Do you think it could be possible?
I mean, with the announcment of the split SKUs from MS, everyone is in an uproar, exclaiming that the HD is now useless...
It still has the damn thing, but because you can't bank on it been there, you can't exploit it to its maximum potential.
In reality, for something like a HD, it's not that important, because the limit of the things you can do with it isn't that great.
But for something as radical as an eyetoy type device, to have it included from the start, as a dependable unit, could really change the way developers develop for the system and the way the system is percieved.
The console can still include a standard controller; nothing too outlandish, which will more than satisfy the need for backwards compatibility on the controller... but the use of an eyetoy like device not only revolutionizes input, but is also 'simple to use', something indicated by Miyamoto as important when considering the new controller.
Even if its not something that would be used by every game for the console, because developers can count on it been there, they can much more readily and much more confidently exploit its features; imagine golfing games coming out where you can use golf clubs wrapped in an appropriately detectable material, or a bunch of other tools, akin to the dual cup demonstration shown by Sony for their PS3 unveiling.
Maybe it's just because we have hyped it up so much, but it seems like one of only a few concievable ideas that could satisfy the need to be 'revolutionary', while not necessarily been too outlandish... or been a touchscreen LCD on the gamepad (which they've already said no to).
I personally don't think it would be too likely... the cost of the camera would be too high in all likelihood, even for a simple one... but at the same time I think it's a pretty good idea
.. what about you guys?
I mean, with the announcment of the split SKUs from MS, everyone is in an uproar, exclaiming that the HD is now useless...
It still has the damn thing, but because you can't bank on it been there, you can't exploit it to its maximum potential.
In reality, for something like a HD, it's not that important, because the limit of the things you can do with it isn't that great.
But for something as radical as an eyetoy type device, to have it included from the start, as a dependable unit, could really change the way developers develop for the system and the way the system is percieved.
The console can still include a standard controller; nothing too outlandish, which will more than satisfy the need for backwards compatibility on the controller... but the use of an eyetoy like device not only revolutionizes input, but is also 'simple to use', something indicated by Miyamoto as important when considering the new controller.
Even if its not something that would be used by every game for the console, because developers can count on it been there, they can much more readily and much more confidently exploit its features; imagine golfing games coming out where you can use golf clubs wrapped in an appropriately detectable material, or a bunch of other tools, akin to the dual cup demonstration shown by Sony for their PS3 unveiling.
Maybe it's just because we have hyped it up so much, but it seems like one of only a few concievable ideas that could satisfy the need to be 'revolutionary', while not necessarily been too outlandish... or been a touchscreen LCD on the gamepad (which they've already said no to).
I personally don't think it would be too likely... the cost of the camera would be too high in all likelihood, even for a simple one... but at the same time I think it's a pretty good idea
.. what about you guys?
