Microsoft looks set to copy some of the features of Nintendo's Wii U,
with plans to use a touchscreen controller in its Xbox 720
next-generation game console.
Sources cited by Xbox World magazine said that Microsoft is
experimenting with a tablet controller with touchscreen capability, but
that it will be closer in shape and size to the PlayStation Vita than
the Wii U's somewhat larger controller.
Gamers might immediately accuse Microsoft of being a copycat, but it
likely learned its lesson when the Wii released with features completely
different to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While some are not sure
about Nintendo's new controller, Microsoft appears to recognise its
potential, which takes advantage of the tablet craze since the launch of
the original iPad in 2010.