The Surface tablet: can it take another leap forward as an Xbox device?
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Microsoft apparently has a gaming tablet complete with Xbox branding on the way in the near future, perhaps to coincide with the release of the next-generation Xbox. In a year full of tablets of all shapes, prices, and functions, what does this mean? What can we hope for? What are the pitfalls? Here's what immediately comes to mind.
The Wii U.
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As the Kinect was to the Wii, the Xbox tablet could be to the Wii U.
Nintendo once took family gaming by storm with motion controls. The Kinect arrived afterward with a similar pitch, stealing some of Nintendo's thunder. Nintendo's imminent Wii U console has a tablet game controller with dual-screen functions. Could an Xbox tablet be developed with similar ideas in mind for the next Xbox? I'd say the odds are strong, especially when it comes to augmenting gaming or adding innovative new concepts to game control like the Wii U promises.
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