07-11-2012, 06:21 AM
It could be amazing, but I can see this coming out and the games all being ports of games that have long been out and nothing really taking advantage of the power.
I've never looked at an i-Pad or Android advice and seen a game and thought "I have to play that!" Yes some games are good, great even, but as a game for the big screen? No.
Thanks to Microsoft and their "You must be on us first or not at all" XBLA policy I can see this always being behind as, as awesome as it is, a deal with Microsoft is going to put more dollar signs in your eyes than this. If Valve made something similar, giving it more power, and having it run Steam it would be a lot more interesting.
You also have OnLive to compete with, and no doubt Apple will make a new 'gaming' Apple-TV (or even some form of TV, controller link-able i-Pad). I think the 'best' thing they could do is to get Blizzard on board. WoW, Star Craft II an Diablo 3 easily playable without a PC? I can see that making money - but this doesn't seem to have the power to pull that off (and it's Android).
This could be something huge, but I fear it will just become a portable XBLA/PSN (with a load of poorly made crap bursting from it) - which is kinda cool, but not what it sounds like it wants to be.
I've never looked at an i-Pad or Android advice and seen a game and thought "I have to play that!" Yes some games are good, great even, but as a game for the big screen? No.
Thanks to Microsoft and their "You must be on us first or not at all" XBLA policy I can see this always being behind as, as awesome as it is, a deal with Microsoft is going to put more dollar signs in your eyes than this. If Valve made something similar, giving it more power, and having it run Steam it would be a lot more interesting.
You also have OnLive to compete with, and no doubt Apple will make a new 'gaming' Apple-TV (or even some form of TV, controller link-able i-Pad). I think the 'best' thing they could do is to get Blizzard on board. WoW, Star Craft II an Diablo 3 easily playable without a PC? I can see that making money - but this doesn't seem to have the power to pull that off (and it's Android).
This could be something huge, but I fear it will just become a portable XBLA/PSN (with a load of poorly made crap bursting from it) - which is kinda cool, but not what it sounds like it wants to be.