Microsoft making Xbox tablet - Report

Lol, I remember when MS first entered the console market back in 2001 and people thought they were going to fail.

Look at them now. I don't doubt MS.

I really love how some of you like talking smack on here about microsoft and the 360. You might actually get your kid brothers or cousins to belive the garb coming out of your mouths but trying to get buy this crap that knows a few things, well that;s a different story. My point is this. The XBOX is the supreme system and so will be the 720. Halo 4 is the BEST GAME EVER and you know that they are not putting Halo 5 on no tablet people, so can the talk of no future Xbox's. Ridiculous. Sony can go away tho because they suck

so they are already talking about what to do after the XBOX dies. I dont see Microsoft staying in the console market much longer. The next XBOX I bet will be their last as they have no 1st party games besides Halo and Gears of War that really sell. Everything else can be played on the much better PS3 without having to worry about paying for online or having to worry about the system fucking up.

If they make it as a Windows 8 tablet with some sort of attachable controller a la the WikiPad, it could be interesting. There's no reason why we wouldn't be able to play Unreal Engine 3 games on it, like I don't know, Gears of War on the go. Could be cool.

But Microsoft you already have a portable gaming device! It's called the Surface or Surface RT.

I mean seriously, why do they keep trying to separate gaming from all-purpose devices? What in the hell?

Best mobile gaming device atm is pretty much the iPad. Apple is completely dominating the space and they completely kicked the wind out of Sony and almost got Nintendo with them. It's fine you wanna compete but you could just have put a decent graphics processor into the existing Surface RT!

I am always willing to at least entertain the idea of a new type of gaming devise - so long as it is GAMING FOCUSED.  My gut, given Microsofts recent behavior, tells me that this will not be the case, plus it will have the horrible Metro UI (assuming).  Their rumor continue to push me further and further away from their nextgen offering and back into the Sony camp (console wise).

So how will this measure against Microsoft Surface or tablets running Windows 8?

I always thought Microsoft would make a portable games device one day, good to see they skipped on the hardware wars and are taking it directly to tablets

but what about games MS? new AAA exclusives games? i love Gears and Halo but honestly am getting tired of them

this is actually something good... think of it of a way to compete with vita and wii U.. if it has similar or better graphic power than the vita it has potential.. my only wonder is the controls.. i would not like to have touchscreen controls..or maybe touchscreen controls are good idk.. just looking forward to this

When will people drop the idea of gaming tablets.. they are not good enough yet unless they charge alot of money, maybe in a couple of years

this may have been a smart move on MS's part, surely the first thing people might think is "oh how unoriginal", but seriously there's more to tablet controls than just having tablet controls...

for instance, by doing this then developers have a chance to create similar designed ports of Xbox 720 and Wii U titles thus leaving the PS4 ports looking seemingly incomplete, or depending on the game they might not bother, from a strategic standpoint this was a good decision by MS in it's competition with Sony, and if Sony is forced to go tablet as well it's going to put a strain on a company that's already deep in money problems

Microsoft clearly have lost all sense of direction.

7 inch? Funk dat.

I hope the next XBOX is not tablet based. They have a Kinect to keep and expand if they want to. You can basically mimic a touch screen in the air if given separate controller parts to complement the motions, and there´s added depth given by the camera capturing your room and the position you are in. X360 is leading the way in console standards, they dont need to play catch up to anyone.

multiple sources say that this is just a rumour. Windows phones already have access to xbox indie games so i would not be surprised if these surfaces tablets have some sort of Xbox functionality, it's probably a given, 

I want something like this, only as some kind of one-type screen, with port for games, a battery, and a way to get your memory between the real xbox and the tablet.

also a controller port, or some way to hook a controller up.

Hhhmm.. interesting. I thought Microsoft wanted to hold off on the handheld game systems for awhile. That would be interesting having a gaming tablet that is compatible with the XBox 360/720 controllers. This thing is going to need a LOT of memory if you have to download all the games. Would be great for XBLA games though. Unveiling at E3 maybe?

if this is true then i this is an instant purchase for me

interesting. it will need to be cheaper than surface though i mean i would like to buy a surface but they are like £400 near enough. if i could access the games i downloaded off xbox live for the xbox with this tablet that would be cool and convince me to buy but i would want a lower than 399 price point. 

This is actually a brilliant idea.

A Surface tablet that plays Xbox games and can connect to controllers.

I see no downside. :) 

Doesn't surprise me, not after they put the Surface out anyways, I am however surprised that they would go with ARM, not because ARM is bad or anything but because it would lock out the currently available XBLM games unless their creators re-compiled for the new chip. I mean you would think that if they were going to call it Xbox it would link back to the console somehow.

It is going to be purely touch screen?

All well and good until... THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH appears. Sorry I can't help but poke fun at MS when it comes to how wonderful their current console holds up. I can't even remember how many 360s I have replaced.

lemme guess it will be compatible with xbox as tablet controller how unique is that and how inovative where i had seen it before?

Final suggestion:  (Microsoft) -  Hire me for your games business. 

One other suggestion:  Keep the controller seperate from the tablet unless you are going to offer an incredible warranty on this gaming version of the tablet.  Nothing would suck more than having a $400-$500 dollar video game system rendered useless by a faulty analog stick or trigger button.   

If Microsoft really wants to make a big splash, give this "gaming tablet"  video editing functionality and the ability to capture footage from cameras in uncompressed HD live and on location.  I guarantee that this would almost assure that gamers (and there are quite a few of them) in the indie film-making scene would pick up the unit.  It's hard to find a descent editing system on a budget.  Video game consoles pack plenty of power for editing compressed video.  I cannot even count the number of times over the past few years that I have wished that I could tap the power of my Xbox 360 for basic editing.  Why not give the video game crowd something that the indie film-making crowd something that they would not only enjoy, but could use as a tool for creativity?  If Microsoft were to check Youtube...they would find plenty of cross-over in the indie film/video game crowds.  It seems like a no-brainer to me. 

I think the nextBox will come with a tablet bundle, which is the 7" tablet. So perhaps the specifications are the specifications of the console, not the tablet. Perhaps this is because bundling it with a Surface Tablet would make it too expensive.

begs the question...WHY!?

Microsoft + Gaming focused in the same sentence I almost spat up a lung laughing.

Don't worry people, I do not think Microsoft would release a portable gaming system without physical buttons, whether that's through a wireless controller or on-tablet buttons. I hope it's practical though. It's hard to make a practical gaming tablet.

Sounds awesome!

ummm to all the people complaining about touch controls.. you do know it would be an XBOX surface which im pretty sure that means you can connect an XBOX controller to it.. just like with the regular surface out now u can.

Id like to what they have up their sleeves and if it can be really unique like the surface then i'm all for seeing what this can be and how it can possible be integrated in the 720

besides my NEW Ipad can push some real hardcore graphics out now have you seen real racing its crazy