Microsoft: Natal Prioritized over Portable Xbox
"For us, it's a matter of focusing on 'when'" said Kim of entering the portable market during an interview with Kikizo.
"If we chased after a mobile or handheld opportunity, we would not have the resources and ability to do things like... Project Natal," he added. "So we've chosen to focus on the living room experience from a hardware standpoint, if you will, but we're building a service in Live that will... will extend to other platforms. No question about it."
When asked whether he thinks the Xbox brand could succeed in the portable market, Kim answered in the affirmative.
"So the question will be, how do we enter into that market--do we do our own device, do we create our own phone--that's a question for the company itself," he said. "Do we continue to go down the Windows Mobile path which is that path that we're on today, etcetera, etcetera."
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Heck if I was Microsoft, I would avoid the handheld market simply because of the DS and it's domination.
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It's turning profit now. They knew from the beginning it was a losing division for the foreseeable future. Quite frankly, it was probably the only way to break through.
Can hardly call it an experiment by now.
If they really want to do something with the handheld market, they have all the money needed. -
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