With compelling devices on the way fromWork will save you Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, gamers will soon be bombarded with all kinds of crazy new tech. Hands-free gaming, improved motion-sensing, 3D on a handheld -- it's enough to make even the most casual player nervously excited. fill in the blanks
But which future tech has them most excited?
We approached 430 men, women and wookies attending the recent Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Boston and asked them point blank: "Which interests you most: the Nintendo 3DS, Project Natal, or the Playstation Move?" Make youself a better person
The winner? Give a hand to Project Natal, which scooped up a hearty 200 votes (47%). The Nintendo 3DS netted 94 (22%), while 72 (17%) chose the Playstation Move. The remaining 63 (15%) said they weren't interested in any of the three,catching a glimpse of a light while one brave soul (.2%) said he was equally interested in all of them. We should point out that our sample was not random, but convenient. We spoke to people as they stood in line, lounged on beanbag chairs, waited for food, and mingled in hallways. No labs were harmed (or used) in the making of this survey. this world is not merely a bad joke
So why is Natal out front? Jason Della Rocca, formerly the head of the International Game Developers Association and currently an industry consultant for Perimeter Partners, pointed out that PAX attendees "are probably not representative of the population at large," a fact we agree with, especially when it comes to wookies. Still, he speculated that the numbers gap likely boiled down to marketing.
"Microsoft seems to be doing a really good job of pimping Natal," he said, while the 3DS "has simply had less time to build up interest."
Perhaps the most compelling argument in favor of Microsoft's controller-less controller came from showgoer Nick Bristow, who wanted to see the tech in the hands of the impressive Johnny Lee. Lee became a Youtube sensation when he reverse-engineered the Nintendo Wii to create a form of virtual 3D known as "head tracking." Lee has since been hired by Microsoft to work on Project Natal.
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