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Ubisoft: Natal games development mandatory, Sony's wand not really |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, Project Natal, Ubisoft
It's no surprise that Ubisoft is all ready to jump aboard the motion control developing wagon. What is curious is that between the two new entries in this game control arena, they're more keen on leaning towards Project Natal. So keen in fact that Ubisoft has apparently made Natal development mandatory for ALL of their studios.
According to Ubisoft France CEO Geoffory Sardi,
In Natal, all the studios of Ubisoft have or have had, an SDK. That means we invest heavily on this technology, we also mastered even before Natal is unveiled. Even before Microsoft filed a patent for this technology Natal and recognition of gestures, we had the technology embedded in Ubisoft studios in our R & D. So we had already mastered all this, and we think we have a sizeable lead over the rest of the market. Hence the decision to Yves Guillemot to mandate all the studios to work on this technology since we had development kits from Microsoft.
Whenever there is a new application is our strategy, we want to be the first to have a good learning curve and continue to offer each time the better. Microsoft announced at CES that will be released in Natal year end, we think it will be for mid-November and Thanksgiving, and we should have a dozen titles ready.
Okay, so they've had the Natal kits for a while now, and they've got their plan laid out for it already (emphasis on the dozen games at the ready). What about the other new entry in the motion control arena, Sony's yet-to-be-officially-named wand? "I have less information on development. Sony was later than Microsoft."
We'll see soon enough how these two will fare.
Via [GameKult]
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But sony should hurry and give some SDK's before its late!!
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IMO, 360 get ready for a shitload of (natal) shovelware
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so they can go an suck M$s dick as much as they want if you ask me... motion controls suck anyway.
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Way to go Ubi...I seriously doubt you'll adapt ass'creed, so the rest (shovelware) you can keep it! I'll wait for some serious devs, with their heads in their place to make serious motion games!
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the sony´s wand (a.k.a, D!ld0) xD its more likely to be a wiimote rip-off as you describe, for the ps3, the proyect natal, dont use a fisical remote for its use.
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what's fisical remote???
anyway, i prefer having some sort of contoller in-hand. and think most gamers do too
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OK so the PS3 wand (AKA D!LDO)is a Wii mote rip-off and Natal (AKA The Sybian) is an EyeToy rip-off. Glad we cleared this up!
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fisical remote (the wand), on natal proyect (witch i think ill fail on several aspects) dont use anything or any kind of remote for his use, and i agree with you, as a gamer, i prefer by 10000000000 having a fisical controller (with no motion whatsoever) than start moving a piece of plastic all over the place.
I just wanna chill out and enjoy my game, thats why i stop playing with my wii, excepte for some games (the new super mario) witch its an awesome game, where you dont have to move the wiimote every time.
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Ubi is going to be first!
about Natal... my friend works as 3D Artist when i asked me he told me that there will be casual games (5-6) and there will be Rayman and Rabbits too but 2 titles will be for something epic... epic...
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