Microsoft's Project Natal Console Coming Late Next Year
Microsoft's upcoming gaming console dubbed Project Natal - where you are the controller - will be out late next year reports Gameindustry.biz.
In response to a question about hardware price cuts and market changes in the upcoming cycle, Farrell replied: "With respect to the cycle itself, if you look at what's happening in the industry, the fact that we have for example, Natal from Microsoft, a platform addition coming late next year."
Microsoft hasn't officially dated Natal's launch, although last month the company's boss, Steve Ballmer, stated a new Xbox 360 would be on shop shelves next year, which Microsoft subsequently clarified was meant to mean Project Natal.
In response to the same investor question, Farrell also speculated the other platform holders could join Microsoft in releasing new peripherals and devices "to keep the current hardware fresh for at least the next three to five years".
He revealed too the company had been expecting hardware price cuts this fall, saying they were factored into its future earnings forecasts.
The groundbreaking console looks like great fun as you can see in the two promo videos. Jimmy Fallon also tried out Project Natal on Late Night.
