Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System

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PostJungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Garth » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:21 am

Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System

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This is Jungle. It's the first portable gaming console designed exclusively for online gaming and MMORPGs. And it's from the company who gave us the 3DO nearly 20 years ago.

Sure, the PSP and Nintendo DS have online multiplayer gaming, but it's not the core of what they do. That's why Jungle seems more like a tiny PC, with a full QWERTY keyboard and a touchpad along with the d-pad and shoulder buttons you'd expect in a tiny gaming console—so you can take online games from the PC with you.

In case you're not getting it, let me spell out the potential of this device: It could enable MMORPG addicts leave their apartments for the first time in years. So get ready to see that cousin of yours. Might want to have some sunscreen waiting for him.

The Jungle looks like almost like the original Game Boy Advance, but bulkier and more rugged, designed to withstand a hail of gunfire. It is not a dainty device. The heft is cradling a high definition screen so good, a test gamer who got to see it at PAX told us, "The screen resolution is bananas. Everyone was freaking out about it." It's not confirmed what kind of guts are powering it, but it follows that the silicon's gotta be substantial to push decent-looking games on that kind of screen. (And push video out through the HDMI port that the device is rumored to have.) Wi-Fi is obvious, but if it's going to be truly play anywhere, it's hopefully got some kind of 3G powers too.

Also unconfirmed, we hear that Jungle runs a Linux OS. Which could make content tricky, since it means games will have to be ported over—you won't be able to just load up World of Warcraft and be on your way, goldfarming while you're in line at Starbucks, since WoW doesn't run on Linux. It's gonna require partnerships and ports, to say the least, and this thing is going to live and die on the content it's got. Or, it's gotta run games in a browser.

The screen and processor point to something pricey, as high as $400 depending on what other capabilities it has, but it won't sell unless it's around $200 or lower—which is where a carrier partnership, delivering 3G and subsidized pricing would make pricing interesting.

It would take a slightly crazy company to launch something this ballsy—a not-twee, dedicated online gaming machine in a world where you can play a damn good rendition Street Fighter IV on an iPhone—so it's being designed by Panasonic Cloud Entertainment, a tiny(ish) startup company uber-Japanese mega-corporation Panasonic's planted in Silicon Valley. But if online gaming titan Zynga and its ripoffwares can emerge as its own juggernaut from under the teet of Facebook, maybe this thing can work too. Depending on how much it costs and what kind of games it's got, anyway.

Personally, I'd love to play some Team Fortress 2 while sitting in the park, watching dogs bounce themselves stupid in the dogrun.

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Looks very retro. Probably DOA.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by False » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:22 am

This can only go well..

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Mafro » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:31 am

Yeah...good luck with that.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Qikz » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:32 am

It's basically the 3Di of the portable world.

I don't think they quite know what a laptop is.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Garth » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:08 am



The Jungle: Official Info On Panasonic's New Online Handheld

Panasonic's new portable online games machine, The Jungle, is out of the bag and now 100% official. What's the company line on the handheld designed exclusively for online gaming and MMORPGs?

The Jungle's official web site calls it a "new mobile device concept designed specifically for online gamers," a "mean little machine features a kick ass display, touch pad, keyboard, and other gaming controls," they claim.

What's it for? Well, The Jungle will someday be able to play a mix of "content" and "experiences." In real world speak, that means The Jungle will at least be compatible with the browser-based MMO from SyFy and BigPoint, Battlestar Galactica Online. The new platform's web site also makes a couple references to free-to-play browser game RuneScape as well, so don't be surprised if Jagex's fantasy MMORPG announced at some point.

The Jungle's creators say they're "working with leading online game developers to create some exciting new content." Sure sounds like The Jungle will be able to play many browser-based MMOs and may have the ability to serve as your on-the-go Farmville player, but probably isn't up to the task of running World of Warcraft remotely.

The platform holder is also working with video game web site Machinima.com on a "hilarious" new show call Online Underground, which looks to feature the platform's cartoon mascots delivering "news and information in the world of online gaming."

No date has been specified for The Jungle.

http://kotaku.com/5655580/the-jungle-th ... e-handheld

Official website: http://welcometo.thejungle.com/

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by tomvek » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:44 am

What a waste of time :fp:

Looks like a portable Dvd player.

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by Shadow » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:49 am

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Victor Mildew » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:19 am

tomvek wrote:What a waste of time


Exactly. Compete waste of R&D time

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Christopher » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:55 am

New portable game system eh :shifty:

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Dual » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:00 am

Garth wrote:Official website: http://welcometo.thejungle.com/


Very good :lol:

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by Beans » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:02 am

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Victor Mildew » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:14 am

Boy oh boy i really hope i win a virtual date on that site :roll:

Thanks for furthering the gaming stereotype guys

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Beans » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:29 am

Ad7 wrote:Boy oh boy i really hope i win a virtual date on that site :roll:

Thanks for furthering the gaming stereotype guys


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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Victor Mildew » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:30 am

Beans wrote:
Ad7 wrote:Boy oh boy i really hope i win a virtual date on that site :roll:

Thanks for furthering the gaming stereotype guys


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by Beans » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:32 am

Ad7 wrote:
Beans wrote:
Ad7 wrote:Boy oh boy i really hope i win a virtual date on that site :roll:

Thanks for furthering the gaming stereotype guys


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**** off, I wear two power gloves

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by SEP » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:36 am

Ad7 wrote:
Beans wrote:
Ad7 wrote:Boy oh boy i really hope i win a virtual date on that site :roll:

Thanks for furthering the gaming stereotype guys


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Your left hand must be strawberry floated.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Tineash » Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:33 pm

This is Jungle. It's the first portable gaming console designed exclusively for online gaming and MMORPGs. And it's from the company who gave us the 3DO nearly 20 years ago


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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Fatal Exception » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:53 pm

I'm struggling to give a gooseberry fool Panasonic, sorry.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by SEP » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:56 pm

The only decent video games system Panasonic have ever made is a Gamecube with a DVD player.

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PostRe: Jungle - Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System
by Harry Bizzle » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:23 pm

This thing's (relative) success hinges on WoW compatability.

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