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07-19-2012, 01:17 PM | #1 |
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I'm predicting failure for this device. Kickstarter is a really awful company, and an awful concept in general. There's a shit ton of ideas/devices that have had a great start just like the Ouya, that never made it to production, and screwed lots of people out of money.
Check out some of the criticism that's already starting about the Ouya and Kickstarter... http://penny-arcade.com/report/edito...-should-be-ske http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407046,00.asp http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...funding-crash/
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07-19-2012, 01:49 PM | #2 |
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What kind of graphical power will this thing have? I'm not paying $100 to play angry birds a bigscreen.
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07-19-2012, 01:52 PM | #3 |
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It's a secret. Because this doesn't even exist yet....
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07-19-2012, 02:06 PM | #4 | |
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But even if they can only do a bit of what they are promising they will cripple ms and sony and bring the power back to the players. |
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Do you think developers and game distributors are going to drop their successful profiting contracts they currently have to create games for an open source environment? Why on earth would they? The only thing that Kickstarter has done with Ouya is take people's money and make promises. That's it. They have no distribution system in place, no manufacturing at all, and no existing customer base. Quote:
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07-19-2012, 02:50 PM | #6 |
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Eh I figure it's a cool story either way. I gave money in the initial rush, so either I will be part of the launch of a really cool new console or will be part of an infamous swindle. It's not like I emptied my 401k for it.
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07-19-2012, 03:19 PM | #7 | |
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Many players a android based gaming system will be perfect. The finished product would be 150 to 200 bucks, games going from free to 25 bucks. Look how many people in the console threads hate muliplayer or online gaming. Then add the fact prices of games are outrageous for most, now they are adding paid updates which will be the new revenue maker. It will probably fail, but they made enough capital to give it a chance. They do not need to follow the status quo, rovio and zynga are perfect examples. If they pull off the hardware, upstart gaming companies will follow, especially if they get to control their future. All they have to do is become the rovio of consoles. Hell, I don't doubt google is behind this and this is a homegrown effort. |
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07-19-2012, 03:33 PM | #8 | |
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Gamers hate online or multiplayer games because they hate other people. Not necessarily the game. I think more competition is great for the game/console market. But the way Kickstart handles these things, they're not giving themselves a chance. And they're gonna have lots of pissed off people if they end up raising a record amount of money and fail to follow through.
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07-19-2012, 02:10 PM | #9 | |
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07-19-2012, 02:49 PM | #10 |
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Kickstarter has already been caught scamming the shit out of people. The company is on a bubble, and it's gonna burst soon.
Have you heard of the Mythic scam that Kickstarter got caught with? http://www.pcworld.com/article/25477...d_as_scam.html
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07-19-2012, 03:30 PM | #11 | |
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So how exactly does that make Kickstarter bad? |
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