was rubish then and will be again dont bother

The system was quite good and powerfull for its time - but with several annoying bugs in the OS.

The few games released were interesting, POD and Stickyballs, just to name a few.

One thing wich was really disturbing with the original Gizmondo team, were the numerous lies... Lies, lies and more lies, and the end, nobody was watching the Gizmondo anymore.

So i'm curious to see what will happen with this new release. If it ever happens.

hmmm some marketing ideas:

Gizmondo available to you for 1000 tiger tokens.

Buy 2 big macs get a free gizmondo
(that might actually work)

iGiz comes in 80's grey but $200 more for a daft colour...

it hasn't got a chance IMHO

Waste of time for both investors and the technical guys behind it. It can't compete against DS, PSP, Apple Appstore, Google Android, or even Ngage

The original device had one 1/2 decent game, Stickyballs. I think even Pandora will sell more than this as at least that has some decent retro games available

With what happened last time round being such a humungus flop and a darn right embarrassment to the games industry. Not only did it over-spend in such a way that crippled it (expensive launch party, over sized shop in an expensive area of London, fararis), but they also took down several successful games companies with them, such as the manchester based Warthog, who are now a shadow of their former selves.
Now, not only are they going to do this all over again, but they are going to sully the name of open source too, and with a non-open and highly propriatory OS such as Windoze CE, for which 99% of standard apps refuse to work, as well as it abusing systems resources almost as much as Vista, and Android , an unproven OS with an unsure gaming potential. Not only are they doing this, but they are trying to push into the market of the GP2X, a highly successful open source games console in every meaning of the word, working on releasing its 3rd console to date.
With all of this going on, and EA stringently refusing to make games for linux (I have asked, and was told to prove there was a market - once I proved that there was no comment), Windows struggling against the cheaper linux PCs and other factors, you can't be sure that this isn't some underhand inverse advertising tactic, especially with the mob connections sited in the comments of the previous article.
As far as I'm concerned, not only will this be a flop, but it could well be designed to be.

is it April already?

I’m not in the retail sector, but studied marketing at University and the Osborn effect that happened the last time which is exhibited when a company's revelation of information about future products results in customers not purchasing (or delaying purchases of) the current offering. Is suicidal marketing and really wonder how they expect to gain the retailers trust again. Especially in being arrogant enough to keep the same name!

I as a gamer and consumer am certainly not interested in this product in the slightest as it offers nothing new and looks like a bar of soap!

I would only buy for my kids if they are bad as a punishment!

It's a none starter.

The first Giz was decent as a Sat Nav but the rest of it was far to glichy and poorly thought out.

There would have been room for the new Giz 18 months ago before the iPhone launched if it pitched itself as a Sat Nav with some cool apps.

Its missed the boat and home brew on PSP is already popular for independent developers and amateur's so Giz is bringing nothing new to the table.

Curious as to whether they'll other one with adverts and one without..! Mind you, who'd pay to advertise on Giz?!!

Any truth in the rumour that this will be on the next series of Dragon's Den...???

It must be a scam to get some money washed! Who could ever think this will work? Who is the market? Who wants to write for it?
I dont even have anymore time to waste on this waste of time. LOL
I am still shocked how MCV have given them an easy ride. I take it they paid for the ads last time?

I can't imagine Gizmondo buying ads.

More likely MCV are covering it because it's got such a response.`

Firstly, I'm not here to moan but rather offer a constructive repsonse as a small but established indie mobile developer who is always interested in supporting new platforms and mobile games technology.

The Android OS option and online sales route they intend to use could still offer up a new niche platform market (not unlike like GP2X perhaps) if the company are serious about staying clean in the eyes of the games industry, mobile developers and consumers in general.

If not then they are doomed from the off with it perhaps.

Either way it's a great story and interview to run whatever conspires to happen next.

Good to see that the industry are really keen on the giz-whatever it's called!

Okay, so I inherited one of the original Gizmondo consoles, and leaving aside it's past and reputation for a moment, I think it's a very competent handheld. I must admit, I do run homebrew software on it. It is actually one of the most competent Megadrive emulators out there. I also have the entire catalog of games for it, and I do still enjoy Colors and Toy Golf every now and again. I think the most important thing that Gizmondo need to do now is learn from their mistakes. Don't release a half-arsed product with nonsensical restrictions (like bluetooth), don't overdo the marketing, and for God's sake watch your staff very closely! I'll be watching this project very closely.

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