Tynan Muddle at Aussie-Gamer.com writes: "Ouya wont be the only Kickstarted Android console to hit the market this year as PlayJam have announced the GameStick console is in development."
Nathan takes a peek at PlayJam's ultra-portable GameStick game console.
Gamestick releases a new trailer attempting to get you hype about their portable USB gaming thingy.
Whats up with the stupid looking controller with that analog stick above that D-pad like that?
i can already do that with my phone...just plug the usb cable into whatever screen accepts it...do i normally carry around a usb cable? but it's usually plugged into my car for charging so i can use that if i ever have a need to want to play on a big screen which is hardly ever...
the only advantage (if you want to call it that) is it has a physical controller and mine is a touchscreen; but on the other hand it plays more than just games.
@neogeo
You are the one talking about where to put male organs.
Here we were, talking about game stick and you just had to turn it to a discussion of personal sexual preferences. Perhaps you ought to do some introspection..?
@others
Gamestick, however, seems like a cool idea. If that thing would be beefed up in the next generations, I can see it finding a cult following, much like Ouya.
It's a big market and these new products are testing it. We can see how much the industry has truly changed by measuring the sales and cultural consumption of nifty tech like this.
Personally, I'm more of an RPG fan, and I doubt this machine will get those epic 2d or 3d adventures. As a social gamer, however, I would consider this a fun option before going to a bar, or even if in the bar you have a TV and not too many customers, maybe people can start playing in public with Gamestick.
This could spread the gaming culture even further from those small screens to big public screen!
GB: We spent some time playing with both Android-powered microconsoles at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. Here's how they stack up.
Ouya has more support, a better public image, more system power and the better controller. Ouya no contest.
I'm getting the Ouya. Not quite for the games it has already, but for the ones that will come. The fact that you can develop your own games for the console and put them up on the store for sale is wonderful. Anyone out there can make these games, so I'm excited to see the kind of material that might be. Also, it has emulators for NES, SNES, N64, etc. As well as having MKV video playback support, and it's very small and portable, plus to top it all off it's rather cheap too.
