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It looks like the 3DS and PSP2 won't be the only gaming handhelds in the console war this generation. Panasonic just announced the Panasonic Jungle, meant to be a handheld designed specifically for online games and MMORPGs. It is a very interesting idea; I'm curious to see what they do with it. The news certainly came out of left field; Panasonic hasn't made a console since the 3DO. The device has a touchscreen, a physical keyboard, a D-Pad, face buttons, and shoulder buttons, so it seems to want to beat the PSPhone to the punch for a cellphone/handheld console combo.

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The keyboard seems small enough to be unusable for gaming.
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More competition the better! Not optimistic with this one though, cheap netbook fills that niche already.
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Sweet, a portable 3DO!
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DOA.
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This is going to end in tears...of laughter.

Seriously this thing will be DOA. I can't see this doing well.
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Anayo wrote:DOA.

Don't be so negative, that's what they said about the PSPgo.......



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hashiriya1 wrote:
Anayo wrote:DOA.

Don't be so negative, that's what they said about the PSPgo.......



....err, nevermind.
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hashiriya1 wrote:Don't be so negative, that's what they said about the PSPgo.......
I happen to quite like my PSP GO! Once you play PSP games with that screen, all the other PSP units are just dull in comparison. :)

..and this Jungle thing is just bizarre. Is there really that much of a market niche for this product? It's like a proper commercial pandora..only not.
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Wow, how bout that. We had a topic a while back about another company getting into gaming and I think I mentioned Panasonic. I think I did

Anyway, we'll see how this goes
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