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The Handheld War

Posted by Zonk on from the screen-to-screen-to-screen dept.

The Escapist has an editorial up talking about the war currently raging in the trenches...and not the console war, for once. The new handhelds are duking it out for position, and he makes some interesting predictions. From the article: "Sony's stumble will clear the way for Nokia's N-Gage powered smartphones to be the #2 platform in handheld gaming. I see it developing into a PC-like platform. Think of it like this: Everybody has a PC. Everybody uses their PC for work and web. Some people also use it for gaming - enough people to make the PC, as a platform, the second biggest; it's the same concept with the smartphone."

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  1. So funny. by Rod+Beauvex · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It sends me into fits of laughter to see people get all hot and bothered because Nintendo is successful. Rather than admit Nintedo won, they'll support the N Gage. Pathetic.

  2. Don't forget the DS VoIP demo! by earthbound+kid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree with the comments everyone else has made: namely, the author is on crack and the N-gage is dead. However, I'd like to point out that no one has mentioned the demo Nintendo did at E3, where they used DSes to make VoIP phone calls. In other words, if Nintendo ever feels like releasing the software for it, you'll be able to make free call to other DSes and possibly computers and phone lines at any WiFi hotspot. So basically, it's a portable phone that makes cheap calls.

    Score one more for the DS.