Xbox Author Discusses Microsoft Handheld

Dean Takahashi wrote an authoritative book on Microsoft's original console, called 'Opening the Xbox'. We're fortunate enough to be able to read a similar work on their next-gen console, a book entitled The Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Takahashi did an interview recently with Kyle Orland, of Videogame Media Watch. There he lays out the challenges of reporting on the industry, and getting publishers to understand the subject matter. Eurogamer reports that part of the book discusses a Microsoft handheld gaming system. From that article: "Takahashi claims the team was split in two following the launch of the Xbox 360, leaving the other half to work solely on reducing production costs for Microsoft's next-gen console. According to the writer, the portable is planned to be released halfway into Xbox 360's lifespan, a strategy to assuage the crippling costs of moving through hardware cycles. A Microsoft gaming handheld has been long-rumoured, the latest occurrence adding fuel to this particular fire being the release of a movie for the company's Origami project. A promotional video for the handheld PC showed Halo 2 running on its screen."

Re:Typical Microsoft

[AuMatar]

Gamecube beat the Xbox worldwide. Xbox only won in the US. The Xbox also lost over 3 billion dollars, even after game sale revenue is added. The Gamecube made a profit on every unit sold and every game. Their total profit may have beat Sony's, but I don't have numbers on that. Their per unit profit definitely did.

So we basicly have a convicted monopolist using money from their monopoly to horn in on another market, at losses no other company could even consider taking. Yeah, I think theres lots of room to say MS shouldn't be there.

Re:tsk tsk tsk - don't they ever learn?

[PeelBoy]

To be honest I've never gotten more than 6 or 7 hours out of my DS. 8 hours tops, but I don't think I've ever gotten 8 hours out of it and I've owned 2 of them and about 30 different games.

I'm not sure about 40 hours either, but I dunno. I've never let my SP die all the way and it just blows me away how long that thing lasts. 40 hours though?