“January was a pivotal month for GameStick with the success of the campaign ensuring that we could bring the device to life.” Said Anthony Johnson, CMO PlayJam, “Since the campaign closed, we have received thousands of e-mails from individuals keen to ensure they remain one of the first to receive the product. By continuing to offer GameStick on pre-order, we will be able to maintain momentum ahead of our planned retail activity”.Amazon is powering the preorder system (which can be found here). If you order now through the service, you'll get bumped up to the head of the line before the console officially launches in a few months.
The basic GameStick bundle will cost you $79.99 USD with options to add on a case (for $9.99 USD) and a dock (for $24.99 USD) also available.
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Watching these Android "console-things" with great interest. But fragmentation remains a serious hurdle, what with devs having finite resources to support x platforms.
I have to say I think Ouya is more compelling because the Tegra 3 hardware it packs looks like it wil be well supported in the android ecosystem. Really impressed they negotiated retail distribution as well, wouldn't have guessed they could squeeze the margin out of a $99 product like this.
A suggestion for the articles on this site: how about collecting the relevant links mentioned in the article at the bottom of the page? Saves users from hunting and pecking around or, worst case, leaving the site to google something.
Yeah, I haven't put down money for one of these yet either, because it's impossible that they're all going to be sustainable. One of them will rise to the top - I do think there's genuine demand for this kind of console, but I'm waiting to see which.
On a personal level I kinda hope it's the Ouya. That device looks like sheer fun.
Regarding your suggestion - could you explain what you mean a little more? I'm tired, so that's probably why I'm a little confused - sorry!
I like the GameStick, it's a neat little device. I have to say though that I'm not really sold on the Android "console-things" as a (I guess you'd call it) platform yet. It just kinda seems like a concept that's destined to come and go.
I hope not, because there's a lot of promise in the idea (I think anyway)... But I do have that 'here today, gone tomorrow' feeling.
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