rhiohki
12-01-2004, 12:56 PM
Excuse me if this is the inappropriate forum, but I thought it relevant with all the DS vs. PSP debates going on
The Nintendo Handheld. Whatever flavor you may have, the GB, GB color, GB pocket, GBA, or DS, it has outlasted much of the competition over the years...
To those who don't think the game boy, in all of its incarnations, had any competition, let me remind you of the Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Turbo Express, Neo Geo Pocket, Tiger's Game.com, even Nokia’s N-gage, and others. If the aforementioned handhelds don’t ring a bell, it’s because the dominance of the game boy at the time cut short the life of these other aspiring portable machines.
Sony is Nintendo’s arch-nemesis and will likely do the most damage in terms of market share loss in the handheld sector. The debate about innovative games, screen size, battery life, etc goes on and on, and frankly, I’m a bit tired of it……..
What I’m wondering is what the big M$ is thinking about all of this and if their minds are at work brainstorming a handheld equivalent of the Xbox? Is it even possible? How would that impact you as a gamer? Would the thought of playing Halo, Half-Life, or Fable on a plane or road trip appeal to you? Does M$ need to get into every possible market of gaming? The Xbox was the first leap, and I’m sure they must be thinking about the other areas of the gaming market where they want to penetrate. Thoughts? Ideas?...maybe there’s an internet article or something that is posted somewhere about it…maybe this has come up on boards before..I just never really did an indepth search for it (my apologizes if it has)...….your view??
The Nintendo Handheld. Whatever flavor you may have, the GB, GB color, GB pocket, GBA, or DS, it has outlasted much of the competition over the years...
To those who don't think the game boy, in all of its incarnations, had any competition, let me remind you of the Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Turbo Express, Neo Geo Pocket, Tiger's Game.com, even Nokia’s N-gage, and others. If the aforementioned handhelds don’t ring a bell, it’s because the dominance of the game boy at the time cut short the life of these other aspiring portable machines.
Sony is Nintendo’s arch-nemesis and will likely do the most damage in terms of market share loss in the handheld sector. The debate about innovative games, screen size, battery life, etc goes on and on, and frankly, I’m a bit tired of it……..
What I’m wondering is what the big M$ is thinking about all of this and if their minds are at work brainstorming a handheld equivalent of the Xbox? Is it even possible? How would that impact you as a gamer? Would the thought of playing Halo, Half-Life, or Fable on a plane or road trip appeal to you? Does M$ need to get into every possible market of gaming? The Xbox was the first leap, and I’m sure they must be thinking about the other areas of the gaming market where they want to penetrate. Thoughts? Ideas?...maybe there’s an internet article or something that is posted somewhere about it…maybe this has come up on boards before..I just never really did an indepth search for it (my apologizes if it has)...….your view??