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Gizmondo Tilts At Windmills

Posted by Zonk on from the sheeeee-booooom dept.

The always excellent Game Over feature on CNN reports on the upcoming launch of the Gizmondo portable console, and what a colossally bad idea it is. From the article: "Assuming you do want to play one of those games, it's going to be a frustrating affair. The system's D-pad controller doesn't lend itself to accurate aiming, particularly in fast-paced games. Of course, you have to turn on the Gizmondo to play games or take advantage of any of its offerings. This is not a quick task. In fact, it takes 48 seconds. (Compare that to less than five seconds on the Nintendo DS.) "

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  1. Bad marketing decisions by sm4kxd · · Score: 5, Insightful
    #1 - To try and take on Nintendo and Sony with features like a manually updated 'Currency Exchange Rate'

    #2 - To launch a device with a title like 'Sticky Balls'

    #3 - To do "all that" for more money that the PSP

    Oh and 'no retail space' should fit in there somewhere too.

  2. *Crystal Ball* by quark101 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm seeing... It's coming... A repeat of the NGage... That's it... Yes, it is.

  3. Tilting at windmills by chrisbtoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In case you're a philistine like me, and have no fscking clue what "Gizmondo Tilts At Windmills" means, you'll be pleased to learn that it means "Gizmondo prepares for a battle".

    Comes from Don Quixote , apparently. I'd be pleased to learn from some of our more learned slashdotters why it means that.

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    1. Re:Tilting at windmills by earthbound+kid · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Even if you accept the premise that the Bible is fiction, it's not a novel. Novels are about following the inner life of protagonists. The Bible does a bunch of different things, mostly record-keeping, poetry, prophecy, and a little bit of philosophy, but it never does that.

  4. Exactly what consumers want by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...will feature an advertising service that sends commercials up to 40 seconds long to your unit as many as three times a day.

    OMG! I must have one of these!!

    This Gizmondo thing is a joke, right? They're not actually going to sell this handheld thing for $400, right? Right?

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