thechronic Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 There is a lot of excitement and discussion around the Nintendo 3DS and PSP 2 at the moment, both offering great features while appealing to different audiences. Microsoft manages to find room for themselves in the Gaming market with the Xbox and stole thunder with Kinect so do you think they observe closely the handheld gaming market, looking for opportunities? I think a gaming device that had a similar interface to the WP7/Zune would work quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'm sure they are looking at it very closely. I don't know if they will eer make one or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Doubtful, when you can run games on WP7. Nintendo 3ds and PSP2 are great products, but in this day and age most people are moving away from the single use electronics and moving towards multi-use. If Microsoft did a portable xbox lets say, what would be different about it than WP7 and games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinggus Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 They should just stick to making xbox a greater system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 They already said their handheld gaming device is WP7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Yeah... unfurtunately nothing proper dedicated.... Would love to see it happen as well... :( Glassed Silver:win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted January 27, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't think they'll bother. They'd be far better off sticking with the existing software side of things and make games for already-established platforms. I don't think it's worth diluting the market for a meager share of things, when they could stick with how they are at the moment and stay strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Like others have said, why try and create a gaming device when you already have WP7? Apple made the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch their gaming devices with iOS. Microsoft's going for the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't think they could come out with enough to differentiate from the other devices. Now that the PSP2 has trophy support, online aware, all that stuf it has alot of the stuff that MS would have natrually included in a dedicated device. Simply releasing a copycat device and saying we have achievement support would only appeal to Xbox fans but not necessarily to a broader audience. Anyway the portable is popular here in the states but it is king over in Japan, a market that MS has shown a failure to penetrate in any fashion. As a geek, I'd love to have a device ala the PSP2 in specs, that could play any video format known to man (yes mkv i mean you) and pretty much be the ultimate phone, gaming, entertainment device rolled into one. I know that's unlikely to happen anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't think they could come out with enough to differentiate from the other devices. Now that the PSP2 has trophy support, online aware, all that stuf it has alot of the stuff that MS would have natrually included in a dedicated device. Simply releasing a copycat device and saying we have achievement support would only appeal to Xbox fans but not necessarily to a broader audience. Anyway the portable is popular here in the states but it is king over in Japan, a market that MS has shown a failure to penetrate in any fashion. As a geek, I'd love to have a device ala the PSP2 in specs, that could play any video format known to man (yes mkv i mean you) and pretty much be the ultimate phone, gaming, entertainment device rolled into one. I know that's unlikely to happen anytime soon. Wait for it, buddy... compare today to 5 years back... it's thrilling! :laugh: Can't wait to digg this post up in a few years and laugh together with you guys about all this :rofl: Man, we're gonna so look like Neanderthal techies... :p I'll even have a new computer by then! :D What will it be?! :shifty: Glassed Silver:win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 http://wmpoweruser.com/sony-renews-fight-for-the-portable-gaming-market-microsoft-still-absent/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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