N'Al on 4/1/2019 at 19:50
So, uh, Slightly Mad Studios - of Need for Speed: Shift and Project CARS fame - are developing their own games console, the Mad Box:
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https://www.usgamer.net/articles/mad-box-gamecube-handles-new-console-design)
The idea of another competitor in the console space sounds good, but I have my doubts this will be successful. All things considered, Sony and Microsoft are relative latecomers to the console market themselves, but they had HUGE cash reserves to give them a leg up.
Still, would love to be proven wrong.
Pyrian on 4/1/2019 at 20:44
What? Why? From their description... Is that even a console, or just a custom PC? How do they expect to make a light console that's like a "very fast PC two years from now"? (Unless they release it 6 years from now, lol.)
WingedKagouti on 4/1/2019 at 21:26
Quote Posted by Pyrian
What? Why? From their description... Is that even a console, or just a custom PC? How do they expect to make a light console that's like a "very fast PC two years from now"? (Unless they release it 6 years from now, lol.)
If they aren't Truly Mad, one would hope that it is basically a high end PC with a fixed set of hardware, a fancy case and a pre-installed & configured Linux based OS. Granted, that could also describe the current and last generations of Xbox & Playstation to some degree, with the caveat of Xbox using a Windows based OS and Playstation using a custom chipset.
Things I do not expect from it: Competetive pricing compared to whatever consoles are current when it is released, a massive lineup of exclusive titles to entice potential customers, the system being released at the first announced launch date, much in the way of third party titles, or any kind of success at all.
voodoo47 on 4/1/2019 at 21:41
so basically, the Ouya but not sh!t?
Tomi on 4/1/2019 at 21:41
The Mad Box is a terrible name too, I think.
voodoo47 on 4/1/2019 at 21:42
still better than Wii.
N'Al on 4/1/2019 at 22:21
Quote Posted by Tomi
The Mad Box is a terrible name too, I think.
The Daft Box.
Pyrian on 5/1/2019 at 01:33
Quote Posted by voodoo47
still better than Wii.
We still play Wii Fit at my house.
voodoo47 on 6/1/2019 at 20:19
was talking about the name, which is, and forever will be terrible.
Pyrian on 6/1/2019 at 20:45
Oh, yeah. It is a miserable name.
