instead of everything out, everything will go in.

    After all, if you want an accurate time line and life of the net, Ghost in the Shell from the manga to now has been pretty scarily accurate from events outside of the net and computing to events related to the net and computing.

    As prosthetic and prominence of the internet advances the Ghost in the Shell style world becomes far more likely than just about any other.
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    11/30/09

    @Black-Dog-Howls:
    It's hard to believe the original series started in 1989 isn't it? Now just as predicted we have neuron cultures interfacing with chips and controlling machines like fighter jet simulators...
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    11/30/09

    @Black-Dog-Howls: Many people overlook GITS' sheer amount of technological prophesizing and think of the series as just another great action sci-fi but there's so much that Masamune and Oshii fit into the world that really does show a window into a very possible technological future.
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    Image of pokerkick pokerkick
    11/30/09

    @-MasterDex-: i like how technology changes the world, but it mostly looks the same.. .no ridiculously fantastic buildings, and a lot of old slums that'll slowly be absorbed into newer buildings,.

    but i figure this is why im going to architecture school
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    11/30/09

    @-MasterDex-: Honestly, more than anything, the politics of Stand Alone Complex are the scariest and hopefully completely wrong otherwise the nukes are dropping in 2018 after the world economy completely crashes revitalized through cybernetic enhancements and nuclear scrubbers.
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    11/30/09

    @Black-Dog-Howls: Let's get past 2012 first before we worry about 2018 :P
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    11/30/09

    @-MasterDex-: 2012 doomsday is a myth perpetuated by History Channel in the same way that Valentines is a Hallmark produced lie.
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