Android development?

Eh... I guess ...

edit: I only say that since most Android users expect free content... and pushing out stuff as a developer can only be free for so long before ads like crazy and in-app purchases flood the game, just to keep money flowing

fabiano

Brazil4644 Posts

July 10 2012 21:02 GMT

#62

Great idea.

And as a (future) developer, I love this.

Also, US$950.000 is such a cheap investment! If I had money I wouldn't think twice before investing in this.

cellblock

Sweden206 Posts

July 10 2012 21:04 GMT

#63

Looks shit as hell. Wont buy one.

0x64

Finland4632 Posts

July 10 2012 21:05 GMT

#64

And it is now officially founded

aike

United States1629 Posts

July 10 2012 21:06 GMT

#65

On July 11 2012 06:02 fabiano wrote:
Great idea.

And as a (future) developer, I love this.

Also, US$950.000 is such a cheap investment! If I had money I wouldn't think twice before investing in this.

$950k SO FAR!

It's only been up for like 7 hours or so? And they hit their target. It's funny, I was looking at it going "hmm I wonder how they will get the last $100k" because they had only like 100 left of the $99 deal, and then right before it hit 0 they added another 5000

So that pushed them over the top and I can forsee them going up to maybe 1.5mil and as long as that helps them make the best possible system I'm all for that :D

treekiller

United States236 Posts

July 10 2012 21:12 GMT

#66

So this is a system that doesnt even exist yet?

Carson

Canada820 Posts

July 10 2012 21:12 GMT

#67

Wow, I read this thread, saw it was starting today, looked at the site just now, and they are over their minimum already haha.

edit: now at 1M, pretty cool

aike

United States1629 Posts

July 10 2012 21:13 GMT

#68

On July 11 2012 06:12 treekiller wrote:
So this is a system that doesnt even exist yet?

It exists in prototype form, they just need to work out some kinks and bugs and get more made to ship to devs so they can have launch titles. Kickstarter is for funding projects so that they can afford to do something. This allows a new company to make a product without needing to rely on funding from investment companies.

imPermanenCe

Netherlands595 Posts

July 10 2012 21:15 GMT

#69

Should've posted after reading the article

I'm pretty excited for this actually, a cheap console, with cheap games and open to every developer.
Now just hope they don't hire the same guys that made the B.net custom map search and we should be alright :D

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

July 10 2012 21:16 GMT

#70

I thought people played mobile games, so they could play them on the go and not be in front of a tv while doing so. I will be curious to see how successful this is though. I myself am not interested in mobile or indy games, so this product isn't for me. They can say it's not mobile games on tv all they want, but the power of the device is the limiting factor, so you'll never see anything great graphically on it.

0x64

Finland4632 Posts

July 10 2012 21:16 GMT

#71

I see this easily go to 4 millions, might reach 8 millions if they scale the amount of device to sell accordingly to demand.

Greggle

United States1131 Posts

July 10 2012 21:19 GMT

#72

Is the red button sloped downwards with the curve of the controller?

Heimatloser

Germany1494 Posts

July 10 2012 21:29 GMT

#73

i cant see this work. most creative minds already moved on to the mobile market and try to make a living there, i cant imagine them going back.
but maybe some new will grow and the hardcore console market will grow again? (hardcore as in: i only need a stick and a few buttons to play!) But i highly doubt that. most ppl who buy that thing are probably guys who didnt even develop anything yet but maybe plan and on doing someday

edit
thinking twice, i actually used to play cavestory with a xbox controller for windows on my tv. so the idea aint new, programms like joy2key or xpadder exist for several years already, the only thing the console will take away from you is configuring they controller. but it was fun, indeed. so i think ppl will be happy with their consoles.

rbx270j

Canada540 Posts

July 10 2012 21:31 GMT

#74

For as long as I've been looking at the page(s), it's been going up at roughly $2,000 per minute. crazy.

aike

United States1629 Posts

July 10 2012 21:38 GMT

#75

I think everybody that is saying this wont work isn't understanding what it is exactly. This isn't a platform for mobile games, the idea behind it is to bring the ease of development of mobile games back to a console platform. It isn't meant to destroy the current console market and take it's spot at #1 console either. It's not some huge company making a console to try to compete, it's a small group of people who are working on something they think is important to gaming, as of right now if they sell no more consoles it will still be a success for them. And for consumers, you don't even have to worry if future games for the platform suck or not, because for $100 you get the android powered system where you can install any android apps and run them on your TV... So it's basically a super cheap media center with the ability to browse the web, use all kinds of useful apps, listen to music, stream movies, whatever.... $100!! such a steal.

Tobberoth

Sweden6375 Posts

July 10 2012 21:42 GMT

#76

Would like to remind people who are still very much questioning this, that this will be a haven for emulators. Ever used a gameboy emulator on an android phone? Yeah, it sucks fag, but that's because of the controller, nothing else. I'm sure you could even make a psx emulator with these specs, though I wouldn't keep my hopes up since it seems difficult to make decent psx emulators even for PC :/

Also, remember that you can do more things with android phones than most people might realize... personally, I often download TV series using aDownloader and watch them immediately on my phone with VLC Android, and this would be amazing functionality connected to a TV. And that's just the beginning.

Velocirapture

United States983 Posts

July 10 2012 21:45 GMT

#77

Getting developers to make game for your console is the greatest challenge. It almost doesn't matter how amazing or innovative a person is because established consoles have guaranteed market penetration and that is half the battle.

The path for success on an item like this would be, in my mind, to have really amazing console specific titles for which people buy the hardware. We are talking something in the order of magnitude of Zelda or Modern Warfare.

ilikeredheads

Canada1995 Posts

July 10 2012 21:45 GMT

#78

who came up with that great name "ouya"?

DwD

Sweden8621 Posts

July 10 2012 21:50 GMT

#79

This seems really cool. 100 bucks is a steal I think.. Almost worth it for twitch.tv alone... Yeah you can drag a cable through your house and connect it to your PC but.. hassle. Will def follow this

On July 11 2012 06:31 rbx270j wrote:
For as long as I've been looking at the page(s), it's been going up at roughly $2,000 per minute. crazy.

I watched the video and then I refreshed, jumped from 1 mil 88K to 1mil 111K o_o

Barbiero

Brazil5259 Posts

July 10 2012 22:21 GMT

#80

I wonder if high-end games can be ported to this. It is Android after all, but it has some really good specs.

Imagine if Valve were to implement their games into this. Hell, imagine if Steam could be implemented into this.

When I get money, I'll give something to these guys. I feel like this is a step forward.