EA Confirms 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11' Won't Use Project Natal

It turns out that we weren't reading too much into that "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11" press release this week that mentioned PS3 motion controller and Wii MotionPlus support but left off any mention of Project Natal. That's not to say EA Sports doesn't like Natal. They just didn't find themselves "in a position" to use it for Tiger's new game -- even if the PlayStation Move system worked out just fine.

"We are always evaluating new technologies and Natal would be a perfect fit for the 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour' franchise," spokesperson for EA told Joystiq, "however we are simply not in a position to do so with 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.'"

That statement answers the compatibility question, but it may challenge Microsoft's assertion that they "announced [Natal] as early as last summer so that [they would] have time to get kits out and get the entire game developer community developing games for it."

Either development kit availability was an issue, or it wasn't. If both EA and Microsoft were completely up front with these statements, the problem had to have been something else entirely. If Natal would really be a "perfect fit," what was the hold up? Did Sony have their kits out sooner, or was there friction behind the scenes?

Why do you think EA left Natal functionality out of "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11"? Will the controls affect whether you buy it for the 360 or another system? Sound off in the comment section below.

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