What The Natal will look like come this Fall.

ass, i really liked the old look

Hopefully they'll have two colors. It doesn't really matter though, because unless some unannounced game blows my mind with it, I won't be buying it.

What happened to once you go black you never go back? I guess there could be black and white color options.

Looks like a Wii sensor bar.  Imagine that... 
 
I'm not buying it either way. Had a Wii for a few years that I never used. Plus it's Microsoft, so it wil cost WAY more than it should. 

Looks nice enough now I just hope the $150 rumor isn't true.

Doesn't look good in white, actually sort of shocked by just how bad it does look in white.  
 
Of course the price is the real issue here. 

" Looks like a Wii sensor bar.  Imagine that...  I'm not buying it either way. Had a Wii for a few years that I never used. Plus it's Microsoft, so it wil cost WAY more than it should.  "

At least it can't red-ring. 
 
Err, can it? 
 
Besides, they've gotta have it in black, otherwise all those Elite owners will be pissed.

I wonder how unreliable this thing will be.  I don't think it can top the 360.

The white one will obviously be better than the black one.

White plastic reminds me of fridges and washing machines. I'd prefer the black one, but then again, I'm not buying one.

" @FakePlasticTree said:

" Looks like a Wii sensor bar.  Imagine that...  I'm not buying it either way. Had a Wii for a few years that I never used. Plus it's Microsoft, so it wil cost WAY more than it should.  "

My wii sensor bar looks absolutely nothing like that :/ "

can we speculate a bit on why there are vents on the side and why the large base whit a metallic cylinder?
The vents are probably for cooling, so can we assume that they didn't trow away the microprocessor inside the unit?
I read somewhere that the base of the Natal actually add a motor (for what? don't know), maybe that's the reason for metallic cylinder?

so, this has a motor to track body movement correct? That's pretty cool I guess

That thing looks like ASS. That better not be the final model, seriously it looks like some cheap Chinese knock-off. 
 

" The white one will obviously be better than the black one. "

No red. No sale.

I don't mind the white look.  All I care about is the price point.

I did a quick measurement of the device (using photoshop)
27cm length/ 3,5cm width/ 5,7cm thick, the base is 3,4cm radius/ 2,2cm tall
for comparability the wii remote is  
14.8cm length/ 3.62cm width/ 3cm thick
 so the Natal device is a bit bigger than a wii remote.

Why would you care how it looked like?  It's not as if you'll be staring at it while playing games or anything.  It's like complaining about how the Wii's Motion Sensor Bar looks like; no one truly gives a crap.

It looks much less awesome now.

" I don't mind the white look.  All I care about is the price point. "

"Hopefully they'll have two colors. It doesn't really matter though, because unless some unannounced game blows my mind with it, I won't be buying it. "

People really think it looks bad in white? It's not exactly a porn star but it doesn't look any worse than the black version.

Meh, looks close enough to the original, just curious on price/games.

" Why would you care how it looked like?  It's not as if you'll be staring at it while playing games or anything.  It's like complaining about how the Wii's Motion Sensor Bar looks like; no one truly gives a crap. "

I don't mind the look.

I have bigger worries about it than how it will look.

It's fucking huge.