Microsoft to Enter the Handheld Market with CES announcement

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Jackson50 on 10 December 2008

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XBLA marketplace and Zunecasts on a handheld will be a win for me. Imagine playing Geo Wars 2, Braid, Castle Crashers on a portable... big win.

Yeah, a lot of the games on XBLA would be perfect for a portable system.

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Millennium on 10 December 2008

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imagine a handheld with XBOX360s horse power...

Oh, I'm imagining it all right. All that beautiful detail drawn on the tiny screen, the massive screen that can almost fit in my front jeans pocket if I twist it around just so, the whir of the fans and motors...

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SleepWaking on 10 December 2008

I like the idea of a xbox handheld, but not in the way it's described. I would still buy it though. Hehe achievements on the go.

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badgenome on 10 December 2008

Millennium said:

eliasg said:
imagine a handheld with XBOX360s horse power...

Oh, I'm imagining it all right. All that beautiful detail drawn on the tiny screen, the massive screen that can almost fit in my front jeans pocket if I twist it around just so, the whir of the fans and motors...

...

Oops; sorry. Battery ran out.

I always wanted a sequel to the Sega Nomad!

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FreeTalkLive on 10 December 2008

But will it be better than the ipod touch? Maybe it will play the same games.

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MrBubbles on 10 December 2008

sooo.....what is CES and when is it happening? also...i do not think this is what you think it is...if its anything at all.

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Xen on 10 December 2008

I don't expect anything phenomenal from this...

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Legend11 on 10 December 2008

Hopefully this isn't true as Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division needs to focus on the 360 rather than sink time and money into a handheld.