Xbox 360 team at work on portable

scoopex · 8 May 2006 at 16:58

Author Dean Takahasi has claimed in his new book, The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, that half of Microsoft's Xbox 360 hardware team has moved onto a portable hardware project - designed to compete with Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP - since the launch of the next gen machine.

Takahashi claims the team was split in two following the launch, leaving the other half to work solely on reduced production costs of Xbox 360.

Linky

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sharingan_sasuk · 8 May 2006 at 17:11

I wouldn't be surprised if it was some big clunky PDA of some sort.

Caustic · 8 May 2006 at 17:34

It has been rumoured for ages. The question is, how far along are they, is the project still in the R&D stages? Is it deffinately happening or are they still in the see-what-we-think stage?

After all, it implies that it won't be out for at least 2 years.

JUMPURS · 8 May 2006 at 20:16

nothing like a bit of free advertising with rumours of handhelds by MS,
Origami anyone??
will believe it when i see a working prototype i am affraid

punky_munky · 8 May 2006 at 20:22

This is nothing to do with Origami, that was just the name of some rubbish ultra portable platform.

I've heard that the XboxPortable will be out in the middle of the 360's life cycle so probably in about 2 years so may well go up againt the GBA2. I've also heard to will be called Xbox180

JUMPURS · 8 May 2006 at 20:39

i know it has nothing to do with Origami but everyone was speculating thyat was going to be the xbox portable and turned out not to be.
Meh ach well, if its in 2 years time, i dare say a PSP2 will be out around then aswell as the gba2