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Microsoft Handheld Gaming in 2007?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the x-parcel dept.

1up is reporting on speculation from analysts 'The Diffusion Group', who have forecast a handheld gaming device from Microsoft sometime in the next two years. From the article: "It's an analyst group's speculation and should be taken as such, but simultaneously one has to wonder what is the likelihood of Microsoft bringing a PGC to its platform library. A portable entry seemed like the next logical step for Microsoft before E3 -- and that logic was confirmed by the announcement of Live Anywhere at E3 -- a handheld platform would certainly make a solid launching pad for the mobile arm of Live Anywhere, wouldn't it?"

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  1. History of failures ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sega Game Gear
    Atari Linx
    Neo Geo Pocket
    Wonderswan Color
    N-Gage
    (potentially) PSP
    and many more ...

    Every company that has ever thought of entering the gaming market has decided to produce a handheld device, which is (almost) always assumed to be the end to Nintendo's dominance. Every last one of them has had all success limited to a region and been eventually knocked out of the market by Nintendo.

    Essentially, if Microsoft wanted to lose another billion dollars a year with limited success in the gaming market I would advise them to produce a handheld gaming device ... if they ever want to trun a profit though ...

  2. Re:Halo can already run on the Origami by bandrzej · · Score: 3, Informative

    No. The Origami (generation 1) all are using onboard shared video of either the Intel Mobile or Via chipset. They can barely play games from 3+ years ago with Direct X 9.0c.

    Some guy here got WOW to run (barely): http://www.umpcbuzz.com/blogs/jayhawk_phrenzie/arc hive/2006/05/30/9488.aspx

    The 800x480 resolution is another limiting factor. Most games today do not support that resolution.

    For the curious, you can read some of the attempts here: http://origamiproject.com/forums/thread/4000.aspx

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  3. Re:How may Predictions? by PhoenixOne · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, Microsoft has already said exactly that. See XNA and Live Anywhere.

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