Microsoft Xbox 360s are to come with built-in Project Natal motion-sensing camera and voice-recognition technology from 2010, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced. Speaking to The Executive’s Club Of Chicago, Ballmer said the new Xbox 360 hardware would provide a “natural interface” and described Natal technology as “really, really close” to being finished and ready for production.
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Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 owners are not rushing to embrace the digital download revolution, according to a new study by NPD. Instead, gamers still appear to prefer getting a boxed copy of a game.
The Microsoft Xbox 360 is being used to the limits of its powers, according to a senior executive at Electronic Arts in Europe. But while the Xbox 360 is “maxed out”, the Sony PS3 still has “more power” to give, according to Patrick Soderland, Senior VP, EA Games Europe.
Microsoft’s Project Natal Xbox 360 motion-sensing, speech-recognising, all-singing, all-dancing controller generated the most “buzz” of all E3 announcements, according to Buzz Study, a “web chatter” analysis site.
Gran Turismo’s Sony PS3 developers, Polyphony Digital, paid a back-handed compliment to its rivals on the Forza 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 developer team at Turn 10. Turn 10′s official company blog reveals that at E3, Gran Turismo’s creators: “came by to personally get hands-on with Forza 3, all the while taking careful notes, examining our user-interface, shooting photos, and asking us some pretty interesting questions.” Turn 10′s blog continues to return, well it’s not exactly a compliment…
The Nintendo Wii “Your Shape” fitness game, announced by Ubisoft at E3, will ship with a camera that tracks your body shape and movements, so you don’t need a controller to get fit. The new camera for the Wii and our ‘Body Tracking’ technology means Your Shape will offer an experience that is a breakthrough in gaming, as well as in the fitness category,” said Yves Guillemot, CEO, Ubisoft.
Halo: Reach could be the next game set in the hugely-successful Halo universe (for Microsoft Xbox 360 and PC). Halo’s creators Bungie, may have inadvertently revealed the existence of the game in updating forums on its official site.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and PC E3 press conference tonight will start at 6.25pm rather than 6.30pm. Why has the start time shifted a whole five minutes early? “A very special addition” says Microsoft.