Few gamers know about Natal
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After the phenomenal success of Nintendo's wand-waving Wii console, Sony and Microsoft are hoping to cash in with their own motion-control systems this year. However, a recent survey among gamers revealed that less than a quarter of them have even heard of the new controllers. US consumer research firm Nielson says that it recently surveyed over 2,400 "active gamers," asking them about the new controllers. Of those gamers, only 21 per cent of them had heard of...
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