Microsoft's next Xbox is set to include a Wii U-like touchscreen controller, a report in Xbox World magazine has claimed.
Writing in its latest issue, XBW's sources report the next Xbox "will be a matt-black media hub with a mission to bring games to life in your living room with augmented reality, directional sound, and a four-player, finger-tracking Kinect."
The mag claims Microsoft is experimenting with a tablet-like controller with a shape closer to Sony's PS Vita than Wii U's "bulky unit".
It goes on to describe the Xbox 720 pad as "an HD screen surrounded by the traditional 360 buttons and sticks."
"That touchcreen will be second only to Kinect in how you operate your console," it claims. "It could be a remote control when you're watching TV, a browser when you're on the internet, extra buttons and information when you're playing a game or a portable display when you want to take your game with you."
If you're starting to think this sounds awfully expensive, says XBW, you're right - the mag speculates Xbox 720 could come in at as much as £399.
"Microsoft are playing it safe with the CPU and GPU but running wild with the functions that will change how you play, but it won't be cheap."
It's not the first rumour that's pointed to Microsoft's possible plans for a Wii U-like controller: Last month Gamespot suggested there are "strong signs" that a tablet component will figure heavily in the next Xbox.
Yeah, I'd have to see the controller first before I make any assumptions about it. Being a magazine, I'm more inclined to think it's true, but I'm still not holding my breath over this.
Companion experiences with Windows 8. Microsoft is offering a very similar user experience across phone (Windows Phone 8), PC (Windows 8), and TV (Xbox vNext). Pocketnow says there will be a new sync client, and not Zune PC software, though I can't confirm that part, and a set of common cloud services that will work across all three. This includes the ability to sync content (photos, music, movies) between the three screens, phone management from PC or web, shared content between each device, and Xbox LIVE games, entertainment, and more.
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Yeah, no surprises there, and it would have been in the pipeline long before Microsoft heard about the Wii U. Microsoft was clearly going to offer something like this with the next Xbox 360 two years ago based on what was being said at its worldwide partner conference.
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Yeah, only took them three or so years after the DS, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad to figure out people like it.
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The iPad is a very different touch screen experience to what you've listed above, and it's the iPad that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are planning on copying this time around.
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