Massive Xbox 720 rumor is claiming the console will feature a tablet-like controller (much like Wii U’s), an HD screen that’s also touch-enabled and is shaped “closer to Sony’s sleek Vita handheld / Apple’s iPad than Wii U’s bulky unit”. More details after the break.
The rumor’s from Xbox World Magazine (via Gaming Everything), which also claims the new tablet controller will include “extra buttons and information when playing a game or a portable display when you want to take your game with you”.
Here’s the full quencher:
“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. We told you all that last month. This month, our sources tell us it will have a touchscreen, too.
Microsoft are experimenting with a tablet-like controller with a shape closer to Sony’s sleek Vita handheld / Apple’s iPad than Wii U’s bulky unit – it’s an HD screen surrounded by the traditional 360 buttons and sticks.
On 360 that touchscreen will be second only to Kinect in how you operate your console. It could be a remote control when you’re watching TV, a browser when you’re on the internet, extra buttons and information when playing a game or a portable display when you want to take your game with you.
If the next Xbox is starting to sound awfully expensive, you’d be right. 360 launched at £279 while PS3 launched at £425, so – we’re speculating here – £399 wouldn’t be an unprecedented figure to put on a machine with Kinect and a touch controller in the box. Microsoft are playing safe with the CPU and GPU but running wild with the functions that will change how you play, but it won’t be cheap. Expect to see the next Xbox at E3 this June.”
That’s the juiciest and most detailed Xbox 720 rumor we’ve heard, and there’s some “truth” to it, we believe. And if truly Microsoft’s next machine will boast all what’s listed, Redmond will be on to something.
Call me crazy,but I dont want a tablet controller or motion/kinect sh*t. Give me a normal gamepad with stellar games!!! Everyone is getting on the “media hub” bandwagon. I dont want another PC, I WANT A F**KIN GAME SYSTEM!!!!!
@benzo thats not being crazy thats actually being sensible. im so sick of this tablet crap if they give me a regular gamepad fine but if not, then i guess i’m not buying a wii u or a xbox 720. only way i can see myself buying them is if they got a wide selection of good games. sorry both the wii and 360 offered me less to nothing. if sony goes this route hopefully they’ll give me an option for a regular controller.
eh.
I agree with Benzo and Ghost.