[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]
GameStick Change Pledge Tiers to offer Developers Even
More
London & San Francisco; January 4th, 2013; The
team behind the GameStick raised a glass yesterday evening in
thanks to the 1000+ Kickstarter backers that pushed them over their
$100,000 funding goal in just 30 hours.
“The response from the Kickstarter community has been
truly overwhelming. We are confident in our product and what we
hope it will mean for gaming but we were taken aback at how quickly
the message was adopted,” says Anthony Johnson, CMO,
PlayJam.“There is no better feeling than having hundreds if
not thousands of people endorse your idea.”
The team has been busy keeping up with the hundreds of questions
and requests that continue to come through the Kickstarter message
boards and in response have today announced support for XBMC &
DNLA, two of the most sought after features.
“While we are shipping as a dedicated games console, we
are keen to ensure that users have the ability to hack the device
if they so wish and will be providing support for XBMC & DNLA
via an optional firmware update in September. We encourage users to
hack the device - the time for closed, proprietary systems is
ending which bodes well for true innovation”, concluded
Johnson.
GameStick is described as 'The Most Portable TV games Console
Ever Created'. The team behind the project are passionate about
accelerating the race to change the face of big screen gaming with
a product that will now, as promised, launch in April of this
Year.
Supporters flooded to the Kickstarter page just moments after
the campaign launched and began pledging. The 'Early Bird' pledge
tier, giving backers the chance to grab themselves a
GameStick at a discounted rate, proved so popular that it sold out
in a matter of hours resulting in people moving in droves to the
next tier. At the time of writing, the average pledge towards
GameStick was $98.
Interest from the developer community has been extremely strong
with over 300 registrations on the
www.gamestick.tv website and a new tier offering
early access to the SDK and 30 days premium positioning within the
games store having been added for $500.
GameStick will feature a purpose-built game store through which
users will be able to browse and download content. The proposition
will be powered by PlayJam’s existing Games Network for Smart
TV which currently supports developers such as Relentless Software,
First Star Software, and Disney.
To visit the Kickstarter page and pledge your support, please
visit:
http://kck.st/12SSvMO
To visit the GameStick website for more information or to apply
for an SDK please go to
:
www.gamestick.tv
To follow GameStick news, join the conversation and give your
opinion on Facebook or Twitter please go:
www.facebook.com/GameStickNews
and
www.twitter.com/Game_Stick / @Game_Stick
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#ENDS#
About PlayJam:
PlayJam is the premier global platform for casual and social
games on TV. By partnering with
all major TV brands, we've created the largest and most vibrant
games network for millions of
players around the world.
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