Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | 10:45 GMT
Panasonic kills off Jungle development
Panasonic’s announced it’s canned development on its online handheld, Jungle.
According to Reuters, the company “decided to suspend further development due to changes in the market and in our own strategic direction.”
The device, first announced last October, was meant to allow users to access online games and MMOs, with Bigpoint’s Battlestar Galactica being one of the supported titles.
Nevermore. Thanks, Kotaku.
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Posted in: Mobile, PC
Tags: Jungle, Panasonic Jungle
12 comments
#1
Erthazus
01/03/11, 10:49 am
After NGP and 3DS announcement they had a heart attack
#2
Crysis
01/03/11, 10:51 am
Should anyone be surprised?
#3
Blerk
01/03/11, 10:52 am
Shoc…. no, wait – the other thing. glol!
#4
2plus2equals5
01/03/11, 11:12 am
It’s a shame, but it’s not surprising, it had no chances with ngp and 3ds
#5
jennytablina
01/03/11, 11:14 am
The sad thing is this got as far as market testing so they actually built models of this thing!
Nice idea on paper, though whoever proposed a focus on MMO’s forgot theres a good reason they usually stay on PCs only…
#6
Blerk
01/03/11, 11:14 am
It’s not really a shame.
This thing was neither one thing nor the other. It wasn’t a console like the traditional handhelds, and it wasn’t an tablet like the iPad, and it wasn’t a netbook or a proper computer. From the start I was struggling to understand just who it was actually aimed at.
#7
Crysis
01/03/11, 11:41 am
@6, Shut-ins, but they’re fine with their $2000 desktops
#8
Stardog
01/03/11, 12:01 pm
I’m glad they didn’t waste any more time on this. This would have bombed, even without the 3DS and NGP coming out.
#9
Freek
01/03/11, 12:32 pm
I totally forgot that thing was even announced.
#10
Golden
01/03/11, 1:02 pm
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooo
#11
freedoms_stain
01/03/11, 4:12 pm
I think they probably saw this: http://www2.razerzone.com/switchblade/gaming
And realised that their niche market would probably take the sleek Razer offering over what they had.
#12
Nozz
01/03/11, 4:20 pm
@9 Same here. Ah well