| Gamerace said: Who's going to make the hardware if Google doesn't? Remember, Sony and MS both heavily subsidized the HW costs to reduce the price tag of their systems and hope to earn that loss back through game sales. And both MS and Sony make their own games which are the most profitable for them. The only one I could possibly see using an Android OS for a gaming console is Sega and that's highly unlikely. |
Yes, a possibility. But let's also not forget that for example Nintendo follows a radically different business model from MS and Sony, that Apple, should it try the gaming adventure, would follow a model similar to Nintendo's, but not totally equal, so just another business model that nobody devised before, or else that nobady was able to succeed with before, is always possible. Providing a royalty free platform and getting paid only for advanced dev tools and services (if wanted), while giving for free more basic tools, specifications and all the other technical infos needed, could attract both SW and HW producers, particularly indies craving for PC freedom and low starting costs, but higher consoles revenues. If Googles puts in the deal its huge advertising power, it could be one of the ingredients 3DO lacked.
