The XGP system was to focus on downloadable commercial games,[5] as well as on free homebrew content.

The ability to use Linux on was officially announced, as well as Windows CE and Gamepark's own minimalistic operating system GPOS.

The system was designed for multimedia content such as movies, MP3s, and the mobile television standard T-DMB.

These differences would prevent the console from being backwards compatible with the GP32, although GP32 software could be reprogrammed to work on the XGP Kids.

The device was intended to be relatively inexpensive and to give a chance to those who missed out on the GP32's limited production run to get something very much like a BLU+.