Microsoft showed off a new handheld Halo & Crackdown at Gamescon?!?

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/microsoft-shows-off-xbox-live-in-windows-phone-7-20100817/

How did I miss this?!? Or did Gamespot (my news source) not talk about it?

XBL integration on their new Windows 7 Phones (which I DID know about), and:

50 games at launch, including Halo: Waypoint & Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst.

Ability to change avatars, check gamerscore, and earn achievements on the device.

What does system wars think about it's chances. I must say, Project Gotham Ferrari Edition on the Zune HD has great motion controls. Free game could have easily been $30 or more.

Halo Waypoint is just a way to check your Halo stats and check up on new Halo info.. Not new either.

Halo Waypoint isn't a game

Those 50 games are probably really similar to iphone games, it's not like the rumored PSP phone where you get buttons/analogue.

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/microsoft-shows-off-xbox-live-in-windows-phone-7-20100817/

How did I miss this?!? Or did Gamespot (my news source) not talk about it?

XBL integration on their new Windows 7 Phones (which I DID know about), and:

50 games at launch, including Halo: Waypoint & Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst.

Ability to change avatars, check gamerscore, and earn achievements on the device.

What does system wars think about it's chances. I must say, Project Gotham Ferrari Edition on the Zune HD has great motion controls. Free game could have easily been $30 or more.

TBoogy

Those 50 games are probably really similar to iphone games, it's not like the rumored PSP phone where you get buttons/analogue.

mystervj

[QUOTE="TBoogy"]

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/microsoft-shows-off-xbox-live-in-windows-phone-7-20100817/

How did I miss this?!? Or did Gamespot (my news source) not talk about it?

XBL integration on their new Windows 7 Phones (which I DID know about), and:

50 games at launch, including Halo: Waypoint & Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst.

Ability to change avatars, check gamerscore, and earn achievements on the device.

What does system wars think about it's chances. I must say, Project Gotham Ferrari Edition on the Zune HD has great motion controls. Free game could have easily been $30 or more.

Merex760

That explains the lack of 360 support.

whats that crackdown game's deal? is it a full on 3D crackdown? or is it just a watered down side scroller or something?

People who want a smartphone: iPhone, Android phone.

People who want a portable console: DS, PSP, 3DS.

Ergo, I don't see the point in trying to gear Phone 7 towards gaming.

People who want a smartphone: iPhone, Android phone.

People who want a portable console: DS, PSP, 3DS.

Ergo, I don't see the point in trying to gear Phone 7 towards gaming.

shinrabanshou

The thing that interests me the most is that its getting basically the whole xbla library which means its getting some seriously good games. Its also apparantly very easy to get an xbla game working on both the 360 and phone, meaning a lot of potential future support.

Plus between the android and iphone, its the only one with 1st party game support? Though it is microsoft, so thats not saying much :P

Im happy with my iTouch for the time being though, unless we get a proper portable halo or something in which case ill be all over it like a rash.

there's a lot of reasons to be excited for the windows 7 phone, but this isn't one of them i'm afraid.

[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]

People who want a smartphone: iPhone, Android phone.

People who want a portable console: DS, PSP, 3DS.

Ergo, I don't see the point in trying to gear Phone 7 towards gaming.

TBoogy

Frankly, what I've read about Phone 7 makes it seem like it's destined for failure.

The thing that interests me the most is that its getting basically the whole xbla library which means its getting some seriously good games. Its also apparantly very easy to get an xbla game working on both the 360 and phone, meaning a lot of potential future support.

Plus between the android and iphone, its the only one with 1st party game support? Though it is microsoft, so thats not saying much :P

Im happy with my iTouch for the time being though, unless we get a proper portable halo or something in which case ill be all over it like a rash.

Anjunaddict

[QUOTE="TBoogy"][QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]

People who want a smartphone: iPhone, Android phone.

People who want a portable console: DS, PSP, 3DS.

Ergo, I don't see the point in trying to gear Phone 7 towards gaming.

shinrabanshou

Frankly, what I've read about Phone 7 makes it seem like it's destined for failure.

I agree, Android is already taking over Apple. Which is exactly my point of why MS can step into that space you mentioned earlier. But, what exactly have you read that screams failure? I see nothing of the sort. It's OS is similar to the Zune HD, which reviewed very good versus the ipod touch. Beat them in many categories. It's tied to XBOX live, it's launching with a nice number of apps, and dev's are on board already. What's not to like?TBoogy

Consequently though there is no point to develop games for a platform that doesn't penetrate the market well, so I can see it failing as a mobile gaming platform too.

That line up of Games is laughable compared to the 3DS's lineup.

Max and the Magic Marker is cool though.