| naznatips said: Microsoft won't ever make a handheld. That's not in their plans for gaming. They entered gaming to attack Sony. That's really the only reason. The PSP is not a threat to their empire so they won't bother attacking it, especially with the DS continuing to outsell it 3 to 1. Other than that, I would say that list is reasonable. |
I wasn't trying to imply that they would produce a handheld ...
I was saying that if Microsoft choose to produce a handheld it would make sense for them to release it in 2008 or 2009. Microsoft is in a position now where they could combine some of the better features of both the Nintendo DS and PSP and sell it at a reasonable price; a clamshell design with a touch pad (from a notebook), analogue nub, 4 face buttons and 2 shoulder buttons, flash memory format, with more power and a better screen than the PSP with similar battery life to the DS fo $199. On top of that they would be able to release it 12 to 24 months before either Sony or Nintendo released their next system which would give them the opportunity to build a userbase.
