Steve Ballmer gives us a Hint of Natal & XBOX 360 bundles
One of Microsoft’s top people, Steve Ballmer has hinted that Natal will probably come in as a 360 bundle. If you don’t what Natal is well it’s basically Microsoft’s competitor to the Nintendo Wii, and the PS3 eye camera motion technology. Where Natal separates itself is that no controller or gamepad will be used and if used it will be for very few things unlike the Wii and Playstation 3.
“for that big screen device here’s a piece of hardware that we build, there’s no diversity. You get exactly the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more form factors in the future that are designed for various price points and options, but we think it’s going to [be] important.
“And when you see this Natal camera that comes with the Xbox this Christmas, I think what you’ll wind up saying is I’m glad they’re doing some hardware, too, because it permits a different kind of innovation, and we want to have both of those muscles working on behalf of you the user and the developer”
[Gearlog]
