What do you expect of the next generation of handhelds?

[Erik_Twice]

I only want one thing: Half Life, mod support, touchpad.

It's not very farfetched. Quake (1996) has been succesfully ported to the DS. Metroid Prime Hunters looks better than it and it was a launch title. This means that I'm pretty sure the next generation of handhelds should be able to cover the game up to 1999, when Half-Life was released. This also means those consoles should be on par with the Dreamcast.

Seriously, I think nothing will be more awesome that playing Starcraft or Counter-Strike with your friends while travelling. Do you think we will be able to?

I think Nintendo lost a lot of good opportunities to port Warcraft II or Command and Conquer to the DS, as well as those old shooters. I know it is possible but Nintendo doesn't seem to know it.

[GSZX1337]

I'm hoping for the handhelds to be download only like the PSPGo so that I wouldn't need a flash cart. That and NDS backwards compatibility.

[deathclaw]

I only want one thing: Half Life, mod support, touchpad.

It's not very farfetched. Quake (1996) has been succesfully ported to the DS. Metroid Prime Hunters looks better than it and it was a launch title. This means that I'm pretty sure the next generation of handhelds should be able to cover the game up to 1999, when Half-Life was released. This also means those consoles should be on par with the Dreamcast.

Seriously, I think nothing will be more awesome that playing Starcraft or Counter-Strike with your friends while travelling. Do you think we will be able to?

I think Nintendo lost a lot of good opportunities to port Warcraft II or Command and Conquer to the DS, as well as those old shooters. I know it is possible but Nintendo doesn't seem to know it.

IMO PSP is roughly as powerful as the Dreamcast.

[Erik_Twice]

IMO PSP is roughly as powerful as the Dreamcast.

Probably. However they didn't port any games =/ Sucks.

[Luke]

Something compact, backwards compatibility, down loadable and streaming games, streaming movies, internet browser, gps, backlit screen, HDMI out, and please make it durable enough for a 4 year old.

[lisalover1]

Dreamcast and Gamecube emulation. That's all I want... other than upgraded means of data storage to hold all my disc-based games!

[Anayo]

I just want something with awesome games I'll want to play. The DS had some great games, but a lot of disappointments too. So, I just want the ratio of good to bad games to be in my favor.

[Anapan]

I expect that the next best-selling handheld will be a full on portable media center with some computer capabilities in addition to being a powerfull 3D gaming device.
I want an affordable handheld device with similar specs to an OQO model 2 (800x480 touch-screen, large capacity solid-state harddrive, 1.5+ Ghz, 3D graphics card, slide-out controls like the PSP-Go, but with swappable input methods - keyboard, standard gamepad, and mini-trackball+6 button arcade layout, and 2 large comfortable analog shoulder buttons. It'd have to be a bit smaller and lighter than an OQO. Normally I dislike rumble feedback, but if it was a bass-effect to turn a table into a bass driver like the Kerchoonz K-box it'd be awesome.
It'd be cool if it had small but comfortable optional wireless gamepads to allow it to hook into a big-screen and allow multiplayer gaming.

[deathclaw]

IMO PSP is roughly as powerful as the Dreamcast.

Probably. However they didn't port any games =/ Sucks.

Well, they did, but not that many, at least Power Stone comes to my mind

BTW: As with the consoles - I want to have every generation for as long as possible

[swiftzx]

I want Sega to join the console wars but as a handheld manufacturer. It should be as powerful as the dreamcast and they should port those games. Otherwise, I want this http://ds.nintendolife.com/news/2009/10 ... oming_2010