Xbox 360 Wiimote Rumoured

Come on, you've always wanted to be able to bounce Master Chief around the place in the same way as you do with Samus Aran or Link. Haven't you? Well, according to a report from MTV, this dream might not be unattainable. Microsoft, it appears, is preparing a motion-sensing Xbox 360 controller to be ready before Christmas.

According to the report, "Rare, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Xbox 360's launch first-person shooter "Perfect Dark Zero" and the upcoming instalment 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."

Microsoft is, of course, not commenting on rumour or speculation. For its part, Rare is equally tight-lipped.

However, MTV's "development source sketched out a reproduction of the last prototype he'd seen, although the final product — if it is indeed released — may vary from this design. A key difference between the Wii remote and the prototype is the lack of a companion controller to be placed in the other hand, like Wii's Nunchuck."

The controller has not been instigated by deeply thought out design innovation, however, with MTV reporting a candid response from its source, "The whole thing is a colossal clusterf---. [Microsoft] marketing just want it so they can match the Wii point for point. The biggest parts of their marketing materials outline how easy it would be for third parties to port their Wii games to the 360."

Frankly, the image is just too close to the existing Wii Remote for Nintendo not to take some kind of action in terms of protecting patents. While the MTV report is packed with anonymous sources and appears to stack up, it would surely be simpler for Microsoft simply to adapt its existing controller design to cope with motion sensing.

^{Source: MTV}