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disolitude on 05 September 2013
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superchunk said:
disolitude said:
Do you think this will be embraced by the gaming community?

I'm just curious as the threads I've seen on Ouya and the thread I've made on Nvidia Shield got blasted with posts about how Android gaming blows.


If its handled like those two devices, then no. Apple nor Google would make a viable gaming console.

 

However, if its handled like a full iOS/Android media system with packed in gaming controller and seamless streaming from your iOS/Android devices and google tv type features / full chrome... etc etc all for like $150 or $200... then yes, it could sell a butt load.

Maybe not to the core gaming community but to the mass consumer.

I also think it would need to be powerful enough to either stream (very well) the latest games in great quality and/or actually have those digitally downloadble. That would make it appeal to the core gamers.

That makes no sense. Android as an ecosystem isn't locked, and anything Google brings to the table games wise should be accessible on other platforms. 

Nvidia shield for example has currently the most powerful hardware of any android devices. One of best build qualities too... How will offer something much better then it shares the same OS and same software.

I don't understand what Google is going to do that will make them the better choice in gamers eyes, other than possibly provide a cheap $39 console that will have proprietary ad serving technology.