In an interview with the Creative Director of Microsoft Game Studio Europe's Peter Molyneux about Natal earlier this month, Molyneux apparently laid down some grandiose wagers. Specifically, he says, "One thing that will be created in Natal, and I'll bet money on it...is whole new genres."

First-Person Fighting Games?

First Person Third Person Shooting Games.

first person action fighting rpg super robot game?

MMO Adventure Games. I see you and you see me. We talk, listen and interact. Solving the games many elements of immersion. Sex, drugs and rock n' roll.

" MMO Adventure Games. I see you and you see me. We talk, listen and interact. Solving the games many elements of immersion. Sex, drugs and rock n' roll. "

Um, new genre isn't just putting them all in first person... Which you can already do with most of those genres you guys mentioned...

I don't see what he sees for new genres, even Milo is a glorified tamagotchi... Maybe he just doesn't know what genres are out there so well?

I mean, it's Molyneux... You can't count that out, sadly.

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" Um, new genre isn't just putting them all in first person... Which you can already do with most of those genres you guys mentioned...I don't see what he means new genres, even Milo is a glorified tamagotchi... Maybe he just doesn't know what genres are out there all that well?I mean, it's Molyneux... You can't count that out, sadly. "

Will new genres spawn from advanced motion control technology like Natal? Sure, I think so. What remains to be seen, however, is whether or not any of these new genres will be worth their salt. What I hope to see in the future is not the complete retirement of traditional controls from gaming (as some so ominously predict), nor the passing of the "fad" of motion controls, but some kind of crazy hybrid. I don't know how it would work, but that's not my job.

I could see a cool boxing game develop out of the Natal, that's about it though.

" @JackiJinx said:

It's not that hard to believe when looking over other such gaming pioneers like the Wii, harborer of such unique titles as Wii Fit and Wii Music.

 

I am going to take this comment as sarcasm. While I think Wii fit is a unique product i by no means consider it a video game. 

My take about Milo...FIrst Pedo Load Shoot game.

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Of course there will.  There will end up being conventions in how certain types of Full Body Motion Tracking games are played and created, and those conventions will define new genres.

It's a description, not really a genre. They play very similarly. Battlefield Heroes is similar to first person shooters with the same characteristics. Rainbow Six Vegas combines both first and third person cam, Gears of War is third person but has similar elements, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is third person on console, first on PC, even "pure" first person shooters employ third person cam on occasion, like when piloting vehicles, etc... They're similar games, just classified differently on the camera difference alone. And like I said MMOs already allow for first person view so it's up to preference rather than a genre switch. And MMO adventures like someone else said don't need a new interface to be made, as both genres exist already, so they could be combined without Natal... I think they already have actually, Myst Online was it? Etc... So, okay, sometimes a genre may be defined by its camera, somewhat... But still it's not Natal that allows you to finally change the perspective...

Great advice though: "Write in the top of the piece of paper what you want people to feel when they interact with Natal."

And his ideas are convincing, but like the rest, the possibilities are probably more exciting than the reality that is going to be created.

Well obviously the gameplay changes since the camera is different... but you can have the same fundamentals with only the camera change affecting the gameplay (ie, looking around corners without sticking yourself out or leaning), and everything else COULD be more or less the same, even if it's not in the games we have so far... And games now employ both camera styles as I said, how do you define them differently? And anyway, Natal doesn't suddenly allow first person view in genres you couldn't have it before... Plus everything you quoted aside from the particular shooter distinction which was just an example... In other genres the differenses are even more minor... Ie, first person point & click adventures still are the same item/character/dialogue fests as they are when you can see your character on screen... Etc...

Molyneux surre as hell doesn't.

Creepy boy sims will be the next big thing, trust me.

" Creepy boy sims will be the next big thing, trust me. "

peter m is the biggest dumbass ive seen in my life omg a fucking monkey could scribble on paper eat it shit it out and THAT would be better than anything peter molester could think of. (sorry i was bored and felt like doing that)