(In reply to Ocarina Blue.)
Thats because the only competition it has ever had has been a POS giant sega gamegear.
Now theres the POS N-gage, and the upcoming PSP, and who the hell knows what else.
All of those things have something in common, they are all handhelds that are a bitch to play. No matter how good they get they will always have small screens. And because of that small screen there are huge limitations on the type of games you can play.
Like:
All rpgs have to either have a small viewing distance, or crappily small graphics.
FPShooters will never even come close to being as good as even N64 FPSs. Not because the handhelds cant be powerfull, but because the screen is too freaking small to show anything in detail. And that doesnt just mean the games will always look like crap, it also means certain objects cant be added, buildings will always seem like cardboard, and you wont ever realy get drawn in.
The controls will always be crap. Sure eventualy handhelds could be as good as GC controlers, but if im always going to be limited to just using thumb buttons and the occasional L&R button, then screw that completely.
Real time stragy games will never be able to be played. No good ones at least.
You are probably thinking, "so what, thats what consoles and PCs are for." To that I say, go to hell! You mean im always going to be tied down whenever I want to play a good game? Why!?
Now you are thinking, "so get a freaking laptop, they can play games." To that I say, I dont have 3 grand handy, and laptops arent made for gaming, and they arent as portable as you would think.
So uh, handhelds suck.
Portable doesnt always have to mean handheld.
Laptops are mobile but not realy portable, by that I mean they arent meant to be used on the move or on the can, usualy just in planes, homes, or offices, and occasionaly in cars.
So we need a hybrid. A portable thats not a laptop, not a handheld, and not made by an idiot company. At first I thought that was what the PSP was, until I saw the concept. I think nintendo should make the Nessix, a portable gaming device that has a bigger screen than a handheld, better graphics than a handheld, not as expensive or as bulky as a laptop, and alot better than either.
How would the Nessix be bad? Cost too much to make? So up the price a little and charge 40 bucks for the games. And if you have to, leave out the modem and the HD.
It would be up against stiff competition? No it wouldnt, its not an expensive ass laptop or a crappy expensive handheld. Theres no competition.
Doesnt fit in your pocket? Niether do alot of things, thats what hands are for. Or maybe get a strap and hang the thing off your wang, like you used to do with the original gameboy.
Not feasable to stick all that power in such a small case along with a battery pack? Hmm good point, go to hell. It can be done because I say it can be done.
With a hard drive and a net connection it will be easy to play pirated games? So nintendo has to think a little to prevent that, big deal. They could just add a program that detects illicit software, like punk buster. Or maybe the games have unique codes that must be registered. Or dont have the modem dial up to the internet, maybe nintendo online is like x-box live. It shouldnt be too hard.
So what the hell else can you think of? Come on. The Nessix would rock!
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