Yet another Wii 2 Rumor. Codename 'Project Café'

[ArnoldRimmer]

Most of the details seem absolutely plausible to me, for example the Blu-Ray drive, HD graphics etc.

What's really surprising me though are the controller specs:
"The controller has a six-inch touch screen, a front-facing camera, D-Pad, two bumpers, two triggers and "possibly more," and can allegedly be used as a Wii sensor bar."

1. A _six-inch_ touch screen?!? That's huge! I have a seven inch tablet PC, and I can only imagine that the controller will look just like a tablet PC on first sight. The controller would have to be really expensive, which makes me believe that it might be more than just a dumb input device, that maybe it can be used standalone as well, at least to some degree.

2. Such a huge controller would also mean that it must be held two-handed. But in that case, how is Wii backwards compatibility gonna work, where many games were relying on a split controller? How could one possibly play popular Wii games like tennis or bowling with such a controller? The only explanation I can think of is that Wii games (or at least some Wii games) will require a different controller. So there will either be an optional split controller for Wii backwards compatibility (similar to the "classic controller" for Wii), or - more likely - people will simply be able to use their old Wii Remotes in these games.

3. What about that strange "can allegedly be used as a Wii sensor bar"? In case I'm not just completely misinterpreting that sentence, I think this can only mean the console will ship with an EyeToy/Kinect-like camera/microphone (just like I always predicted!), practically copying the PS Move concept. So there will be a "sensor bar" again, but unlike the Wii sensor bar, this time it will actually be a sensor bar: Two infrared diodes at the left and right end, and a camera/microphone in the middle. At very low additional cost, this will mean that most games that are possible with EyeToy, PS Move and Kinect will also be possible on the Wii successor. And since PS Move and Kinect are only optional addons and the Wii successor will be the first next-gen console to market, the Wii successor will probably be the most successful platform for such games.