PlayRatty: tag: handheld

What if: Apple designed a handheld gaming system?

2008-02-16 21:04:58 by Kris in Portable Video Gamer

...handheld gaming device. In previous What If columns, we examined what some other companies offering might look like, if they were actually built. Today, we take a look at what an Apple gaming system might look like, in light of this intriguing news Overall Look and Feel Given Apples emphasis on design, any handheld system they released would...

Tags: handheld, expensive handheld system, handheld system, system, apple, include, include shoulder buttons, games, handheld games

Is the PSP dead? Signs suggest a mid-life crisis for Sonys handheld

2008-03-31 03:55:46 by Kris in Portable Video Gamer

...handheld? Instead of the usual rundown of hotly-anticipated games, we have compiled a list of signs that we may be entering the twilight years of the PSPs existence A lack of highly-anticipated games What PSP games are you most looking forward to as we slowly approach the 2008 holiday season? If you find yourself scratching your head with...

Tags: psp, current psp platform, costly psp title, psp catalogue, psp games, handheld, games, blockbuster games god, favorite games

Empire Deluxe coming to a major handheld gaming device

2008-02-05 21:31:32 by RawmeatCowboy in Go Nintendo

...handheld gaming device. Neither company is saying which handheld platform the game is going to. Would an RTS better work on DS or PSP Empire Deluxe is a great RTS game that we will be developing for a major handheld gaming system and the PC. The game will include multiplayer capabilities and receive a major upgrade in that we will be making...

Tags: handheld, major handheld, rts game, game, empire deluxe, handheld platform, game completely, rts, killer bee software

Ziff-Davis survey hints at MS handheld

2008-02-17 12:26:01 by admin in Video Games Blog

...handheld gaming device, asking them to rate it from Very Likely to Not at All and Don't Know for the indecisive bunch While we've heard rumblings of a Microsoft branded handheld device (Read: Not the Zune) and even Shane Kim won't "say never," we wonder how well anyone could do in a market dominated by Nintendo. Now we're not saying that the...

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Fun With Numbers: Japanese hardware sales show increase in handheld market share

2008-01-10 18:42:06 by Chris in Portable Video Gamer

...handheld market overall, in 2006 it was reported by The NPD Group portable hardware sales increased by 42% for a final total of 1.4 billion while console hardware sales had a 12% decline Could some of these figures be attributed to the very nature of handheld itself? Think about it. As videogame technology becomes more sophisticated you...

Tags: hardware, sales, console hardware sales, war, console war, console, handheld, handheld market, portable hardware sales