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No. Not 35 games. 35 Gizmondo games. Thousands of NES, SNES, GEN, PS1, GBA, games. GP2X is also a failure. Gizmondo is a failure compared to other portables, but as it stands, the Gizmondo is an awesome system for what it is. I am not saying that it's better than other systems, I am just saying that it's an awesome system. Homebrew is really important because you are combining multiple, large consoles, into one, small, gaming device. But, if you read all of my posts, homebrew was only one of the things I complimented.



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But that's different. You're saying it succeeded in being awesome for you. But that has nothing to do with success though! ARGH! I'm getting angry... HULK SMASH!



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Isn't this already a thread? Listen, Gizmondo cost as much as a 360, only had 35 games and went bankrupt in less than six months after its debut, if that's not a failure I don't know what is. Sure you can buy it cheap now but I can also buy a Dreamcast cheap too, what's your point. So what if it can homebrew, the GP2X is better equipped for it and already have a larger emulation base. The Gizmondo was a fund and dump scheme like the Phantom, it would have never succeeded and sure as hell can't succeed now that its been dead for two years.



stof said:
But that's different. You're saying it succeeded in being awesome for you. But that has nothing to do with success though! ARGH! I'm getting angry... HULK SMASH!

Actually, nowhere in my last thread does it say that I considered it a success because it was awesome to me. I considered it a success in the technology that the handheld possesses. That is all.

Oh, the Gizmondo has an SD card slot, which is like the PSPs Micro SD card slot. Too bad the Nintendo DS doesn't have any slot for any storage device.

Yes, the Gizmondo is a failure when compared to other handhelds. But, just because it is one of the biggest failures, doesn't mean its one of the worst consoles. In fact, it's not even close to being one of the worst consoles. When a console fails, all it really means is that the console is not as popular as others, besides a few other reasons. The Gizmondo is not popular, but it's not bad. Everything it does, it does no in very high quality. It doesn't have that stupid dead pixel problem that the Playstation Portable has.

And the Gizmondo is a lot better now than it ever was before, because there are so many more things it can do. It can do many things that the PSP, or DS can't do.

Gizmondo was never a success, unlike the Nintendo DS, but it was certainly not a bad console. Until you have played a Gizmondo, you cannot say that it is a bad console.

Playstation Portable failed when compared to the Nintendo DS, but, the Playstation Portable is technically superior than the Nintendo DS. The Gizmondo failed when compared to the Playstation Portable, but, the Gizmondo is technically superior than the Playstation Portable. Because of all of the potential that the Gizmondo had, or still has, it is nowhere near being the worst portable gaming console ever!



Gballzack said:
Isn't this already a thread? Listen, Gizmondo cost as much as a 360, only had 35 games and went bankrupt in less than six months after its debut, if that's not a failure I don't know what is. Sure you can buy it cheap now but I can also buy a Dreamcast cheap too, what's your point. So what if it can homebrew, the GP2X is better equipped for it and already have a larger emulation base. The Gizmondo was a fund and dump scheme like the Phantom, it would have never succeeded and sure as hell can't succeed now that its been dead for two years.

Why is everyone still looking at the past? The Gizmondo used to cost as much as the 360! Now it's only about $60. Just because Tiger went bankrupt, doesn't make the Gizmondo bad. They just didn't have enough money to back it up. Sure, it will never succeed, but that doesn't make it bad. For everything it can do, it's awesome. And the GP2X is also a failure, but it's also an awesome console. So many consoles that were failures, are awesome, kind of like the Playstation 3.

Gizmondo is a failure, like many other consoles, when compared to the more superior ones, but that doesn't make them bad... At all...

All consoles are good. Gizmondo is better than Gameboy Advance because it can play all Gameboy Advance games, and do so much more, but the Gameboy Advance was much more of a success.



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What does any of this have to do with game sales?



A.l.e.x. seriously, the EDIT button, use it! The system is dead, no new games are going to come out for it and its game library stinks! So why should anyone care? If you want homebrew you can do it on any other system. The Gizmondo does not do anything unique that warrants praising a dead system.



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Most gamers don't even know what it is, it's name also sounds more pathetic then "Wii" first sounded, Gizmondo sounds like and is a joke. I'm sure if you asked the company that made it (that went bankrupt like you said) if the Gizmondo was a failure or not, I'm sure they'll give you the obvious answer. Therefore it is a failure. But I'd still like one :)



a.l.e.x59 said:
Gballzack said:
Isn't this already a thread? Listen, Gizmondo cost as much as a 360, only had 35 games and went bankrupt in less than six months after its debut, if that's not a failure I don't know what is. Sure you can buy it cheap now but I can also buy a Dreamcast cheap too, what's your point. So what if it can homebrew, the GP2X is better equipped for it and already have a larger emulation base. The Gizmondo was a fund and dump scheme like the Phantom, it would have never succeeded and sure as hell can't succeed now that its been dead for two years.

Why is everyone still looking at the past? The Gizmondo used to cost as much as the 360! Now it's only about $60. Just because Tiger went bankrupt, doesn't make the Gizmondo bad. They just didn't have enough money to back it up. Sure, it will never succeed, but that doesn't make it bad. For everything it can do, it's awesome. And the GP2X is also a failure, but it's also an awesome console. So many consoles that were failures, are awesome, kind of like the Playstation 3.

Gizmondo is a failure, like many other consoles, when compared to the more superior ones, but that doesn't make them bad... At all...

All consoles are good. Gizmondo is better than Gameboy Advance because it can play all Gameboy Advance games, and do so much more, but the Gameboy Advance was much more of a success.


"All consoles are good"...false.

You act like price isn't an issue. You could show me a handheld with the power of a PS3 right now, but if it's $2000, no way.
Just because Gizmondo can emulate GBA games does not make it inherently better than a GBA. GBAs are small and affordable, and can play multiplayer games even.

Listen. I suggest playing your Gizmondo and enjoying it...you're not going to get most people to admit it's anything but a complete failure.



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