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Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without Rerelease
Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without Rerelease
Gamespot - September 28, 2009
Submitted by Animate (241) at 7:15PM PST on September 28, 2009
Although Natal-ized versions of Burnout Paradise & Beautiful Katamari were at TGS, Tsunoda said existing games couldn't be updated to support Natal. He told Destructoid that the motion-sensing technology would require code changes more extensive than any software patch could provide. Existing 360 titles could conceivably be rereleased with Natal support, much like Nintendo's New Play Control! program.
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1Animate posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 4:42PM PST on September 29, 2009. RE: Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without Rerelease@welshbloke,
He said
"He told game blog Destructoid that the motion-sensing technology would require code changes more extensive than any software patch could provide."
Thus, it is more difficult to do extensive code changes and do a full retail rerelease than it is to patch a game.[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]bids
1welshbloke posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 4:29PM PST on September 29, 2009. RE: Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without Rereleasebids
1Animate posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 7:17PM PST on September 28, 2009. RE: Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without Rerelease@Joe80,
I think this is huge. The PS3 motion controller allows older games to be patched and playable using it like Resident Evil 5. I think we will see many older games get patched and many Wii ports to PS3. But that will be more difficult to do with Natal requiring more coding.[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]bids
11Animate posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 7:15PM PST on September 28, 2009. Article: Natal Not Backwards Compatible Without RereleaseAlthough Natal-ized versions of Burnout Paradise & Beautiful Katamari were at TGS, Tsunoda said existing games couldn't be updated to support Natal. He told Destructoid that the motion-sensing technology would require code changes more extensive than any software patch could provide. Existing 360 titles could conceivably be rereleased with Natal support, much like Nintendo's New Play Control! program.[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]
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For Wii games it would be the same as a port, but for PS3 games already released it would be easy to just patch them. They could even do rereleases of PS3 games with additional content like a GOTY type release and also make a patch available for those who already own the game.