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Wow... That's awesome. By the way, the Gizmondo has a hard drive, unlike the Playstation Portable, and Nintendo DS. Also, its joypad is better than the Playstation Portable's, and Nintendo DS's. But, I'm sorry Gizmondo, your games just suck... Really, really, really suck... Compared to Nintendo DS's.



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sounded like it was a little ahead of its time



It was. Weird how a console, or portable, can fail by being too good.



http://www.gizmondoforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11051 Site jumper :P



Thank your ArtorAngels! See everyone? I'm not the only person who thinks its good. Is it a coincidence that everyone who owns a Gizmondo thinks its good? Take a look at the post ArtofAngels provided, and you will learn a lot more on why the Gizmondo is an awesome system. By the way ArtofAngels, I do find it really weird how you were able to, and why you wanted to, hunt me down on a totally different website, on the Internet.



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I just want to comment on Mr. a.l.ex. saying the GP2X is a failure. It is absolutely NOT a failure. The GP2X never set out to compete with the likes of the DS or the PSP, it was intended to be a homebrew handheld from the start. It's place was to take over the niche market the GP32 had created for itself and Gamepark Holdings succeeded in what they wanted the GP2X to be. The Gizmondo IS a failure because Tiger designed this handheld to compete with Nintendo and Sony and FAILED miserably in that aspect. It had horrible sales, even the GP2X has sold more than the Gizmondo. Sure the Gizmondo is a homebrew handheld now, with a decent amount of software out for it, but even in that aspect the GP2X and the PSP completely outclass it. Both the GP2X and the PSP have thriving homebrew communities with constant updates, while the Gizmondo community is at a somewhat standtill when compared to these other communities. Sure it still has some projects going on, but it's nothing compared to the GP2X and the PSP, with that said I still completely respect all the devs. who currently work on these projects for the Giz. Though I cannot think of a single emulator that is better on the Gizmondo, when compared to the GP2X, not to mention the GP2X has alot more homebrew games and it grows day by day. So please don't call the GP2X a failure as it is STILL selling well and consistently and STILL has a very large and active community. It completely succeeded in what it was supposed to be, a GREAT homebrew handheld, unlike the Gizmondo which fails in what it was set out to, a commercial handheld. It's not even that great of a homebrew handheld.



a.l.e.x59 said:
Thank your ArtorAngels! See everyone? I'm not the only person who thinks its good. Is it a coincidence that everyone who owns a Gizmondo thinks its good? Take a look at the post ArtofAngels provided, and you will learn a lot more on why the Gizmondo is an awesome system. By the way ArtofAngels, I do find it really weird how you were able to, and why you wanted to, hunt me down on a totally different website, on the Internet.

Too much spare time on my hands.



Can someone tell me what Im looking at here, Youtube is crap for quality and Ive never heard of this thing before. So at first glance it looks like this guy is like, playing with virtual 3d objects on his fu****g kitchen table. And if that isnt damn cool I dont know what is.

 

I need links. Link me to some information please. 



lol...dball, sounds like you own one of those gizmondo's ?

 

EDIT- this whole time i was always calling g ball "d ball" too funny and my bad



I am WEEzY. You can suck my Nintendo loving BALLS!

 

MynameisGARY

Sorry, but if the Gizmondo, Nokia N-Gage, and even Playstation Portable are considered to be failures, than the GP2X is also one.

Saying that it never set out to compete with the Nintendo DS or Playstation Portable is an excuse. Any portable that is released competes with the big guys. I could say that the Gizmondo was never set out to compete with anyone else, but that wouldn't be true.

Just because GP2X sold more than the Gizmondo doesn't make it a success. A portable needs to sell millions more than the Gizmondo to be a success. In fact, a portable needs to sell millions more than a Playstation Portable for it to even approach the Nintendo DS in competition.

You know absolutely nothing about the Gizmondo. The Gizmondo has homebrew capabilities that outclass the Playstation Portable and GP2X in many ways. The Gizmondo is just like the GP2X, and Playstation Portable. They are all expensive, all failures, all can perform homebrew, and all have video game libraries that need major work on.

Sorry, but if you can insult the Gizmondo this much, then the GP2X is not better enough than the Gizmondo, since they are very similar, to be considered a success.

But you know what, I don't think the Gizmondo is a failure. I don't think the GP2X is a failure. In my first post, I mentioned that if the Gizmondo, Nokia N-Gage, and even Playstation Portable is considered a failure, than the GP2x, without a doubt, is a failure. However, all of these consoles only failed in terms of sales, and also their video game libraries. But, all of their harware is extremeley high tech, and that is where they all succeed.

N-Gage is more successful than the GP2X. If the N-Gage failed, than the GP2X failed. I don't understand how you can hate the Gizmondo, and love the GP2X, when they are both in amongst the same class of failures, in terms of sales. Also, nobody even knows what the GP2X is.

But remember what I said. They are only failures in terms of popularity. I for one think that the GP2X is more powerful than the Gizmondo in ways, and possibly has better homebrew capabilities. Yet, the exact same can be said about the Gizmondo in comparison to the GP2X.

Why am I even insulting the Playstation Portable? Well....

http://www.pspfanboy.com/2006/10/01/developers-say-psp-has-already-failed/

If developers are saying that the Playstation Portable failed, than it must have.

By the way, the Playstation Portable, although a remarkable system in hardware, has only sold about 20 million units. Since I last checked, every single console that has sold around 20 million units, or less, was considered a failure in popularity (notice that I only consider a console, or portable, to be a failure in popularity. No console is a failure in hardware design, since all portables are marvels in enginuity). Even the Nintendo 64, at around 30 million units, is considered to be a failure, by some. Ever since the Playstation has sold over 100 million consoles, the bar of success in console sales has been drastically raised.

Gizmondo and GP2X are failures in terms of popularity, and successes in terms of hardware design. End of story. 

And If you are going to correct me some where in any of my posts, do so in a respectable manner. If you can convince me that the post needs editing, I will do so.I hate it when people do that. I change my mind very easily, and most of the things I say are opinions.