Ol No Bones
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Amazon does seem to like losing money so I guess this is possible.
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Rumor: Amazon's new game console is core oriented, Amazon snapping up game devs
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They want to aim for Steam, my friend. They'll get games to match interests, but this console is all around tapping that online model.
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
base shagohod
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I don't get it. You want a monopoly?
Yeah...probably a forked version of Android.
Blue_Barry
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I highly doubt they want to blow nearly half of the reserves, on a console launch....
Ol No Bones
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Haha probably.
Ol No Bones
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I'm all for a digital console with strong specs and a fresh first party lineup. This seems unrealistic but only because I'm used to the big three.
Ol No Bones
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I'm still a little surprised apple hasn't jumped in yet. Not that I want an 1000 dollar console or anything but an apple console would be beautiful. I doubt apple would like to take a loss on any hardware.
Why?
They will blow like nothing. They will just make Android device #4542.
GrizzledGrump
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It's yet another machine that steals valuable casual gamers away from XONE and PS4. MS and Sony should be worried if they don't have a plan that involves coping with losing 50-60 million gamers.
In my household the shift has already happened. The wife has shifted from Viva Pinata to iPad games.
In my household the shift has already happened. The wife has shifted from Viva Pinata to iPad games.
If Amazon releases a digital only console, I wonder whether they will receive the same backlash that Microsoft received (yes I know the original One worked with discs). Will the same folks that weren't interested in the Xbox one yet protested on principle to save physical media be similarly fired up? Should be a good litmus test on the gaming press if it happens.
And I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night, lol. But in all seriousness, that is something I could have some interest in, provided the games are there. Guess we will just have to wait and see.
Agreed. PS4 may outsell the One to core gamers, but what do they have to offer to casuals beyond Pricing relativity. No DVD or Blu-ray value with those now ubiquitous. No motion or camera games. Free generic media apps but everybody has that access already. While the One has TV and kinect features, price is a big barrier. The market is ripe for disruption IMO.
plagiarize
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if it's discless and has access to android games + triple A games, I don't think people would be upset. espescially since they're a new entry into the market. no one was upset that Ouya was digital only, to my knowledge.
MrSaturn99
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Wait, Amazon? As in, shopping website Amazon?
I-that's, wow...
I-that's, wow...
no, Ouya only had millions for budget, Amazon has billions
Indeed, Amazon as in the media empire that sells tons of e-readers, tablets, music downloads, ebooks, digital movies/TV shows, PC games, and Android apps.
You realize that Amazon's cloud powers half the Internet right?
Amazon have a lot more about them than a shopping website nowadays. A large number of popular websites rely on Amazon Web Services, for example.
R10Neymarfan
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That would be awesome. I am liking next-gen already
Microsoft wasn't releasing a digital only console. The backlash was against Microsoft treating physical distribution like digital distribution.
It wasn't just people who "weren't interested in the Xbox" up in arms.
You mean Mobile and PC Gaming, right?
MrSaturn99
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HUH. And I often use the site for game purchases. Had no idea.
Never implied they were the only people upset, just that they were a segment of people upset. I don't want to rehash the debate over whether it was a true digital only console as that is a distinction without a difference in my opinion, but I digress.
If only less people had their head in the sand. Then again, we are a "core" gaming forums, so I shouldn't expect that.
GrizzledGrump
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No, the hardware company, Amazon. Also the cloud services company, Amazon.
statham
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And watch it be a big hit.
Chezzymann
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Bookmarking this thread for laughs just in case amazon ends up winning this generation six years from now.
Marvel
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This would be a bad thing for all. We need less locked in ecosystem's. Especially the crap that Apple tries to pull on their consumers.
Mobile?? Why should i mean Mobile when i talk about a PC?
graywolf323
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as long as Amazon doesn't do what they do for the other fields they directly compete it
Amazon does not themselves carry the iPhone, the iPad, Nook, etc.
if they join the console space does that mean only third party sellers would have the PS4 and Xbox One?
Amazon does not themselves carry the iPhone, the iPad, Nook, etc.
if they join the console space does that mean only third party sellers would have the PS4 and Xbox One?
Because you are talking about the Amazon box.
Selective outrage based on product history and state of the market is rough. Its almost like Microsoft isn't allowed to innovate because their presence as a current dominant player along with Sony and Nintendo means they must cater to the status quo. The mob is fickle.
nelsonroyale
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Not exactly. They have good service, but don't pay tax in the UK so...I have stopped buying from them.
And? We dont know what it will be. My hope is that the amazon console will be like how we always imagined the Steambox will be, a PC.
There is a difference between what i hope it will be (PC with Linux and the option to install windows) and what i think it will be (next shitty android console)
teruterubozu
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If it's anything like Amazon's failed original TV pilots then I wouldn't get too excited about this.
In the US. Kindle fire isn't that compelling elsewhere really.
I still don't want to play phone games on my TV.
You is a big difference than the mainstream user. Amazon has the ability to make this huge. They dwarf companies like Sony and Nintendo in size and resources. Even Microsoft too