Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox may have touchscreen controllerFebruary 14, 2012 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft appears set to follow Nintendo and equip its next-gen games console with a touchscreen-equipped controller, along the lines of the one that will ship with the Wii U. Microsoft's forthcoming console "will be a matte black media hub with a mission to bring games to life in a living room with augmented reality, directional sound and a four-player, finger-tracking Kinect", The Register reports, citing the latest issue of Xbox World Magazine. The publication claims the 'Xbox 720' - as the console is rumored to be called - will roll up with a controller similar in size to the PlayStation Vita handheld, but "surrounded by the traditional X box buttons and sticks". This pad will be second only to Kinect in its relationship with the console, becoming "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". Customers will have to fork out as much as £400 when the device launches, although the company is said to be "running wild with the functions that will change how you play", so there should be plenty of bang for the buck. Especially if proposed plans for a 720 DVR function come to fruition. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |