Gizmondo Europe Gizmondo Review
The Gizmondo is Britain’s answer to the new generation of Japanese handheld consoles, but it’s too little, too late. It’s lacking games support, it’s uncool and the potentially exciting GPS feature is still yet to be implemented in games. If you’re into gadgets or collect gaming hardware then you might well enjoy the platform, but it feels distinctly old hat next to the shiny new PSP.
It’s difficult to avoid comparisons to the Sony PSP (which might be why Gizmondo Europe was so reluctant to send out review units), so we may as well get it out of the way: the Gizmondo doesn’t come close to touching the PSP. It won’t even challenge our increasingly neglected Nintendo DS for second place.
In hardware terms, it looks three years too late, sitting next to the Game Boy Advance as something you’d be embarrassed to get out in public. On software terms, it’s sorely lacking a ‘must-have’ title, and the games are highly derivative (although support from EA is imminent). The PSP and DS are offering games that rival the home consoles, whereas Gizmondo currently offers many games that originated on the Internet.
If the PSP is the iPod of the gaming world and the Nintendo DS the Creative Zen, then the Gizmondo is like something from Oregon Scientific — interesting features but next to no style.
The two shoulder buttons may protrude like Shrek’s ears, but they feel more comfortable than the unresponsive, clicky ones on the PSP. The Gizmondo also feels a lot more durable, with its rubbery black casing absorbing all the shocks of backpack carriage without taking damage. In a nice touch, the whole screen is indented and therefore less prone to scratching.
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by admin
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