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Thread title says it all.

Do you think VGC should track it?

I think VGC should track it. Even though we might now consider the Fire TV just a box for Netflix and mobile games, the fact is that Amazon understands buying behaviors and how to market and sell stuff better than most. Amazon is certainly well capitalized enough to acquire some quality studios and titles. Implementing online gaming networks would be pretty easy for them. They also already have a robust user account management system too. I think they're really in this to compete and win marketshare away from the big 3.

IMO : If Fire TV takes off, it may push the gaming industry off its trajectory to full HD gaming (PS4, XOne, and PC) and put greater emphasis on mid-HD games. That's a trend that could be a boon to last gen HD consoles, Wii U, and PS Vita while stunting growth of the PS4 and XOne platforms. That fundamentally changes the kinds of games we see made, how successful 'next-gen' games are and what new technologies come to market (VR comes to mind).

Thoughts?



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i vote no



 

Seems like a waste of resources to me



Fire tv has a lot more cpu processing power than wii u but of course a much weaker gpu. You wonder what a fully optmised game could achieve on fire tv. Let's say you could dedicate 1.5GB to a game of system memory and perhaps 4GB of the storage. It would be interesting to see the result.

It could probably run something like Skyrim well but the graphics would be scaled back to look more like something between morrowind and oblivion.

Could it become a major gaming platform and therefore need greater recognition? I personally don't think so but its not impossible.



no.



 

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will fireTV be available anywhere except on amazon.com?

...if not (..and i dont't think it will be) i don't think there is any way for VGCz to track it.



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Fire TV is not a gaming console.

OUYA is a gaming console and we don't track it.

It makes no sense to track FireTV, GoogleTV, AppleTV, etc.

Site needs to remain focus on primary market players, not niche one-off scenarios.



superchunk said:
Fire TV is not a gaming console.

OUYA is a gaming console and we don't track it.

It makes no sense to track FireTV, GoogleTV, AppleTV, etc.

Site needs to remain focus on primary market players, not niche one-off scenarios.

Couldn't have said it any better myself. 



They can barely keep track of the current consoles.



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