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Here's hoping they make it a good bit more potent than Ouya. Amazon is a behemoth and I think they can better fill the niche Ouya is trying to. But they gotta' give hardware than can at least best the outgoing gen (if only to give devs options), while running in 1080p. It doesn't need a 7k series AMD GPU, but something better than what's in a Kindle.
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In 10 years time Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo might not be the "Big 3", but instead "Amazon, Apple and Google".
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I very interested in the Amazon Box but I hope it, anlong with google, doesn't crush the Ouya. They've made mistakes and maybe they need new leadership but they're trying and were the ones who created the microconsole market in the first place.
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I still dont get it. Creating art design and game design that works on small screens with limited on screen controls is TOTALLY different than designing for large TV screens with full game pads. Android games are made for small mobile screens, ( true the screen definition is getting better) it just doesnt translate over easily or well to 70" Tvs. This is what I dont think these manufacturers get.
Sure perhaps developers will skip the gazillion mobile users and just design for these niche home TV android devices, but ummm, but why would they? |
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| Nathan Mates |
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I think it's a case of Amazon wanting to make a media player box (e.g. Boxee-like) for people to cheaply/quickly hook up to any Amazon streaming video -- or even subsidize the hardware and make it up on video sales. Once you have such a box, adding in support for low-end games isn't that hard; I think Amazon is trying to add games to a media player versus Ouya's game player that happens to play some media.
I've already got a Blu-ray player w/ Wifi and a 7+ year old laptop connected to my TV; both can connect to Amazon streaming video just fine. (Plus plenty of consoles that don't happen to speak Amazon streaming.) Amazon would have to develop something amazing for me to consider adding this to my living room. |
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| Jonathan Murphy |
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Many companies like Amazon see a chance to jump in. Due to dispersed consumer spending there might not be a big three next gen. Only a big two. It's happened before, and those were good times.
Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo need FULL B/C to drown out their competitors. I've moved to PC and may stay there. Because I can keep those games forever. A back catalog keeps new entrants away. Who wants an Ouya when you can play FF1-15 on a next gen console? |
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| Matías Goldberg |
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Is no one going to say anything about Amazon's history of bad reputation towards indies?
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| wes bogdan |
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It's ALL about who's the most hungry if games like shadow fall are on consoles and indie- PS one are on micro consoles and I were Sony,ms or ninty I'd make sure you can also use it on real console's as well.
Without their own studio's making exclusives the mc will need to fork over cash for timed exclusives which would end up cutting them off at the knees attacking yourself damaging sales of bigger games like halo,,cod,borderlands etc. |
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| Bernice Eker |
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So many microconsoles hitting the market. Just thinking out loud but what if Microsoft name their console Microconsole? All of their advertising would be done for them! Probably worth a 'what if' article by you guys.
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| Akeem Adkins |
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I'm going to be honest. I think Amazon making a game device is them going from 1 to 100. I don't think it's a good idea, but I would love for them to prove me wrong. I'm interested to see how this turns out.
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| Rafael Duarte |
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Getting involve more companies its good for us
To honest we need a cheap game console and a cheap game for the mass it's everybody desicion of course for the big screen and portable. No my smartphone. We know those micro console for google and amazon it's money business. Amazon good idea Qualcomm CPU, approaching to game developers to support gamepad give them incentive , I think they are more that can be add to the system, I have some in mind like arm processor for low cost and power efficiency, portable, and more can be add it. |
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