Will Microsoft surprise as all and announce a new handheld??

[thismeintiel]

Squilliam said:

thismeintiel said:

I'd have to say no.  It would just be a gauranteed loss for them financially.  We already have the 3DS, which may appeal to the more casual crowd.  While the NGP will definitely appeal to the more hardcore crowd.  If so, then both markets are represented.  There's nothing MS could do to win in that market.  They would have to both outperform the NGP price wise and spec wise, as well as come out with many appealing exclusives, to defeat Sony.  And they would have to release as many unique exclusives as Nintendo, as well as beat them price wise and spec wise, to appeal to the more casual crowd. And I don't think there is really any room in the handheld market for a 3rd console that takes the middle route.

Seriously? Do you even know you're just creating a straw-man argument, beating it with a stick and declaring them the loser?

Everyone knows all they have to do is stick Windows 8 onto Arm put it in a tablet and they'll probably make 2* the revenue LTD of the NGP/3DS LTD combined. :-p theres such thing as an unfair advantage and they has it. They'll even sell 20M units without any gamez, which is like 4* better than Sony and the PS3.

We're not talking about putting MS's OS on someone else's HW here or even their own tablet (they already do that).  We're talking about MS creating their own handheld gaming device and having a chance to compete with Nintendo and Sony.  I'm saying they wouldn't.  Do try to stay on topic.