Gizmondo Tilts At Windmills

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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Bad marketing decisions

[sm4kxd]

#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.

Re:Tilting at windmills

[pregister]

It has a different flavor than just 'prepares for battle'. Don Quixote 'thought' he was attacking giants. He was, in fact, attacking windmills. So...Gizmondo thought they were gearing up to attack the giants of the industry while the fruits of their labor, at least according to TFA, show that they really had no clue what they were doing. Not a bad metaphor here, really.

Re:*Crystal Ball*

[WasterDave]

No way man, they sold *hundreds* of NGage's.

Dave