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Xbox '1080' prototype looks portable, silly

Xbox fanatics seem to be obsessed with the idea of a portable Xbox. The other portable game systems out there? Not good enough. Microsoft or bust, I guess they're thinking. Perhaps this concept by Carl Archambeault would fit the bill for them.

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TrevorPhillips5343d ago

Looks good, but I don't think MS would make a portable just yet. Hopefully soon though.

Ron_Burgundy5343d ago

sound like the resolution they WISH the flopbox could achieve :P :P :P

54percent5343d ago

I doubt the airlines will allow to carry that with me, it's a highly explosive and flammable devise.

Ron_Burgundy5343d ago

why does it look like a cheap boombox?

GiantEnemyCrab5343d ago

Is your Peter North account banned?

Just keep talking to yourself and representing the worst to ever grace gaming.

Saaking5343d ago

Why do you bots love accusing others of multiple accounts? I bet you have many accounts giantenemycrap.

Ron_Burgundy5343d ago

the guy is one of favorites here on N4G, I'm honored to be placed in the same category as him so I'll take that as a compliment :P

Saaking5343d ago

The bots are jealous cause Peter North is the funniest guy on N4G and keeps owning them. Cry more bots.

GiantEnemyCrab5343d ago

wah wah wah.. are you all going to start spooning now?

Look at all you butthurt fanboys. And no matter how much you deny it, you cannot troll at the level you guys do without a serious case of it.

patterson5343d ago

GEC, he's right though, it does look like a cheap boom box.

I don't think anybody in their right mind would buy such a silly looking thing.

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Saaking5343d ago (Edited 5343d ago )

MS should not enter the handheld business. Nintendo and Sony dominate there and Japan is a big factor (MS is NOT popular in Japan). An xbox portable would no doubt face very hard struggles and possibly fail.

Scarecrows5343d ago (Edited 5343d ago )

Saaking - 4 minutes ago

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So, Portable RROD exclusive to this piece of sh1t.

so YOU post the story, comment good here and rediculous in the open zone?

bipolar much?

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why acted civilized here though, and act like a COMPLETE moron over there? thats just weird/

Saaking5343d ago

If I post what I posted in the open zone here I'll get restricted. Same opinion different wording.

RockmanII75343d ago

If I remember correctly, people also said that Sony shouldn't enter the handheld competition because it was dominated by Nintendo for well over a decade.

Saaking5343d ago

Yes, but Japan plays a big part in the handheld market and MS i not popular in Japan. That's all I'm saying.

Sarcasm5343d ago

The real question, is what kind of features will a MS handheld need to be successful? Obviously software would be a big part of it, a Halo portable, Forza portable, Gears of War portable etc. etc. But what about the features? Wi-fi, blue tooth, media features? What else? It cant just be a PSP with two joysticks.

badz1495343d ago

but handhelds are HUGE in japan but not so much in other territories where consoles are more significant. in Japan, it was always DS at the top while in other territories, Wii is always on the top! M$'s biggest territory is a console land, so I doubt they will even try to come out with a portable just yet! but anything can happen and seems like M$ has a lot of money to throw for their gaming division!

kaveti66165343d ago

I have to agree with Saaking, here. Microsoft will find that the barrier to entry in the handheld gaming market will be a lot tougher to break through. Sony and Nintendo mainly dominate in Japan where handhelds are the most popular, and in America both companies have a strong foothold. Microsoft's software library doesn't include games that are popular on handhelds. Nintendo and Sony bring a lot of RPGs to their handhelds because that is what the Japanese love, so MS has to create an infrastructure just to churn out enough of those types of games to compete with Sony and Nintendo in that department. And in the states, the 360 is popular as a hardcore home console, but how will MS appease it's hardcore base with a portable console? I see the chances of failure to be too high right now. MS needs to focus on building more game studios to keep up with Sony's portfolio.

Pekka5343d ago

DS is bigger than Wii everywhere in the world, not just Japan. In USA DS sold almost as much as Wii, PS3 and 360 COMBINED in July. Here are july 2009 figures from NPD:

Top 10 Hardware Sales, July 2009

1. Nintendo DS 538.9K
2. Wii 252.5K
3. Xbox 360 202.9K
4. PSP 122.8K
5. PlayStation 3 121.8K
6. PlayStation 2 108K

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FiftyFourPointTwo5343d ago

Now with 80 percent failure rate.

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 8h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken1d 4h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 19h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 19h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 7h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken1d 4h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos2d ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto2d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger882d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d 14h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.