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bonzobanana on 15 January 2017
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Peh said:
bonzobanana said:
Some wierd responses there. Clearly android has 1000s of games and emulators would be able to run I guess up to dreamcast level at full speed so 10s of 1000s more. It wouldn't be a closed system it would actually run all android games and the VR side android systems, nibiru etc. Also isn't android actually the most popular gaming system in the world by actual time spent playing. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

Lets face it the portable performance of the Switch is right in android territory but docked performance of Switch is at the top end of android performance.

Agree with some of the other points but I think we will see Switch clones soon although not necessarily anything like the spec I came up with. Probably at a cheaper level and lower performance.

I think I'd be tempted if it was well done and I could pretty much run all my android games and decent speed for emulation. It's really how they implement the game controller and how it works with existing android games and emulators. I'd want games to ideally automatically configure to the controller with some older titles having a fast joypad configuration utility. I suspect such clones will be half-baked and not fine tune such details though.

What you just described is the concept of the OUYA. It failed so hard that no one else will try it. Those 1000 games are not meant to be played on a tv. Those are cheap puzzle games which entertain you for 10 minutes max.

Absolutely nothing like Ouya why would you even make that comparison. Ouya was a closed sytem with few games. Many android games are designed around being played on a big screen. An absolutely huge number of android boxes were sold last year which have no other display than tv and you have a wide selection of fps, racing and other games. You need to look again at the android library. Many of the indie games you see on nintendo's eshop are actually on android too. Puzzle games are more aimed at touch screens generally. Arcade action games tend to be be best played with joypads.