ArnoldRimmer on 17 April 2011
Here are my thoughts:
- The console will definitely have Bluetooth hardware, as it was already said that it will be backward compatible to the Wii and all of its accessories. That means it will for example support the Wii Balance Board and thus it requires Bluetooth. And since it definitely has Bluetooth hardware anyway, I have a feeling that the controller will simply use Bluetooth for communication with the console. The limited bandwidth problem will be avoided by simply using little bandwidth
Which is why I don't believe the controller will be commonly used to stream fullscreen HD video to. Because while there are wireless standards capable of transfering HD video with a reasonable amount of FPS, I doubt that they are capable of transfering four such streams at the same time in the same room without problems (four, because I expect the console to support at least four players, each having a controller) - I wonder if the Touchscreen will be multitouch? Such a controller would be fantastic for painting games like Art Academy on the DS, but such games work better on non-multitouch screens because one can use pens. Still, I guess it will probably be multitouch.
- The controller will be accompanied by a PS Eye/Kinect-like camera/microphone combination inside the sensor bar, resulting in a motion control system technically very close to PS Move, but even better than PS Move when it comes to being used as an on-screen-pointer.
- The controller will definitely include a speaker again, and maybe even a microphone.
