According to the rumor-mill known as the Internet, Microsoft is hard at work building a Wii-Remote type controller device for the 360. The product could ship as early as Fall/Winter 2008.
Ever since Nintendo’s Wii became a global sensation and Sony launched a PS3 controller that is also motion-sensitive, rumors have reverberated through the gaming industry that Microsoft would create a motion-controller of its own.
MTV reports that “the project has been in active development at Microsoft since last August, the source said. Rare, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Xbox 360’s launch first-person shooter “Perfect Dark Zero” and the upcoming installment of the “Banjo-Kazooie” franchise, has been tasked with creating a unified interface and look for the controller. Rare has had trouble hitting its deadlines, according to the source.”
When MTV News contacted Microsoft for confirmation, a spokesperson said that “Microsoft does not comment on rumors and speculation.”
Let’s hope that the final device looks a little more innovative and less like Wii-mote clone. Image Source MTV’s Playersblog
on July 26th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
It’s only a rumour. And there is no way that’s an Xbox controller cause it’s missing the guide button.
on July 30th, 2008 at 11:35 am
IF IT IS TRUE, MICROSOFT IS CHEAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!