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pika62221 on 30 August 2008

Anyone hear the rumor that Microsoft is planning to make an XBox portable? If they do, what would it look like? The DS is the most popular to date, so let's see, how about 4 screens, 2 of them touch screens, the other 2 fold out to give a panorama view. It would be mini HD-DVD, to compete with the PSP, have a battery life of about 2 hours, just long enough to watch a movie. It would of course have 18 buttons, weigh about 5 pounds, so it could compete with the original XBox. It would also be a cellular telephone, so it could compete with the iPhone. It would access the internet, download large games in like 3 seconds, etc, etc. Really, Gates should leave the portable wars to Nintendo and Sony for now, then come in at the last minute and make a system that just blows the two of them away.



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d21lewis on 30 August 2008

No! No! No! No! Nooooo!



pichu_pichu on 30 August 2008

Zune?



akuma587 on 30 August 2008

This rumor has been around for awhile. I wouldn't expect it for at least 2 years if it is true.



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ceaser92 on 30 August 2008

a long time ago, the only game would be halo portable



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matt247 on 30 August 2008

It's never gonna happen. they will be putting games on the Zune though and possible the Zune phone(remember Microsoft owns Danger, the maker of the Sidekick), whenever that comes out.



i love xbox360 on 30 August 2008

if they were going to bring out a handheld they would have stopped rare developing games for the ds





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MrBubbles on 30 August 2008
i love xbox360 said:
if they were going to bring out a handheld they would have stopped rare developing games for the ds

 

they create fans.  if they make a bunch of handheld games, they would likely attract people to their handheld device before its even released rather than trying to build a base from nothing



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|_emmiwinks on 30 August 2008
pika62221 said:

Anyone hear the rumor that Microsoft is planning to make an XBox portable? If they do, what would it look like? The DS is the most popular to date, so let's see, how about 4 screens, 2 of them touch screens, the other 2 fold out to give a panorama view. It would be mini HD-DVD, to compete with the PSP, have a battery life of about 2 hours, just long enough to watch a movie. It would of course have 18 buttons, weigh about 5 pounds, so it could compete with the original XBox. It would also be a cellular telephone, so it could compete with the iPhone. It would access the internet, download large games in like 3 seconds, etc, etc. Really, Gates should leave the portable wars to Nintendo and Sony for now, then come in at the last minute and make a system that just blows the two of them away.

 

I dont think MS wants to try and get into that market, but if it did... Well, I hope you have oven mits.



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Sky Render on 30 August 2008

This is Microsoft. They have rumors floating around like it's the last day of the Buy-2-Get-1-Free Rumor Sale. And many of them result in nothing more than vapor, just hype to get people excited and to pay less attention to whatever they're trying to compete with.

And hey, why not? If people are still willing to believe that MS is telling the truth every time a rumor "leaks" from MS about some product, they're going to keep milking that gullibility. It lets them "compete" without any need to produce an actual product, since they can count on their loyal followers not buying their would-be competitors' products in hopes of seeing an MS version come out. And hey, if they can net enough interest, maybe they'll actually make a half-hearted attempt to produce that item.

This is not new. Microsoft has done this over and over again. Windows 2000, Windows XP, DirectShow, the original XBOX, the Zune, Windows Vista, the XBOX 360, and countless other MS products were "leaked" as being in development significantly before their release to build hype. And the end product has never, ever, ever lived up to that hype. The XBOX handheld is vaporware, and shall remain vaporware until it's on store shelves. Do not play into Microsoft's hands and believe the hype.



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