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CompSci
23-01-2006, 10:05 PM
it was only a matter of time

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142801.html
DiemetriX
24-01-2006, 12:46 PM
That wasn't unexpected
mike-zim
24-01-2006, 12:53 PM
i was interested in the gizmondo untill i saw the games out for it. crap crap crap.
JonSt
24-01-2006, 01:31 PM
Oh well another bites the dust. No suprise really - they spent more on their executives than their console.
Bren
24-01-2006, 04:34 PM
not surprised, never seen a shop stock them or a person play one.
AshMat
24-01-2006, 05:39 PM
No suprise, all i've heard of these things is crap crap crap. And te only place i ever saw one was Toys 'r' us
/ nando /
24-01-2006, 10:54 PM
..I have one..

..not..
Schpickles
25-01-2006, 08:56 AM
Thing is though, it might not have been the strongest console launch of all time, but it was having a go. Had it not been for the directors turning the console into a personal piggybank, the console could have probably fought on for a while.

You've got to feel sorry for all the "Gizmondo Studios" developers, such as the ex-Warthog lot, who will now probably be facing mass job cuts :/
Sonic238
25-01-2006, 10:56 AM
i stumbled across gizmondo on the amazon.de website... if it wasn't for that, i would've never heard of that thing.

just looked again, it isn't even available, YET! and it looks like sh**.
demonmike04
26-01-2006, 06:29 PM
Boy...this looks grim if any other newcomers wanna step up and sell gaming hardware..
gorrit
26-01-2006, 10:38 PM
I think you have to be much more specialized to survive in the handheld market, like for example support homebrew etc

Edit: Not specialized, unique
RoadKill
27-01-2006, 09:22 AM
Gizmondo was a pretty decent looking console and had some interesting capabilities, but they did not have the backing and the power to break into the market, which is a real shame.

They should have cut their losses and just gone into game development.