I could not finish a post yesterday, one has to sleep at some point and damned are those days spent on the phone exhausting...
I was indeed considering the Snapdragon 805 as an option. Tegra K1 would be nice if an only it can be stuck to gddr5 memory otherwise I think it's going to be severely bandwidth constrained.
The system is rumored to be the size of the ps one (the redesign) so pretty much I don't expect crazy hardware. On the plus side and going back to the price argument, such a set-up will definitely sell for less than 300$. For the ref INtel NUC powered by a dual core baytrail costs 149$. I think INtel makes a profit at this price.
Amazon seems to sell its device in grey, 149$ would be a right price for a snapdragon set-up with 4GB of RAM, the perfs should be a match for the ps360 but the extra may help doing better.
If more it sells for more than 149$ I strongly doubt the value proposal of the product.
The dream set-up for me would be the tegra k1 with half the ram but GDD5 RAM. It could sell mostly for the same 149$. More interesting on the tech side, should really offer more than the ps360.
Now we is the value, for hardcore there is not much, are AAA games to be port? If yes how many? Those they care about?
It is really an unproven from a hardcore pov, though it could prove to be a nice successor for the Wii. I see my friend kids loves the wii, flash games, etc. for 149$ it can be an impulse buy for parents, plenty of cheap if not free Android games, some higher quality content would be the icing on the cake.
Could prove interesting for casual too, provides lots of functionality (for me the odds that the system runs Android are 99.99%), social games.
For more traditional content, I think they should not focus on blockbusters ala BF4 or COD, but those pc games that are not demanding and have a connected aspect, mmo, rts, etc.
Lots of those games are designed with low specs in mind.
From the console realm, games designed for kids (though they can attract older audience), skylander, sonic, rayman, lego games, etc.
Now with snapdragon inside I've personally no interest in the product, the API overhead is going to hurt the perfs and I don't believe Amazon will go for a low level API.
Tegra K1 with GDDR5 would make me more comfortable as far as specs are concerned but it is likely to be a non option / not doable.
May be you are right (ToTTenTraz), some properly salvaged and low clocked Kaveri could be an option. But that is from a technical pov, for the business side they might want to iterate faster than other console manufacturers and big ARM based SoC are the only options, though even here the number of possible providers is shrinking fast.
I would discard any custom SoC, as Amazon might know really the product is risky, it is bet or a first attempt / testing market reaction before more serious hardware becomes available, I can see them invest a lot in R&D for the hardware.
I was indeed considering the Snapdragon 805 as an option. Tegra K1 would be nice if an only it can be stuck to gddr5 memory otherwise I think it's going to be severely bandwidth constrained.
The system is rumored to be the size of the ps one (the redesign) so pretty much I don't expect crazy hardware. On the plus side and going back to the price argument, such a set-up will definitely sell for less than 300$. For the ref INtel NUC powered by a dual core baytrail costs 149$. I think INtel makes a profit at this price.
Amazon seems to sell its device in grey, 149$ would be a right price for a snapdragon set-up with 4GB of RAM, the perfs should be a match for the ps360 but the extra may help doing better.
If more it sells for more than 149$ I strongly doubt the value proposal of the product.
The dream set-up for me would be the tegra k1 with half the ram but GDD5 RAM. It could sell mostly for the same 149$. More interesting on the tech side, should really offer more than the ps360.
Now we is the value, for hardcore there is not much, are AAA games to be port? If yes how many? Those they care about?
It is really an unproven from a hardcore pov, though it could prove to be a nice successor for the Wii. I see my friend kids loves the wii, flash games, etc. for 149$ it can be an impulse buy for parents, plenty of cheap if not free Android games, some higher quality content would be the icing on the cake.
Could prove interesting for casual too, provides lots of functionality (for me the odds that the system runs Android are 99.99%), social games.
For more traditional content, I think they should not focus on blockbusters ala BF4 or COD, but those pc games that are not demanding and have a connected aspect, mmo, rts, etc.
Lots of those games are designed with low specs in mind.
From the console realm, games designed for kids (though they can attract older audience), skylander, sonic, rayman, lego games, etc.
Now with snapdragon inside I've personally no interest in the product, the API overhead is going to hurt the perfs and I don't believe Amazon will go for a low level API.
Tegra K1 with GDDR5 would make me more comfortable as far as specs are concerned but it is likely to be a non option / not doable.
May be you are right (ToTTenTraz), some properly salvaged and low clocked Kaveri could be an option. But that is from a technical pov, for the business side they might want to iterate faster than other console manufacturers and big ARM based SoC are the only options, though even here the number of possible providers is shrinking fast.
I would discard any custom SoC, as Amazon might know really the product is risky, it is bet or a first attempt / testing market reaction before more serious hardware becomes available, I can see them invest a lot in R&D for the hardware.
