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CardJoe · 15th May 2008, 11:52

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05...e-a-handheld/1

Microsoft's Shane Kim says he is glad that Microsoft hasn't entered the console market because MS games just don't work well on that platform.

sotu1 · 15th May 2008, 11:58

oooh...microsoft working with nintendo? i'm probably mistaken but is that a first?

cjoyce1980 · 15th May 2008, 13:01

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Originally Posted by sotu1

oooh...microsoft working with nintendo? i'm probably mistaken but is that a first?

hopefully the 360 will see goldeneye soon then

<A88> · 15th May 2008, 13:08

Hmmm, I'm not sure. One the one hand, I'm quite content with the XNA-approach they've taken to portable gaming in the my Zune's now got some pretty nice games on it to keep me occupied, and hopefully it'll just be a matter of time before we get something like Sonic or another platformer to distill the arcade-dominance. That said, it seems a little strange that they'd pursue 2 separate business models for their gaming division, and I can only assume that they'll eventually bring out a dedicated handheld to compete with the PSPs and DSLites, whilst still allowing for XNA-developed games to operate on all platforms.

pendragon · 15th May 2008, 18:26

seems like a smart move for Microsoft.. trying to compete with Nintendo in the handheld market is a daunting task.. as the Ngage and PSP have shown. I bet they do much better making games than they would making hardware.

Dreaming · 15th May 2008, 23:51

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

hopefully the 360 will see goldeneye soon then

Rare who made goldeneye was bought by Microsoft several moons ago. I think they would have to go back to the original James Bond licensers in order to make a 360 game though.

dogdude16 · 16th May 2008, 01:55

I just think sony needs to release a psp 2.

johnmustrule · 16th May 2008, 02:11

MS has over 100 billion dollars in the bank, they got enough resources to release a new console and hand held simultaneously for free!

<A88> · 16th May 2008, 09:40

Yeah, that'll keep the shareholders happy

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