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09-22-2009, 05:59 PM
The success of the original Guitar Hero can probably be credited with spurring a lot of the innovations and changes that have taken place in video game controls over the last few years, and by the sounds of it, it looks like things could be coming full circle: Speaking to Digital Spy, Red Octane president and co-founder Kai Huang said that Microsoft's Project Natal functionality is "likely" to be included in the series in the future.
"We've definitely been evaluating Microsoft's Natal technology along with a lot of other different technologies that could enhance the Guitar Hero playing experience," Huang said. "Natal is very interesting because there's so many different things you can do with it, whether it's the motion detecting, maybe sensing how you're playing, or the ability to use it for interactivity purposes and taking advantage of it for party purposes...We're evaluating it, and I think it's likely that sometime in the future we'll have those technologies integrated into our games."
So does that mean fake plastic guitars will be eschewed in favor of even-more-absurd-looking air guitar controls? Probably not, but it would be cool if that was an option! Maybe? Right?
"We've definitely been evaluating Microsoft's Natal technology along with a lot of other different technologies that could enhance the Guitar Hero playing experience," Huang said. "Natal is very interesting because there's so many different things you can do with it, whether it's the motion detecting, maybe sensing how you're playing, or the ability to use it for interactivity purposes and taking advantage of it for party purposes...We're evaluating it, and I think it's likely that sometime in the future we'll have those technologies integrated into our games."
So does that mean fake plastic guitars will be eschewed in favor of even-more-absurd-looking air guitar controls? Probably not, but it would be cool if that was an option! Maybe? Right?