As if there was some kind of size war going on in the living room, the Gamestick is setting its targets on the Ouyas audience, by being smaller, cheaper and well… that’s about it really because its certainly not as powerful as the Ouya.
Yet the Gamestick does have a couple of tricks up its sleeve that could see it succeed, aside from the fact that it too also blasted through its Kickstarter goals and will be coming to market as a result. The first is that it connected with an HDMI Dongle that tucks into the back of its controller, this makes it extremely portable. It can also be controlled using your mobile phone as a touch interface and even though it features Android OS you can control it with iOS, which goes a long way to not alienating a large proportion of the mobile market.
It’s lack of power is going to be an issue when the Ouya gets into its stride, but a low launch price, simple and easy to understand hardware and a good game library could make this the perfect little console that you can take anywhere with ease.
- Amlogic 8726-MXS CPU
- 1GB DDR3 RAM
- 8GB NAND Flash Storage
- 32GB Micro SD upgrade slot
- HDMI Out
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth LE 4.0
- Android Jelly Bean OS
I would have thought you’d mention the Razer Edge to be honest. Considering that it won almost everything it could win at CES 2013. Its less powerfull than a PS4 or a computer but its portable and can be used a console or even as a normal PC/Tablet. Not that im getting one even if i could afford it. The price is pretty harsh but then again i dont see anything else offering that many options.
Xi3’s Piston is NOT the Steambox. Valve have distanced themselves from this assertion which was made by the media.
Neither Xi3 nor Valve have ever gone on record to say that this underpowered, overpriced system is the Steambox.
I agree with JMHJ about the Razer Edge