Android game console for 99$

[Harty123]

Hi,

this looks very interesting:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/313400 ... yves-behar

Perhaps also an concept for Uzebox 2.0

-Harty

[hpglow]

I was thinking of investing in the Kickstarter project for it. I'm just worried that the Tegra 3 will be dated by the time they get it out.

[Flecko]

Just based on how entrenched the current 3 players are in the home console front, I'd love to see someone come along and disrupt things. I mean, more choice is always a win for consumers. And think about it, the cheapest console from the last generation still ran $250 (Wii) when it was new...and it wasn't even as advanced as the Ouya is going to be.

I say go for it!

[uze6666]

Hmmm, seems a nice idea, though I'm wondering how the interface is going to work. Android is a touch-based interface and all current games are made for that. How will this work with a TV? Is there going to be a Kinect-style controller or game makers will have to add an additional game controller interface? I guess that games will be dedicated. I saw that they funded 4M on Kickstarter with 27 days to go...wow..good luck to them!

-Uze

[DaveyPocket]

Hmmm, seems a nice idea, though I'm wondering how the interface is going to work. Android is a touch-based interface and all current games are made for that. How will this work with a TV? Is there going to be a Kinect-style controller or game makers will have to add an additional game controller interface? I guess that games will be dedicated. I saw that they funded 4M on Kickstarter with 27 days to go...wow..good luck to them!

-Uze

Android can be ported to many devices not utilizing touch screens. It's a nice OS with a modified Linux kernel and it widely used on ARM based platforms. It would seem simple in a way to get an ARM system running with Android and adding a custom UI. They've done this with Google TV already.