2012 comes early. NATAL to make impact Holiday 2010

Microsofts CES Press Conference was held today and there are many little nuggets to nibble on.  I'm most interested in the latest bit of solid news to come regarding the release of The Titanic NATAL.  Once Holiday 2010 hits we can all live our dream of splaying our body about and play spruced up versions of Super Glove Ball, Throw Paint on a Wall and Verbally Abuse a Kid Named Milo and Put it on YouTube.  All destined to be hits I'm sure.

If you listened to our last Podcast you would have heard some other info.  Holiday 2010 isn't all that far away for something so momentous, but to confound that even more, Microsoft is not releasing the NATAL API to developers until February 2010 (next month) followed by a more streamlined and debugged version in June 2010.  This gives developers five months to finish games using a complete tool set and have them bright and shiny on Christmas morning.

I think we're going to need a bigger boat.

Even some of the people at Microsoft I used to argue with over the validation of NATAL are beginning to turn my way.  Microsoft has gone "balls deep" into NATAL production. Moving many, often times valuable, resources into the project.  While other projects are being put on life support or killed entirely.

And have you heard? Microsoft just patented muscle motion technology.  Working games by flexing your muscles!  IT CAN'T LOSE!

-Joseph-