Matsushita Electric Company surrendered: announced to abandon the development of jungle palm machine

Beijing time March 1 news, according to foreign media reports, Japan's consumer electronics giant Electric Panasonic announced Tuesday, the company has abandoned the handheld game machine jungle development work. Panasonic announced last October that it had begun testing a handheld gaming machine in the US market, hoping to return to the area more than 10 years after the video game market was removed. Panasonic and the World Cassemi (Sega Sammy), Atari have been involved in the video game market, but eventually lost to Sony and Nintendo. With the introduction of jungle, Panasonic had hoped to return to the video game market.　　In addition to its traditional rivals, Panasonic faces competition from smartphones and tablets such as Microsoft, Apple's iphone and the ipad. "Panasonic decided to end further development because the market and our own strategic direction have changed," Panasonic said in a Tuesday statement.　　TechCrunch, a technology blogger, reported last year that Panasonic had become a new US subsidiary, Panasonic Cloud Entertainment (Panasonic Cloud Entertainment), dedicated to the game console project.　　Jungle, "We're playing online games," emphasizes an online gaming experience that is like a handheld mini computer with a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad, combined with arrow keys and side-shoulder buttons, just like a small, portable instrument that allows players to play online games anytime. Panasonic in the early 90 has launched a 3DO interactive multiplayer game consoles family consoles. However, this game machine 700 Dollar sales price is too expensive. Panasonic later discontinued the game machine. Panasonic eventually withdrew from the video game console market. (Digging the shell net)