According to former boss Peter Moore, now head of Sports, Microsoft's new technology will be looking further ahead than pioneering work with the Wii.

The boss told 1UP.com: "I think that, knowing in particular obviously, is that they are constantly thinking three to five years ahead of where consumer behavior's going to be, how do people want to interact with their games, and are probably thinking about - not how do we replicate, you know, motion control, but how do we go one step further?"

"So, to your point, I think they're doing that and I think are probably the same."

More on Microsoft and Sony's plans at E3. Maybe.

By Luke Guttridge