Xbox Going Mobile Is Only a Matter of Time, Says Kim

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Trendkill6 said:
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Thats actually not a bad idea. I would sure as hell buy it,

Anyway, I don't want them to make 1. Just stick on the consol market. I mean... look at the psp
Yeah, you just dont mess with portable consoles.
Nintendo has had complete control on that market since the freakin '80s.

And if you dare oppose them they will just release a new Pokemon when your handheld launches and make you feel very silly.
Thats the problem, I'd rather be playing a fun or silly game on my bus ride, 1 that I can shut off anytime. For example pokemon or mario, those games are just fun. I mean try playing something like a "hardcore" game on the psp. Most likely I will get angry, and it wont be a 60 buck controler I'm breaking, it'll be a 180 dollar(or whatever) psp
 

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Am I the only one who thought of North Korea when I saw the title? I'm a horrible person who has been reading too many Cracked articles.
 

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Is it wierd that when I saw the title, I imagined a 360-based robot taking over the world?
 

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pimppeter2 said:
Trendkill6 said:
pimppeter2 said:
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Yeah, you just dont mess with portable consoles.
Nintendo has had complete control on that market since the freakin '80s.

And if you dare oppose them they will just release a new Pokemon when your handheld launches and make you feel very silly.
Thats the problem, I'd rather be playing a fun or silly game on my bus ride, 1 that I can shut off anytime. For example pokemon or mario, those games are just fun. I mean try playing something like a "hardcore" game on the psp. Most likely I will get angry, and it wont be a 60 buck controler I'm breaking, it'll be a 180 dollar(or whatever) psp
Yeah and the kinda of games (FPS, TPS) that are popular on the 360 never translated well to the psp...although that might be caused by the psp having one analog stick.

I'm interested in what Microsoft does with this but chances are when it launches I'll just stick to my DS ans it's wacky fun games.
 

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Well, if I remember correctly, they never did do well in the hardware department. And I feel that this new handheld would be riddled with errors and flaws, so I'd never buy it considering I already have a PSP.

It doesn't matter if PCs are popular, or that Microsoft is always in second place every time. You can't trust them with hardware OR software. I've seen enough BSODs, RRODs, E74s, and general bad crap from them to know never to buy their garbage in the first place. Even if they have some good games, I'm not going to risk my handheld melting in my hands. I'm not going through that again.

Besides, the 360 is only popular because it had a head start. Face it, they can't catch up with the PSP's 50 million user base or the Wii's even more impressive 100 million userbase.

It's a lost gamble if you ask me.
 

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Pendragon9 said:
Goldbling said:
Jsnoopy said:
Well, if I remember correctly, they never did do well in the hardware department. And I feel that this new handheld would be riddled with errors and flaws, so I'd never buy it considering I already have a PSP.

It doesn't matter if PCs are popular, or that Microsoft is always in second place every time. You can't trust them with hardware OR software. I've seen enough BSODs, RRODs, E74s, and general bad crap from them to know never to buy their garbage in the first place. Even if they have some good games, I'm not going to risk my handheld melting in my hands. I'm not going through that again.

Besides, the 360 is only popular because it had a head start. Face it, they can't catch up with the PSP's 50 million user base or the Wii's even more impressive 100 million userbase.

It's a lost gamble if you ask me.
I'm not saying they should make one, I'm saying PC's are where Microsoft excels. Mac's have compatibility issues and usually have crap graphics cards, they also cost a lot, you could build a really nice gaming rig for the same price as a mac book pro and just get really good virus/spy/malware protection, like me I have VIPRE virus, ST spyware, and malwarebytes malware protection, and they don't slow down performance either. Also seeing as hardware in computers doesn't come from Microsoft when you say hardware I assume you mean the 36o, in witch case you're right, but they did release a year early, if they waited they could have built a much better system.
 

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Goldbling said:
That's what I'm saying. A portable doesn't work with their strengths. They need top of the line hardware to run Windows without errors, and 360 owners everywhere are happy to have a warranty, if you get what I mean. A portable device can't handle their software without trouble and will meet a dead end. Which is why I have a feeling people will foolishly buy it if it has a warranty.

The situation just isn't right for them. Not to mention all the other competition for "gaming handhelds". The XBOX mobile sounds like it will be left in the dust of the competition.

It feels just like 1995.
 

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Jsnoopy said:
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This will sell even worse than the PSP Go. I can tell from here. Trust me, they'll never be able to get a foot into the gaming market. the PSP already covers the perfect portable media device, and the DS already has the games. What could they possibly do?
Call me crazy, but maybe they could try to create a device with perfect portable media and all the games?
And when has Microsoft ever actually done that?

I thought so. They're not even good at PCs, which should be their specialty. So don't mind me if I doubt them.
...uhhh dude, look at the Xbox 360. From my perspective, the Wii has all the games, and the PS3 has the more "super-media device" thing going for it, while the 360 sits in a comfortable middle of the two. Now look at the handhelds. The DS has all the games (and innovative controls, like the wii) while the PSP is more media device oriented. One would assume that the developers at Microsoft could find the same balance that they found in the consoles, and furthermore, that there would be a willing and lucrative market for such a device, if done properly.
I think the difference is that the 360 was the first of the 7th generation but now that they'll be last in the handheld generation they won't have as much going for them.
 

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Microsoft's already got the Zune - hard to believe they'd put out another, completely seperate portable handheld Xbox.

I'm guessing a new Zune with more gaming capabilities is what Kim's talking about.

Quote me on this 1 and a half years from now when it turns out I was right.
 

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This is going to have to be pretty damn spectacular to compete with the DS and the iPhone, although if anyone has the money to compete it's Microsoft