Xbox Handheld Won't Play Games

With all the rumors flying around lately regarding the mythical Xbox portable, one that seems to take the cake may also make the most sense, depending on the way you look at it.

It started quite a long time ago, with many insiders, and publications, including Xbox Evolved receiving confirmation from inside sources of an Xbox handheld idea being researched by Microsoft. Most recently this year rumors have sprouted that Xbox poster boy J Allard and his team are hard at work on the device, with the news coming from Dean Takashi, industry insider. Later, the Origami project sprouted rumors that Microsoft was indeed created a handheld, only to be revealed as a prototype handheld Pocket PC. Now an even more interesting twist to the myth; the machine when completed, will not play games...

[Asuka]

people need to understand that its not a "xbox" at all. Its a pocket pc :(

[OutLaw]

They are also making sound like. Look at the XBOX logo as a name not a console. So if they made a computer the computer will be under the XBOX name or any other product they make. Example lets say this is a car but my model is a xbox. So if anybody ask me what type of car I have I will say a Xbox. It's weird but I think thats where they're heading with this. So it's not a game handheld.

[mikeeno7]

handhelds are nice ideas, but are something i've never really bothered with. I just play on console. Anyway you have nintendo, the leaders of portable gaming, if people really need handhelds, not the PSP trash...

[Silver360]

I was looking forward to a xbox handheld. I already have an MP3 player so I don't know if i would buy this. Just not what I was looking for

[ssj04]

lol, look soo ugly... who would want that ugly thing... haha

[Islandkiwi]

If you're going to do it, why not enable it to play Live Arcade games?

[darktangent]

That would be a good Idea for gaming on this system at a minimum, and would go along way towards linking up M$ other brands and products together. That would create Switching cost in M$ favor (sorry for the economics) but you know maybe a person gets this handheld and likes playing the Live Arcade games as a secondary function of the handheld. If they dont have a gaming system which do you think they are likely to buy? If they had achievements or a Xbox live prescence like on the 360 than certainly it would be an easier choice.

[CHEETO]

YOU CAN TELL THATS NOT WHAT ITS REALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE.

[shotty]

Microsoft is the only one that can take out the ipod. Everyone tried Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, Creative and everyone failed. Only MS since they run the OS and they have an edge over apple since MS has a gateway into the living room with the xbox 360. Imagine seemless integration with vista and the xbox 360. You download a song on your computer once and it's streamed to the xbox and the X player. You can use the mini xbox to control the x360 and even set-up downloads for the x360 while you are not home. It's a powerful idea and I'm sure MS would put gaming into it, well atleast the arcade games on xbox live.

[ssj04]

YOu must be wishing, because from the look of it they can't even take lead over SOny... and to think going after Ipod. haha yeah sure..

[PublicDeviance]

Ok. You extend the xbox 360 to it by having customizing options and such on the device, great. You let me play movies and music, great. You have an actual storage medium to download all files to instead of buying cartridges, wonderful. But, you better let me play my arcade games too. Makes perfect sense, they link to your live profile, they are very small in size, simple, addictive, and already being developed for another medium (live arcade) so a simple port over saves from having to devolop brand new titles. I would purchase on in a instant. I really love the idea of an extention to my 360 games. Just give us atleast the arcade titles to play, we dont necessarily need new titles developed. BTW, are we ever going to see a breakout game on arcade? It seems like a given...
-PublicDeviance on xbox live

[Shadow Flare]

This article basically blows away any xbox fanboys arguement that:

"The PS3 was not made for gaming, it was created to push the blu-ray medium foward"

It says to me, Microsoft isn't in it for the games, their in it for the money

Sorry but a new xbox handheld that doesn't play games? Fanboys get your head out your butt and smell the pinache, it might be successful but it doesnt play games! What's that to gamers like us? It just tells me you follow microsoft so blindly that you're backing them up on an xbox handheld that doesn't play games! Geez, get a grip

Sony's PlayStation has always been about the games formost, Microsoft just seeks to create platforms everywhere and monopolise everything. Microsoft piss me off

[Landa]

A valid link where "The PS3 was not made for gaming, it was created to push the blu-ray medium foward" is stated?

[ahh10000]

SSJ shut the H*ll up this site was changed to keep people like you from posting non relevant stuff about a certain system, if you hate 360 so much go to the ps3 portion and write about it there..your comments are pure ignorance so just shove it you moron

[Majunior]

I just dont see this bein big if it doesnt play original xbox games or a new format for the handheld...Hopefully M$ knows this...no games, no buy...dont need another laptop

[Majunior]

If this thing could play xbox games online from hotspots i would so want this!!!Halo2 online pretty much anywhere handheld!!CAn u say overkill!!Do it M$ we all want u too...

[user9422077]

rofl