Can the big black box be put inside a handheld?
Over the last couple weeks, there has been much talk about Microsoft?s forthcoming portable media player, a.k.a. Zune or as many like to call it (and with a bit of luck for Microsoft), the iPod killer. But before the buzzword for Microsoft?s media player began, there were rumors of a portable Xbox. Dean Takahashi- the author of both ?Opening the Xbox? and ?The Xbox 360 Uncloacked?- even claimed that the software giant was indeed working on a handheld game player, sometimes called ?Xboy? or ?Xpod?.
By now, I don?t think the release of a portable Xbox is a matter of if Microsoft will, could or should release a gaming handheld. It?s just a matter of when. In my opinion, Microsoft is kind of forced to release a handheld console, since both Nintendo and Sony have portable gaming machines already in the market, and what's more, these systems also interact with their respective next-generation elder brothers.
It?s because of all these facts that I decided to explore the possibilities of a portable Xbox. Below is what I?ve discovered thus far?
Team Xbox
Over the last couple weeks, there has been much talk about Microsoft?s forthcoming portable media player, a.k.a. Zune or as many like to call it (and with a bit of luck for Microsoft), the iPod killer. But before the buzzword for Microsoft?s media player began, there were rumors of a portable Xbox. Dean Takahashi- the author of both ?Opening the Xbox? and ?The Xbox 360 Uncloacked?- even claimed that the software giant was indeed working on a handheld game player, sometimes called ?Xboy? or ?Xpod?.
By now, I don?t think the release of a portable Xbox is a matter of if Microsoft will, could or should release a gaming handheld. It?s just a matter of when. In my opinion, Microsoft is kind of forced to release a handheld console, since both Nintendo and Sony have portable gaming machines already in the market, and what's more, these systems also interact with their respective next-generation elder brothers.
It?s because of all these facts that I decided to explore the possibilities of a portable Xbox. Below is what I?ve discovered thus far?
Team Xbox
