Is the Xbox Portable Just a Pipe Dream? Options

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Is the Xbox Portable Just a Pipe Dream? Posted by XanTium | August 16 22:30 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From mobilemag.com: [QUOTE] At this point, it seems unlikely that we'll be seeing an Xbox Portable any time soon. Even so, we can go ahead and pursue this pipedream, just for the sake our own imagination and curiosity. What form factor would be the most appropriate for an Xbox Portable? Some combination of the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP would probably be the best, I think. You can map the standard Xbox controller on the bottom half, and then have a large widescreen display that flips up in a clamshell kind of way. In the center of the controller portion, you could have a touch-sensitive section that adjusts to the current situation, like the Motorola E8. I don't think a touchscreen is needed, nor is a full QWERTY keyboard. This is a gaming machine, not a messenger. Not that it matters. I don't think Microsoft is going to grace us with an Xbox 360 Portable. Prove me wrong, Redmond. Prove me wrong. [/QUOTE] Full Story: mobilemag.com

[Dark Seraph]

Yea id love a xbox portable...Get some of the great games we see on the 360 ON THE GO...now thatd be amazing...

at the moment i rely on my psp for gaming on the go, and I dont even use it for games Homebrew FTW.

maybe if Microsoft creates a portable gaming solution theyd probably dominate the market because to be honest there arent very good ones out there atm(not being a fan boy just cant see myself trying to hold a DS in a awkward position to play games and the psp has vertually no games that make me wanna buy the system even tho I own one)

Please Microsoft make one

[FILTHY J NASTY]

I always pictured myself in the back of my the bus with a couple friends playing some call of duty 4 on xbox portable.

I also pictured myself in the back of class with a headset on playing h3.



I would love something like this and if Microsoft did it right I would deff. buy it.



If they made it likes this, OMG!



This post has been edited by FILTHY J NASTY: Aug 17 2008, 04:56 AM

[Bandit5317]

A portable xbox with the graphics of an original xbox would be really cool, but that would mean it would need as much computing power as a $700 MID. On the note of portable xboxes, Ben Heck's is looking pretty interesting...



Pretty big, but I wonder if he actually found room for the DVD-ROM.

[BurnDown]

I'm sure we will see one eventually, and if we do I will definitely buy one. The PSP is great, but the lack of a right thumb stick really let's it down.

[bucko]

One word, Zune, that is all you will get imho.

[barman1176]

/me still likes the neon-green "portable". Also, clamshell design = broken hinges.

[luther349]

its probly something m$ does not wanna dive into yet. and what format would they use mini dvd or umd or some new format. you forget they would be competing agenst the psp and ds and for whatever reasion the ds is just the top selling handheld by huge numbers. i dont see why but it is. in any real review of the ds and psp the psp always wins in terms of well everything but yet the ds sells alot more units.

as for not playing games on your psp you just gotta dig around the libary of games a bit thers many great games for it most never saw any real promotion thow. in fact another not promoted game for the psp coming out thats gonna be good is the new star ocean. and ff crises core that did get some ads is just a kickass game a bit short if you just burn threw the story but if you do all the missions and side stuff it can be quite long and you get a kick ass summon for doing it. and the after credits trailer of the new ff7 teaser makes me wonder if the new 7 is gonna be a psp or ps3 game or both. no its not the tech demo trailer only abought the first 30 seconds are the same. oh and another games thats been out for a bit to try is brave story.

oh and i agree a homebrew psp is friggen awsom and yes i still buy games even homebrew enabled. in fact it helped me decide on what new game to buy. of course 95% of the stuff you wanna buy you gotta do over the net or gamestop being no other big box retailers carry a decent lineup of psp games.

This post has been edited by luther349: Aug 17 2008, 03:31 PM

[barman1176]

That's a fair point too. At this point can the market really support another huge portable launch? What's the point, so they can have one too?

PSP sales lag in certain locales, and the DS sells but piracy kills em (and the PSP) on the software end. The game has changed significantly of late, as easily applied mods of whatever sort be they cards or softmods can be readily attained by the novice user online, rather than strictly wonky hobbyists with soldering irons (like me). Read: Piracy is much more mainstream, and inevitable hacking of a platform is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Thus why the same rules that applied to the GB and GBA don't necessarily apply today. IMO.

At least PSP has the proprietary memory format to recoup some heh. I could be way off on this, fair warning, as I haven't bothered to google sales figures and profit margins; but I don't see portable game machines as being all that lucrative (worth the time and effort) anymore. There are other angles like losing money to ensure your companies console are in every house, and secondary stuff like Netflix services, etc etc to consider as well, however. Always more than meets the eye.

They'd be doing well to focus on getting 360s somewhat stable before throwing cash at a less than worthwhile project. Even if your launch console never RROD'd, the internet at large besides actual 360 owners thinks they do, and proof needs to be produced to the contrary.

Hopefully that wasn't too rambling.

This post has been edited by barman1176: Aug 17 2008, 04:50 PM

[Devedander]

I feel regardless of possibility, its not reall a wise market to try and break into right now.

plus look at logistics:

20+GB of storage for downloads and mappacks
pressure sensitive shoulder triggers
is this another $50 a year live account?
how readable is stuff designed for a living room tv on a portable screen?
Everyone has to rebuy their games for the portable (unless it runs on dvd9)

or is it not going to run the same software as the 360?

too much to overcome if you ask me.

[b33eazy]

I feel regardless of possibility, its not reall a wise market to try and break into right now.

plus look at logistics:

20+GB of storage for downloads and mappacks
pressure sensitive shoulder triggers
is this another $50 a year live account?
how readable is stuff designed for a living room tv on a portable screen?
Everyone has to rebuy their games for the portable (unless it runs on dvd9)

or is it not going to run the same software as the 360?

too much to overcome if you ask me.

LOL I agree that there won't be an Xbox portable, but your reasoning for it is crazy.

20GB of storage? It's unlikely MS would even have such a storage, but if they did 16gb would do.
That depends....
I agree on this point MS couldn't charge for this.
Well, how readable is DS or PSP on your screen? Those portable devices just aren't made for that.
Rebuy games? This is complete foolishness. It's a new console so of COURSE you would have to buy new games. Would you be mad if Ninty next DS wasn't compatible with Wii games?
Most of your reasons doesn't make sense...

I would say it wouldn't happen mainly because MS wouldn't stand a chance against Nintendo and would only be fighting with the PSP in US/EU. It would be pointless. All they could do is fight with the psp for the hardcore crowd.

[spinr34]

it would be nice to see microsoft enter into the portable market but, i think it is good that they haven't for two reasons.
1) the ds owns that market without a shadow of doubt
2) it would take time away from their focus on the 360 and the next xbox console for something that isn't really needed right now

also, there are a bunch of other issues that make a portable xbox not such a good idea.

[Devedander]

LOL I agree that there won't be an Xbox portable, but your reasoning for it is crazy.

20GB of storage? It's unlikely MS would even have such a storage, but if they did 16gb would do.
That depends....
I agree on this point MS couldn't charge for this.
Well, how readable is DS or PSP on your screen? Those portable devices just aren't made for that.
Rebuy games? This is complete foolishness. It's a new console so of COURSE you would have to buy new games. Would you be mad if Ninty next DS wasn't compatible with Wii games?
Most of your reasons doesn't make sense...

I would say it wouldn't happen mainly because MS wouldn't stand a chance against Nintendo and would only be fighting with the PSP in US/EU. It would be pointless. All they could do is fight with the psp for the hardcore crowd.

Well I guess it depends on how you read "portable 360". If its really a portable 360 (a la the laptop 360) so the whole 360 library was available, then my points are legit as it has to match the consoles abilities.

If you read "a portable game system with similar processing power to a 360" then thats not what I was talking about. Buit note the end of the article says portable 360...

This post has been edited by Devedander: Aug 18 2008, 08:05 AM

[scuba156]

Well I guess it depends on how you read "portable 360". If its really a portable 360 (a la the laptop 360) so the whole 360 library was available, then my points are legit as it has to match the consoles abilities.

If you read "a portable game system with similar processing power to a 360" then thats not what I was talking about. Buit note the end of the article says portable 360...

thing is, none of those two things are remotely possible at the moment. its not possible to fit that amount of power into such a small space. so really, i agree that your arguements dont really count as none of it is plausible

[irnchriz]

An xbox portable would be cool but I think that we probably wont see much in the way of this other than games for the Zune. I would like to see a handheld platform tied to xbox live (like live anywhere) so you could play your arcade games etc on the go. Even stream audio and movies remotely like the PSP does with the PS3 (still one of my favourite features of the PS3)