Carlucci Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hey, it worked for Jeff on the new sleeker, brighter DS, so what the heck. Interesting news from joystiq via businessweek. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 This is just a guess, but I don't think that we'll seeing a Microsoft gaming device anytime soon. I think they'd be a great deal more interested in putting out a portable Media Player. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 There's no reason why a "portable media player" couldn't also function as a game machine. In fact, with the lack of success all media players not named iPod have achieved it might well be time for someone to figure out how to get a multi-function device to really work. Nokia & Tapwave failed to deliver a multi-function device but Microsoft has the resources and relevant experience to do it right. If it can game as well as the DS & PSP and offer phone/media/PDA functions on par with single-function devices it would certainly carve a niche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Please, please everybody don't take this as an attempt to attack their shiny new 360s, or whinge about the fact that I've not bought a new XBox game since roughly Mercenaries. But I'd much rather Microsoft try to do a better job of releasing stream of quality titles for its current two machines than spread its resources even thinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Please, please everybody don't take this as an attempt to attack their shiny new 360s, or whinge about the fact that I've not bought a new XBox game since roughly Mercenaries. But I'd much rather Microsoft try to do a better job of releasing stream of quality titles for its current two machines than spread its resources even thinner. Agreed. And: Microsoft has the resources and relevant experience Clearly they have the resources, but relevant experience? What don't I know about Microsoft and the personal technology market that you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-K Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I could see them doing some sort of tie in between xbox live arcade and a PMP/Game System... Example: If you have a Xbox 360... you purchase geowars. then you can plug in your xbox2go and download the game (or a portable-friendly version) and take it along with you... the xbox2go could also probaly function as a memory card for the xbox360 (storing your live account there if you wanted... especially if they added some sort of wifi to it) just rambling/brainstorming... ignore me if i'm not making sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Example: If you have a Xbox 360... you purchase geowars. then you can plug in your xbox2go and download the game (or a portable-friendly version) and take it along with you... It would have to be a "portable-friendly" version, i.e. rewritten for a lesser hardware setup, as you're effectively asking for a portable Xbox360 otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-K Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 It would have[/b'] to be a "portable-friendly" version, i.e. rewritten for a lesser hardware setup, as you're effectively asking for a portable Xbox360 otherwise. Depends on the game, I'd think. A lot of the Live Arcade titles aren't taxing the 360... (Geowars might be a bit flashy for a portable... but the classic mode could work)... Even so... A lot of the games have roots as web based or classic arcade titles. I think a lot of those could still work with minimal recoding. And... Imagine how cool using your gamertag/friends list on a portable system could be... what the DS should have done... ... not that their aren't workarounds /shameless self-promotion \/ \/ \/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 A lot of the Live Arcade titles aren't taxing the 360 They may not be taxing, but they are games written specifically for the 360, so they'd have to re-written in some way to work on another device. Clearly they have the resources, but relevant experience? What don't I know about Microsoft and the personal technology market that you do? If it was more of a media device, they certainly have experience with media library software and interfaces in WMP and XP Media Center. They've created numerous Operating systems for personal organisers and other portable devices and worked with portable audio manufacturers in establishing compatibility with WMA licenced files. They may not have any direct experience in creating actual hardware like this, but they certainly have exposure and have worked with a lot of different devices, and should have an idea of what people want, and what they could possibly do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 More fuel on the speculation fire. Not sure how credible this guy is, but he states it as a fact! Microsoft Plans for Handheld Game Player and Ipod Killer (not the Origami) One benefit of waiting longer is that the handheld will likely have sufficient technology in it to run a lot of original Xbox games from a few years ago. Hence, it wouldn't be hard to create a new library of games for the handheld. Signs of activity have surfaced. Transmeta, a maker of low-power chip technology, said last year that it had assigned 30 engineers to work with Microsoft on a secret project. Transmeta's engineers work on ways to take the power out of computing chips so that they can be used in handheld devices with long battery lives. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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