You know you are popular when you start drawing admirers who wish to emulate you. Of course its not a really good thing in business but for the consumers it keeps the competition going.

Acknowledging that the Nintendo Wii is showing the way to the future, Microsoft engineers are rumored ot be working on the Xbox version of the Wiimote; the parimary reason for the Wiis popularity. The new unit has been under development since August, and that a new unified interface is being developed by Rare.

The idea is to match and exceed the capabilities of the Wiimote, so the controller reportedly features four face buttons, an analog stick, a microphone, and possibly integration with the Xbox Live Vision Camera.

Reports are also in that so far, the job hasnt been half as easy as Microsoft thought and they are struggling to get a prototype that works perfectly by the end of this year.

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