Let's say it came out and was as powerful as the xbox, which would make it more powerful than the PSP, plus had wireless online for like 200 bucks. Maybe the screen was the same size as a PSP and it had dual sticks. I know this is very limited info, but would you consider buying this thing?

it would def. intrigue me a whole lot. I have a psp but i dont play that to much except when i fly or go on a road trip.

With the major malfunction they call the 360....NO. I would not trust them to make a handheld...love the psp BTW

Yes. I think MS would put a lot of great features into their unit and I already have a Zune and I very pleased with it.

I have a psp but i dont play that to much except when i fly or go on a road trip.

Same here!

With the major malfunction they call the 360....NO. I would not trust them to make a handheld...love the psp BTW

Yup! I'd buy if I knew that they wouldn't break down every few times of use.


To be honest with you, I wouldn't buy it because I hardly have any time now a days to game on any system......sad reality :(

no i wouldnt. actually the PSP does pretty much everything i needed to do, and have no use for a MS handheld. Plus the way they go at things, either you will need to use MS memory items and still suck money from you, or it will be to big, or brake to often like my 360 does.

If it had support for watching movies/TV shows I would definitely be intrigued. I enjoy watching shows on my iPod when I'm on a plane.

If it had stainless steel back panel and you could turn it over and fry an egg or burger on it...maybe.

No.

Another vote for no. Barely have time for the DS as it is.

On a side note. Did the PSP ever turn a profit or is Sony taking massive losses to just break into the handheld market? Depending on that answer I'd guess whether MS would ever even attempt such a thing.

If it had a Halo game and you could take and play your XBL arcade games....I'd buy one.

If it had a Halo game and you could take and play your XBL arcade games....I'd buy one.

What he said, if it would play XBL arcade games I have purchased, that'd be neat.

Unfortunately, a handheld that plays xbox360 games would consume too much power (and that == lots of heat). Power and heat are two things that a handheld can't handle.

(N+) + (mobile gaming)= the madman at the airport.

MS will never do it. The zune now supports games and MS has promised compatibility with XBLA. and yes the zune isn't the ipod but it is still a very nice media player.

Hell no, the 360's unreliability makes me very wary to purchase another piece of MS hardware (in my experience, their keyboards and mice have been very unreliable as well).

On a side note. Did the PSP ever turn a profit or is Sony taking massive losses to just break into the handheld market? Depending on that answer I'd guess whether MS would ever even attempt such a thing.

Dude, the PSP has sold over 31 MILLION units and sales are increasing EVERY month. The re-design this year was a HUGE success. I just picked one up a month ago and I can't put the damn thing down. Wonderful add-on for the PS3.

As far as if I would buy an MS unit, probably not. With the hardware issues they've had on the 360, I don't see anyway that I'd trust their portable hardware to not breakdown quickly. Also, your question is incorrect in a way because there isn't anyway for a 'handheld' unit to be as powerful as a 360 and last more than 5 minutes from the heat that would generate.

At this time I have no interest in buying a portable gaming system from anyone. My interest in handheld gaming begins and ends with puzzles and card games, and my PDA is fine for that type of stuff (I also look forward to playing such games on my Zune). For any of the other types of games that I play, I'm interested in increased immersion, and handhelds are going in the wrong direction. I need bigger screens and bigger sound, not smaller :D.

But if I was in the market for a portable gaming system I'd certainly have no objection to checking out a Microsoft offering. I was a PC gamer who resisted console gaming for a long time--the first machine that I bought was a Dreamcast, and I've since owned an original Xbox, Xbox 360 and a PS3. Of those four, the 360 is far and away my favorite toy. (The PS3 has great potential, but there have only been 2 or 3 exclusives published so far that I had any interest in; it's been worth the cash as a Blu-ray player, though). I know that lots of people have had problems with the hardware, but I've owned mine since a few months after launch and I've never had a problem with it (knock wood :)). I own a Zune and love it (never considered the iPod, because the exclusive market that they created with their use of their "Fairplay" DRM system and their refusal to license it to other distributors pissed me off, though I might consider the iPod in the future now that they're backing down from DRM--I will probably buy Apple TV for download renting).

I've also been a big user of MS PC peripherals in the past (keyboards, mice, joysticks, etc) and had no problem with them.

No. But I wouldn't buy a PSP or DS, either. I don't have the time or the lifestyle that would make getting a portable game console worth it.

If I could use my PocketPC as a remote for my 360 so I could play music without turning the TV on, I'd be happy. :)

I'd rather just have a cell phone that can play games since I already carry it. I have a psp and I never use it. I gave my wife the 4gb memory card that I bought for it.

If it came w/ free satellite internet and XBL then yes. It also has to be at a reasonable price of course.

Maybe, it all depends on what MS does with it. I'd love it if it was an extension of my current 360. Gimme wifi, XBL, and compatible with 360 games. I know, they want me to buy more games but if I alread own a copy of COD4 for the 360, I really don't want to buy another copy for this phantom 360 mini/lite. So make the games cross platform compatible, if I buy a game for one unit, it works on both. I don't see why it couldn't be done, my console should register with XBL that I own COD4, then allow me to download a copy to the mini and at worst case at a small fee.

Also, your question is incorrect in a way because there isn't anyway for a 'handheld' unit to be as powerful as a 360 and last more than 5 minutes from the heat that would generate.

I said xbox.

No, If i'm going places.. I wanna go places. Not play games.

if it had a plug in for my ole' Duke controller then hell yeah!

I don't really see a market for a MS handheld right now. Sony has the high end with the PSP and Nintendo is holding the low end with the DS. There's no real point in releasing one that isn't higher end then the PSP because the DS would just dominate anything that tried to come in at that price/power point. If they tried to come in higher then Sony, devs would bitch because dev costs would go up even more then making a PSP game.

I think that if Microsoft is really looking to get into the handheld market, they are going to have to wait for Sony and Nintendo's next hardware refresh cycle and try to beat them to market with a next gen portable.

I certainly would! The Xbox and Zune are very well made hardware. The Xbox 360 has troubles but I'm not sure how that plays into anything else other than fanboy mudslinging.

I'd love to see it tied into live and my downloaded content such as TV shows and arcade games. I have a PSP 2000 and it's nice but it's slim on games I want to play.

No

I'd rather just have a cell phone that can play games since I already carry it. I have a psp and I never use it. I gave my wife the 4gb memory card that I bought for it.


Same thing I was gonna say. When apple brings out the 3g iphone ill be all over it.

Yes, if...

I could watch movies on it
I can play XBLA games
Play multiplayer on wifi
has Zune media player
has a same size or larger screen than PSP (16:9)
it looks like an Xbox 360 controller with sticks (more comfortable than PSP)

This might make it seem like a large device, but I'd love to use something like this on a long flight or bus ride than have nothing at all...

Why do you guys think XBLA will be compatible with it? XBLA games have full access to 360 hardware and there are some very advanced XBLA games (Roboblitz is UE3 for example). There is no way they could build a piece of hardware today that can handle 360 software. It's just not possible. And that's not even getting into the whole screen thing, it would have to be much much higher res than even the PSP screen (720p has over 7 times more pixels than the PSP's).

No, If i'm going places.. I wanna go places. Not play games.

PSP is amazing for plane/train rides. Just amazing.

If I didnt already have my DS then maybe

Why do you guys think XBLA will be compatible with it? XBLA games have full access to 360 hardware and there are some very advanced XBLA games (Roboblitz is UE3 for example). There is no way they could build a piece of hardware today that can handle 360 software. It's just not possible. And that's not even getting into the whole screen thing, it would have to be much much higher res than even the PSP screen (720p has over 7 times more pixels than the PSP's).



PSP is amazing for plane/train rides. Just amazing.The Zune is compatible with some XBLA games; XNA is the development environment for games on the Zune, and apparently some XNA games have been pretty easy ports. Certainly every XBLA game isn't going to run on it, but they've demonstrated versions of things like Zuma and Hexic running on it. I wouldn't expect every XBLA game to be compatible with this mythical handheld either, but some of them would be.

I strongly doubt it is the same version of Hexic running on both systems. Likely it is a port to Zune hardware.

I strongly doubt it is the same version of Hexic running on both systems. Likely it is a port to Zune hardware.I believe that they started with the XBLA version, though there was probably more work to porting it than just recompiling. They demonstrated it at GDC (see this (http://on10.net/blogs/laura/GDC-XNA/) video of a demo); looks pretty damn spot-on. It's not a very complex game--I'm sure porting it to Pocket PC or Palm wouldn't take that much work.

Right, I don't doubt they can port some (or even most) XBLA games to a portable system - I mean, Hexic could be done on a cell phone without a problem. But its not quite as simple as just downloading the XBLA games you've bought to your handheld.

Sony is already starting to explore this, most notably with Echocrome which is receiving both a PSN and PSP release.

I would consider buying it as I would consider buying anything, but it would have to be really outstanding to make me actually go out and get it. I aalllmmmossstt got a PSP, but I put it off long enough for the guy I know who had one to get really board with it. Seems nintendo still rules the handheld market, and that probably should be their focus.

The screen would need to be smaller than the PSP's, to make the device smaller than the PSP. If it isn't smaller than a DS Lite, then I'm not interested. :)

Now I would say no since I don't have a need for portable gaming system or an music player for that matter. I drive myself to work every day and I am only usually in the car for about 30 minutes or less.

Yes, absolutely - and make it speak XNA.

no i wouldnt. actually the PSP does pretty much everything i needed to do, and have no use for a MS handheld. Plus the way they go at things, either you will need to use MS memory items and still suck money from you, or it will be to big, or brake to often like my 360 does.

I'm kinda in the same boat. Not sure if I'll be getting another MS system after the 360. Reliability is a huge thing for me, i don't like tossing money away.

I'm kinda in the same boat. Not sure if I'll be getting another MS system after the 360. Reliability is a huge thing for me, i don't like tossing money away.

I think you mean "time" instead of "money" since all repairs are free. Time is money though so I guess if you go around enough it can equate. :)

If they had a way to make it play all the original Xbox titles then I would buy one for my son . Make it about the size of the Duke controller with a screen in the middle and a dvd drive in the back (hehe) .

-- Jason

I have a PSP that I don't play now (bought for vacation traveling).

Besides, the Zune is such a farce, the 360 (while I love it) is middling at best with the hardware failures, why would I shoot the dice on another MS product?

I've had to replace one 360, and I can't even play the XBLA games I've legally purchased unless I'm connected to XBL.

It all depends on the hardware to me. They should use a non-HDD solid-state design for a handheld. Why worry about dropping it, again? Telephone/GPS features maybe.
Use the 360's chipset, Compatibility with all MS consoles, LIVE, and this projection technology (seriously)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2080442,00.asp

In a couple years I'll buy one when they can make it all fit into a tiny case.
Otherwise I enjoy my DS.

Seriously How tough would it be now to make a solid state hand held 16gb. Thats easily enough memory for a full operating system and Id be overjoyed if all games and media were available via a download.

Seriously How tough would it be now to make a solid state hand held 16gb. Thats easily enough memory for a full operating system and Id be overjoyed if all games and media were available via a download.

The 360's entire OS fits in a 32MB flash file system.

I already own the PSP so I don't need another handheld. Besides I only play mine now when I take a number 2 and I only play poker on it ('05 World Series).

If it had games I wanted to play...