So will this tablet end up getting the red screen of death? :)

that would be cool

wait... so is this gonna be like xbox live on a tablet or will it be a tablet that has normal tablet stuff and also has awesome xboxness?

Honestly, this sounds like it has potential of being a good product. But if they are making this, why didn't they just make Windows 8 a laptop or home computer, and keep this as their tablet project?!?

For me, gaming is sitting in the comfort of my lounge playing my console with a controller, not jumping around the loungeroom - hello Kinect. It is also sitting at my desk on my PC. It isn't playing on a bus, travelling, at a friends house (actually it could be quite useful at my Mother-in-laws). There are times for gaming and times for other social (read: actual contact & communication with a real person/s) activities. Precisely why I don't use my pnone for anything but a 'phone'. Being employeed as a Bar Manager I stood watching a table of 8 last weekend. 6 girls and 2 guys, all in their early 20's. Not one of them were talking to each other, apart from the odd comment here and there. Every single one of them were hunched over on their mobile phones, texting, reading Facebook, etc. It was pretty sad.

I'd be pretty happy if I could sync a 360 controller to this tablet

I'm interested, but need to hear much more information before I give my input. I am a little weary with a tablet just for gaming.

Do we need this?

Microsoft couldn't stay out of the mobile market forever.

Is this really a surprise?

interesting