EPTThey've raised an impressive amount of cash, so let's hope this goes somewhere
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
They've raised an impressive amount of cash, so let's hope this goes somewhere | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:25 fabiano wrote: The only skeptical people are those who are not programmers ;P Those 2-3 people out there?  It's a low power machine though, so it seems very limited to me. Tegra3 is fine for mobile stuff. | ||
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Ronski
Finland266 Posts
I dont see a consumer who needs such devise? | ||
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SirKibbleX
United States479 Posts
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viOLetFanClub
Korea (South)390 Posts
Have fun donating to a massive scam~ | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
Tegra3 quad-core processor 1GB RAM This a joke? You won't be able to make/play anything worthwhile with this kind of power. I mean, I could just download an emulator for an old console and have thousands of games of similar quality at my fingertips...or the wii/xbox/ps3 marketplace. On July 12 2012 00:36 SirKibbleX wrote: The only people who aren't skeptical are those who don't realize that you already have two open-source devices that can emulate other consoles: your computer and your smartphone. This is a giant scam. my thoughts exactly. | ||
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Valestrum
United States246 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:47 Bigtony wrote: This a joke? You won't be able to make/play anything worthwhile with this kind of power. I mean, I could just download an emulator for an old console and have thousands of games of similar quality at my fingertips...or the wii/xbox/ps3 marketplace I agree with the main idea, but I don't know why you'd harp on the 1gb of RAM on a $100 console. You do realize that both the PS3 and Xbox 360 have significantly less than 1gb of RAM? This is essentially a phone with an HDMI output and dedicated wireless controllers. (Without an antenna, a screen, and all that phone stuff). | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On July 11 2012 00:24 Torte de Lini wrote: I don't find anything appealing about mobile/web games. I never did since the n-gage and never will. I still love my Nintendo DS. To me, I just find the games are either lackluster, subpar, or their edginess is graphics or gameplay to be still below technology that's dedicated purely for games. Then again, I've never played Angry Birds. Read whole post, then realise he knows nothing of what he talks about. Never played angry birds? U SRS?!?! (i joke, me neither XD) Looks interesting, but i dont know how it can compete in the market really. I just got an iphone and that shit is amazing, does everything i want it to in one object. Will this thing browse the internet, play music and make phone calls, plus be my gps? XD Hope it succeeds for indy dev's tho | ||
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Dekoth
United States527 Posts
http://eee.asus.com/eeepad/transformer-300/specification/ It is actually slightly less powerful than tablets currently on the market. Don't start making up false information. It is a neat device, but right now it falls squarely into the "toy" category. It has a ton of hurdles to overcome before it becomes a serious product. I think that if most of the backers understood this concept they likely would of thought twice. | ||
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Moa
United States790 Posts
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mikell
Australia352 Posts
On July 12 2012 01:00 Dekoth wrote: Ok, I just saw the OP edit about allowing indi devlopers to develop for a much more powerful platform. Sorry I gotta call bs on that. http://eee.asus.com/eeepad/transformer-300/specification/ It is actually slightly less powerful than tablets currently on the market. Don't start making up false information. It is a naet device, but right now it falls squarely into the "toy" category. It has a ton of hurdles to overcome before it becomes a serious product. I think that if most of the backers understood this concept they likely would of thought twice. You're kidding right? It's $100.. they set out to design a console that costs $100. They came up with something that's already pushing it to be under $100, and yet you compare it to a tablet which costs multiple times the consoles price? I don't get it. If it does become popular, they are likely to release more powerful versions, the issues are obviously the fact that video drivers will limit the hardware for android. | ||
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lefix
Germany1082 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:00 EAGER-beaver wrote: I'm more interested in the pricing model, the most successful indie games are free with cash-ins for dedicated players to improve their experience, I hope they implement some kind of model to facilitate this process. They have already stated that all games published MUST be f2p or at least have a playable demo version. On July 12 2012 00:47 Bigtony wrote: This a joke? You won't be able to make/play anything worthwhile with this kind of power. I mean, I could just download an emulator for an old console and have thousands of games of similar quality at my fingertips...or the wii/xbox/ps3 marketplace Both, Xbox 360 and PS3 have only 512MB RAM It would have been nice if the Tegra3 had been a Tegra4 processor, but for a 99$ console, I can't really complain. On July 12 2012 00:36 SirKibbleX wrote: The only people who aren't skeptical are those who don't realize that you already have two open-source devices that can emulate other consoles: your computer and your smartphone. This is a giant scam. Obviously, the idea is to bring these games into your living room. By your argument, all everything that isn't a PC is a giant scam? Also, alot of people still haven't understood that this isn't about playing Angry Birds on your HD TV. This is about allowing any developer to publish games without going through alot of trouble. Something that until now has been restricted to mobile games and the pc. | ||
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crojar
United States59 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On July 12 2012 01:11 crojar wrote: Why would someone give money on Kickstarter? Do they get something beyond these "rewards"? Why shouldn't this company seek investors like any other company? Because they can use Kickstarter. Need some more help? | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
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treekiller
United States236 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:35 Ronski wrote: Mobile games are popular because theyre easy to access... but trying to make people buy something that they can only use through their TV? Seems unpractical, especially because so many people aldready own a PS3 or XBOX360, even if they dont they most likely have a PC in their home or nintendo. I dont see a consumer who needs such devise? Exactly. Programmers are only looking at the developing side, not the market side. Android and other game are popular for several reasons. 1)You already have the device for other reasons, phone internet. 2)You have downtime with your phone that you cant use to do other things. Riding on the bus or airplane, even the most casual gamer type will find games the best use of their time. 3)Its hard to find free games for phones, especially in the pre-iPhone days when all software was closed. You cant pirate mobile games with the ease of PC games. Keep in mind, this console will be ideal for indie games, but it will likely be only used for indie games. Any commercial developer will want some juice behind it, an established user base. You might argue that if this become popular, then commercial development will come. But why would it become popular if there are no commercial games? Will people just buy this so they can surf the web on their TV? | ||
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Perplex
United States1693 Posts
On July 11 2012 00:55 KimJongChill wrote: Ehh, I don't see this kicking off. I just don't see mobile games really being that big or important enough to warrant their own console and tv. You were right, it's not going anywhere. | ||
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Izotz
Australia8 Posts
This is a great idea and the money raised is an indication of the level of interest this could really achieve. Power to the indie developers because thats where most developers were before becoming big. | ||
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