Microsoft xYz

[kingoffighters]

And a coolata

[YellerDog]

Mocha. With soy.

[Yoshi]

If he gets twin analogs, he's just gonna want a mouse and keyboard setup.

[A Robot Bit Me]

When I say "portable" games, I mean specific genres and compromises that are tailor made for portable systems, e.g. games that are designed to be digestible in 5 minute spurts. As a general rule, I can't stand the end product when it is designed to be played in that manner.

One neat thing about games designed to be digestible in 5-minute spurts is that you are allowed to play them longer than 5 minutes if it pleases you to do so. Wipeout Pure, Picross, and Pokemon Pinball rarely object to being played twelve or even nineteen minutes in excess of 5 minutes I find. It doesn't bother them or nothin'.

Besides, if you can't have fun with a game within five minutes, then that game is probably not very good.

[Yoshi]

Obviously there are genres that happen to fit well in that space, and you mentioned three of them. However, portable gaming should not be imbalanced toward those genres any more than consoles are.

[RoleTroll]

Wouldn't it suck if it went the other way, and developers started making console games digestible in five minute spurts? Oh, wait...

[Yoshi]

Exactly. The plague spreads, which is why it needs to be eradicated.

[YellerDog]

Well, good luck with that.

[Shaka]

The long awaited portable

[Hero]

Wouldn't it suck if it went the other way, and developers started making console games digestible in five minute spurts? Oh, wait...

I'm okay with that - I'm no longer 12 with no life. I don't want to have to spend 3 - 5 hours on a game to get some semblance of progress. They're still fun, but no longer the bread and butter. Give me Henry Hatsworth over Fallout 3.