With Nintendo’s Wii currently storming on in the next-gen console market, Microsoft boss Bill Gates has admitted that his company is looking to integrate motion-sensing controls into its gaming hardware.

CVG reports that at last week’s All Things D conference, Gates stated: “Imagine a game machine where you're just going to pick up the bat and swing it or the tennis racket and swing it.”

Earlier this year Xbox boss Peter Moore admitted that his firm is looking into the possibility of integrating motion control into the 360 joypad, stating: “We have plans. This does not come as a surprise.”