Why Microsft should abandon the next-xbox

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#1 jakemartin89oi
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Why doesn't Microsoft make their own PSP and release it with Gears of War 1 and 2, Halo 3 and GTA 4. It would sell so well. MS says their focus is on a home console right now. They added no more when asked. The DS is weak, and PSP is even weaker so why not make one. Anyone know or are MS just not capable of understanding what most people want?

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#2 morph_basic
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Is the DS that weak? I'm not sure a portable gaming system is Microsoft's forte.
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#3 -Foobar-
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I'm not sure people want an expensive, powerful portable gaming platform, I think the core gamers who would enjoy something like that would be better off putting their money into consoles. That's why the PSP hasn't done very well. Casual gamers, on the other hand, are more inclined to go for a portable device, which is why the DS has gotten huge sales by focusing on this group. I just don't know how much more success Microsoft would have in the portable gaming market than Sony has, and its probably far too late for any new systems to get a large enough game library to compete with the existing ones of this generation.
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#4 thanos723
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Is the DS that weak? I'm not sure a portable gaming system is Microsoft's forte.morph_basic

last i checked its the highest selling portable system. with good reason.

MS couldn't do what nintendo does in that sense. and the reason the psp sells so well is because it can do a lot of other things.

if MS tried to bite the portable, it'd get crushed and would lose so much money. they should stick with what they are good at, making home consoles that people enjoy(and for a little bit of sony fandom,), and RROD people =P

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#5 SpedKnight
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dude...the ds is freaking raaad...nintendo is awesome at being inventive...touch screen is sweet. psp not so much....its ok haha