Ulukai on 13/7/2012 at 12:26
This sounds interesting, kick-starter project for a low cost Android based games console which you can root and hack around with to your heart's content.
(
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console) Kickstarter Page
Currently, 4.4million dollars pledged against a target of 950K, 34,000 backers and you can get one if you pledge $99.
I like this idea and it reminds me of the (
http://www.raspberrypi.org/) Raspberry Pi project in some ways. Just hope it has as much success.
WingedKagouti on 13/7/2012 at 12:49
The most interesting thing to me is the fact that all 400 developer pledges have been grabbed.
Eldron on 13/7/2012 at 12:51
Quote Posted by WingedKagouti
The most interesting thing to me is the fact that all 400 developer pledges have been grabbed.
Probably not all developers, it ensured that whoever paid for it gets the first early December batch of the console.
I backed this project though, will probably develop something simple for it too, I like what it's trying to do.
demagogue on 13/7/2012 at 13:09
I like making little games & programs for myself on the PC all the time, and it's one of the things I miss being able to do on my iStuff, I've been so acculturated to DIY.
Koki on 13/7/2012 at 13:19
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Android based games console
Play all your shitty $5 cellphone games...
on this console in horribly pixelated resolution on your 40" plasma!
Sounds like a good deal to me
Ulukai on 13/7/2012 at 13:23
Didn't read very far then?
Although it will run android cellphone games, that's not the point of the device.
Koki on 13/7/2012 at 13:38
I don't know anyone else who given the choice would pick Android as the OS to make the videogames for.
Ulukai on 13/7/2012 at 13:43
Me neither, but then I'm not a big fan of Java.
As Minecraft has shown though, things created in Java don't have to be rubbish.
lost_soul on 13/7/2012 at 15:38
I don't see the point really. If this were a handheld console, I would be really into it, but as it stands I have machines that are far more powerful already sitting here and I don't need more hardware just sitting around. Also, a big part of gaming for me is modifying games and even if a console is open, the games still aren't as easily moddable as a computer game due to so many factors like a keyboard and raw horsepower to compile levels on an actual computer.
If you're interested in the Raspberry Pi, you should check out the MK802. It is a bit more expensive, but a hell-of-a-lot more powerful and includes a case. Think: thumb drive with a 1.5 GHz CPU and up to a gig of RAM. Again though, it isn't really that small when you have to hook it to a TV for it to be of any use. Somebody should shove one of these into a device the size of a Nintendo handheld, integrating a color screen and keyboard.
Unboxing/demo: (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akp2hYE1dZ0)
Koki on 13/7/2012 at 16:06
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Me neither, but then I'm not a big fan of Java.
But then... why not some Unix derivative?
