[HN Gopher] What's an Intellivision Amico? Console's leaky dev p... ___________________________________________________________________ What's an Intellivision Amico? Console's leaky dev portal offers hints Author : crtasm Score : 12 points Date : 2021-06-29 20:05 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com) (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com) | peanut_worm wrote: | This thing seems like a straight up scam | fortyseven wrote: | Even 2013's miserable Ouya was in a FAR better position for SOME | kind of success. (A tiny Android-powered console was at least | somewhat novel, and only $99.) | | Yet it still failed hard. | | Amico, and the similar-tier Atari VCS, are in vastly more hostile | waters in the 2020s. | | Both have the audacity to expect success, asking ~$250 for wholly | unremarkable machines. A crazy powerful XBox Series S or Switch | can be had for a mere $50 more. Or, more threateningly, $50 | cheaper for the Switch Lite. | | Not to mention the Switch is friggin' NINTENDO: home of arguably | the most desirable, family-friendly games in the industry. I seem | to remember that being the niche the Amico was trying to dig in | with: the software being family-friendly, with games under $10. | | The class of software they're showing off tends to be in the | $5-15 range, at best, on digital storefronts like the Switch | eShop. Sure, Nintendo gets a cut of the sale, but I have no doubt | they'd make that up in volume compared to both sales on their | bespoke hardware. | | I actually LOVE the idea of bringing quality gaming within reach | of lower-income families and/or casuals. That's a good idea, and | could even be quite successful in this crowded market if handled | right. | | I'm just baffled that either of these projects have gotten as far | as they have. Probably caught in the web of sunk-cost, with it | being too late to turn back. :P | dang wrote: | Sorry for offtopicness but crtasm, could you please email | hn@ycombinator.com? I want to send you a repost invite for | something else. | codefined wrote: | Now I guess we just look through crtasm's history for what has | caught dang's eye. :) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-06-30 23:01 UTC)