Kewl idea...not sure if I will assist though

[[JiF]phantomx]

opensource console from kickstarter...seems like a good idea...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouy ... ref=search

OK I couldn't resist. I had to jump on the bandwagon and get a console for myself.

[[JiF]Gib]

I love the concept/idea but if they build in a SDK, I am wondering if it will fail like XNA has "failed" or if they will actually do what's needed to stimulate new waves of game developers is a built in series of engines/templates for various types of games. A dream list to do most games would be 2d and 3d versions of:

RTS
FPS
RPG
Turn Based Strategy(wargames)

With full customization to do what you want mechanics wise, built in db, networking, patching modules to drop in your project

[[JiF]zougathefist]

I think I will join this bandwagon as well (after next this month's pay cheque anyway)

It looks like a great idea and could lead to some really cool games being ported or created.

Imagine an updated BF42 on a console that was available for $99

I know you would all be there...

[[JiF]Lt Gav]

Did you look at the figures? (sorry I',m an accountant)
They wanted just shy of $1 million & have pledges of almost $4 million. I think that maybe this is going to take off & be a big hit. Certainly be good to give the current console makers a bit of competition on a lower budget machine.
My only worry is if the current software development companies disappear because they cannot recoup the cost of development for the big name games.

[[JiF]Gib]

That's an interesting point Gav. The one "dream' I've always had was to get into professional game design. There's a huge barrier to entry to make (AAA) games like Wow, BF, etc. It could hurt big companies but only if they make the design effort about 1% of what it is now. For example, WoW took and initial $75 million, 100+ people, and 4-5 years to make if memory serves. I think it would be cool to see many smaller companies that farm out the art development but are able to make AAA games in a fraction of the time and cost and labor. Kind-of back to a cottage industry. But then you have potential support issues I think.

Could be an exciting age comming but only if they are able to produce game engines with open source code and deliver more than just a set of libraries/binaries/framework. From the previous research over the years on the cost of AAA game making and the engines for sale can be $100k on up to license just for a single game. That's a drop in the bucket for large companies since salaries are your overwhelming expense. So I'd like to see AAA engines in it, open source. If that happens then watch out, I think a bunch of cool new ideas will be able to be manifested into new and exciting games.

[[JiF]Brick]

6 month ago they were saying great things about this former baseball player's video game company:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/curt-sch ... ABg2hfcO3o