HANDHELD GAMING
(Posted 2003-11-01 03:33:08 by basscomm)

The N-Gage sounds like a good idea. So did the Neo Geo Pocket, the
Wonderswan, the Game Gear, the Turbo Duo, the Game.com, the Atari Lynx,
etc.

What has Nintendo done to get this stranglehold on the market? The easy
answer is Pok

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There are 2 comments on this post:

Comment #1 by poptatr ( poptart@Poptartweb.org ) on 2003-11-01 18:01:00
I remember the gameboy.. the gamegear (and its crappy battery life--i
couldn't even play mine for 2 mins on batteries) and the super gameboy...
kewl systems, but the game gear was best for portability ya know, cause of
the backlit screen. you can't take a gameboy with you on trips in the car
cause as soon as it got dark, no more gameboy, unless your parents would
let you turn a light on. I don't own any of the new generation consoles
(xbox, gc, or PS2) nor any of the recent gameboys, however, i did play one
at target recently... I must say, they did a nice job porting SMB3 over to
the new Gameboy (what ever its called now, its the one that folds up.) i
wouldn't mind having a GC just so i could play it (SMB3) on my tv again. I
think NES should release a Best-Of pack for either the GC or PC with like
the best games from the NES, SNES, or N64 (since these consoles are all but
gone) just so the gamers that grew up on these games (myself included) can
play them... and also so that the Pokeman-era (i know i spelled it wrong, i
can't stand the little brats!) gamers can get back to thier roots.
Just my .02. Keep up the good work at teh Socks, bass. 

--tatr
PS> Open to anyone: what games do you think should go on the best-of pack?


Comment #2 by  brc64 (  ) on 2003-11-07 13:21:42
Many have tried to compete with Nintendo in the portable market, and many
have failed.  However, I seriously believe that where others have failed in
the past, Sony will succeed.  Their name alone will be enough to sell the
PSP for some.. clever moves (such as the rumor of a Final Fantasy VII-2
exclusive to PSP) will sell even more.

Interestingly enough, the difficulties the PSP is going to face are similar
to the difficulties Nintendo faced with the Gamecube.. software.  The PS2
had backwards compatibility, and since the PS1 has a MASSIVE library of
games, that made the PS2 look even more impressive.  When the Gamecube was
launched, it didn't have much of anything.  Now the tables are turned.. the
GBA (and probably its successors) is backwards compatible with all previous
Nintendo handhelds.  Sony is going to have to come up with some excellent
titles to attract customers.

The other problem Sony faces with the PSP is price.  Judging by the specs
I've seen, it looks extremely unlikely that this thing will launch for
under $100 (the GBA was $99 when it came out, as is the GBA-SP now).

I'm very curious to see how this turns out.



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