From the Kotaku article you linked:
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First off, the Jungle is rumored to run on Linux. There's stumbling block one.
We'll continue to use World of Warcraft as an example. World of Warcraft does not run natively on Linux. You cannot grab your World of Warcraft disc, slip it into a Linux machine, and click on go; it does not work that way.
That's not to say that World of Warcraft will not run on Linux. Linux users play World of Warcraft every day. How? They use programs like Wine, which allows Windows programs to run on Linux. It's not a simple thing, but that's to be expected. Linux is an operating system built to do things well, not simply.
Is your average World of Warcraft player up to the task? That's not likely. If Panasonic offered versions of the Jungle with World of Warcraft preloaded on them I might see the device capturing the hearts of a few players, but otherwise the complexity of getting their favorite game running might drive them back to their trusty laptops.
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The Jungle scores points for portability, but it also doesn't have a mouse. Instead, it sports a small touchpad and a directional pad, neither of which serve as capable mouse alternatives. It features a full keyboard, but it's a very small full keyboard. When you're firing off healing macros, you can't afford to press the wrong keys.
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We also don't have any idea what kind of hardware's in it, so we don't even know if it's capable of running something like World of Warcraft.
I'll keep an eye on this gizmo, but I really doubt I'll ever get one. I just couldn't justify buying a gaming system to play a single game...