Naughty Dog co-founder: Natal killer app “not a video game, will revolutionize our dens”
Not everyone is convinced that the so-called killer app of Microsoft’s Project Natal is a video game. One such person would be Naughty Dog co-founder and Monkey Gods’ social startup chief Monkey, Jason Rubin. And he’s got more than just a wild guess, he’s practically singing praises for Natal already.
Not everyone is convinced that the so-called killer app of Microsoft’s Project Natal is a video game. One such person would be Naughty Dog co-founder and Monkey Gods’ social startup chief Monkey, Jason Rubin. And he’s got more than just a wild guess, he’s practically singing praises for Natal already.
Said he, “Things like Natal are going to revolutionize far more than gaming. I think putting Natal in the Xbox gives [it] an opportunity to become a lot more than just a game machine and I think there are things you can do outside of gaming that will justify buying the Natal.”
He continues that thought by saying, “I firmly believe that if Microsoft plays its cards right that they could sell far more Xboxes next generation… they could sell it to people that don’t play games.”
As for that killer-app, he posits that it’s not a game per se that will catch the fancy of the gamers, but rather the interface and it’s over-all feel within the living room environment.
“It’s not whacking balls against the wall. It will be the interface and what it allows you to do to all the other things hooked up to your tv. I’m a firm believer now, after playing around with Natal, that Natal and things like it and are going to revolutionize our den.”
What could probably be the most important aspect about Natal is that:
“Once you have that interface and the ability to hook this up to your den, Natal will give you reasons to love it that aren’t games. Not calling games as bad, games will be good too, but the killer app may not be a game.”
Via [That Video Game Blog]
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