Project Natal has Support
posted Saturday Sep 26, 2009 by Scott Ertz
Have you been as concerned about the viability of Project Natal as much as the rest of us? Well, Microsoft has helped us alleviate some oft hat fear with a press release naming some names of software supporters for Natal:
Among the elite publishers actively working on games for Project Natal are Activision Blizzard, Bethesda Softworks, Capcom, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Konami, MTV Games, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ Inc. and Ubisoft. Together, these publishers account for more than 70 percent of third-party software sales for this generation of console and most of the world's most recognized video game franchises.
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Underscoring the widespread enthusiasm for Project Natal among the industry's top creative forces, Xbox 360 is hosting a high-powered panel at the Tokyo Game Show featuring three acclaimed Japanese industry luminaries: Capcom's Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man and Dead Rising, Sega's Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball, and Konami's Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series. The three developers will discuss the possibilities for the groundbreaking new experiences that can only be achieved with Project Natal.
I am now much less concerned about whether Natal will have a legitimate future in the gaming space. They have backing from several major Western developers, but more interestingly, they also have some major Eastern developers, too. Xbox has never really taken a huge market share in the East, especially in Japan, but the backing of these developers indicates an interest for them to gain a foothold in our ever-increasing market.