Panasonic shelves their Portable Gaming Device!

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kurasakiichimaru on 03 March 2011

What with the 3DS, the Xperia Play, Sony’s upcoming NGP (aka the PSP2), and the myriad of tablets and smartphones out there, the portable gaming console market is a tank full of sharks these days. While most companies would understandably be intimidated when entering such a stiff competition, it seems Panasonic has decided to steer clear altogether. The company has decided to shelve the portable games console it announced last October. Dubbed Jungle, the device was supposed to be exclusively for online gaming and MMORPG and packed a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad along with the d-pad and shoulder buttons. At the time, Panasonic seemed pretty pumped about the console, however, it seems to have gone off the device for now.
Reuters cites a statement released by the company that blames changes in the market for the axing of the Jungle. "Panasonic decided to suspend further development due to changes in the market and in our own strategic direction." Panasonic said. Of course, it’s important to note that the company was careful to use the word “suspend” so it’s possible we may see another iteration of the Jungle at some point in the future, when Panasonic next reevaluates its strategic direction. Who knows?

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Panasonic-Jungle-Cancel-Suspend-Axe-Portable-Console,news-10299.html

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NYANKS on 03 March 2011

They saw the big dinosaur on the PSP2 yesterday and just went "Yeah, fuck that." lmao

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darthdevidem01 on 03 March 2011

I didn't even know it existed till now. Not surprised though, the portable gaming space is more competitive than ever.

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kurasakiichimaru on 03 March 2011

NYANKS said:

They saw the big dinosaur on the PSP2 yesterday and just went "Yeah, fuck that." lmao

Atleast they tried. LOL

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Porcupine_I on 03 March 2011

*sings* to shut it down now would be twisted, i just heard this thing ex-iii-steeeeed....

“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

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