Microsoft and Sony need to embrace Tablets for their next-gen consoles

[Scoobes]

VGKing said:

Scoobes said:
No, that would just be silly. iPad's sell well because they're portable and simpler than laptops for most multimedia and general tasks.

The Wii U controller looks intriguing, but if MS and Sony were to go in the tablet direction, it'd be a bit copycat. Maybe having an app for smartphones and tablets that could interact with the new console and its games. Like the Mass Effect 3 app but encompassing all games (if the publisher decides to of course).

A lot of people use their tablets at home.

I bet you that at least either Microsoft or Sony will come out with a tablet controller for their next console. The one that doesn't will be stuck in 3rd place.

I doubt it. Maybe one with a small touch screen, but I doubt they'll go for a whole tablet. I suspect they'll go the Remote play route and expand on what Sony have done with PSP (and now Vita) to apply to more devices. Windows Phones for X-box, tablets and Vitas for PS. 

And people use their laptops at home too, doesn't change that people buy them as general purpose portable devices. Of the 3 million people who bought the new iPad, I doubt many would have core gaming as their primary pupose.