Rumor: Microsoft working on Xbox 360 Avatar arcade

Source: GameSpot.com

GameSpot: Source: Joystiq reports that Microsoft is looking into creating a virtual arcade for players’ Avatar characters, citing a consumer survey sent in by a tipster.

What we heard: There isn’t much to go on in the Joystiq report, aside from a couple pictures of the supposed Avatar arcade and a question asking users to pick a name that would most encourage them “to purchase the product.”

Fortunately, the pictures themselves offer some clues as to what’s going on. They show a handful of Avatars standing at Atari-branded arcade cabinets, similar to the virtual game parlors in PlayStation Home. However, instead of joysticks and buttons, the control panels on each of the cabinets have been replaced by Atari 2600 machines. All but one of the marquees on the cabinets are unreadable, with the lone legible title being Baseball.