Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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Post by rbanffy » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console
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Post by casabarata » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

Pretty sweet. I wish this and the other 10 DIY/programmable mobile consoles would make it into mass market (toy?) stores. For years, this market has only been making circles in a tiny part of the geekosphere It’d be great to get it in the hands of everyone and then see what happens. Im sure you’ll get a surge of indie developers making and sharing games and kids in school showing off their latest creations.

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Post by gravypod » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 5:47 PM UTC

You should also check out the PSPI 1000 v4 which is a similar project built into a PSP 1000 case. It's had a few revisions and the work that's been put into it is pretty amazing.

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Post by grendelt » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

Very cool. I had no idea there was a handheld platform so easy to cobble together. I looked at some units from banggood and stuff, but couldn't find a way to upload ROMs to them.

I'd really only use this for when I'm flying for business trips, so the headphone jack is sorta a necessity for me. I hope that gets added soon.

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Post by 141421 » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

casabarata wrote: post #2

Pretty sweet. I wish this and the other 10 DIY/programmable mobile consoles would make it into mass market (toy?) stores. For years, this market has only been making circles in a tiny part of the geekosphere It’d be great to get it in the hands of everyone and then see what happens. Im sure you’ll get a surge of indie developers making and sharing games and kids in school showing off their latest creations.

Part of it I imagine is these hacker game systems are designed and marketed towards other gamer hackers and require, or at least the apparent need for,a more technical skill set than a regular game system.

However I can imagine something like Lego and Ninteno making a package that is designed for children to learn from.

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Post by pjmlp » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 6:05 PM UTC

141421 wrote: post #5

casabarata wrote: post #2

Pretty sweet. I wish this and the other 10 DIY/programmable mobile consoles would make it into mass market (toy?) stores. For years, this market has only been making circles in a tiny part of the geekosphere It’d be great to get it in the hands of everyone and then see what happens. Im sure you’ll get a surge of indie developers making and sharing games and kids in school showing off their latest creations.

Part of it I imagine is these hacker game systems are designed and marketed towards other gamer hackers and require, or at least the apparent need for,a more technical skill set than a regular game system. However I can imagine something like Lego and Ninteno making a package that is designed for children to learn from.

It was other times, but I still remember the first Spectrum kits being sold as DIY, so there is that nostalgia part as well.

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Post by vibrolax » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

141421 wrote: post #5

casabarata wrote: post #2

Pretty sweet. I wish this and the other 10 DIY/programmable mobile consoles would make it into mass market (toy?) stores. For years, this market has only been making circles in a tiny part of the geekosphere It’d be great to get it in the hands of everyone and then see what happens. Im sure you’ll get a surge of indie developers making and sharing games and kids in school showing off their latest creations.

Part of it I imagine is these hacker game systems are designed and marketed towards other gamer hackers and require, or at least the apparent need for,a more technical skill set than a regular game system. However I can imagine something like Lego and Ninteno making a package that is designed for children to learn from.

Nintendo wants their customers to purchase games, because that's what drives their revenue. While the act of "making" is integral to Lego customers, the company hopes to sell customers more and more kits/bricks.

A self-contained user-programmable video game device probably needs more support and offers less recurring revenue opportunity than mass market game consumption platforms.

It's a terrible thing for a owners of a business to turn a reliable consumer of its products into a happy frugal maker.

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Post by digi_owl » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

vibrolax wrote: post #7

141421 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Part of it I imagine is these hacker game systems are designed and marketed towards other gamer hackers and require, or at least the apparent need for,a more technical skill set than a regular game system. However I can imagine something like Lego and Ninteno making a package that is designed for children to learn from.

Nintendo wants their customers to purchase games, because that's what drives their revenue. While the act of "making" is integral to Lego customers, the company hopes to sell customers more and more kits/bricks. A self-contained user-programmable video game device probably needs more support and offers less recurring revenue opportunity than mass market game consumption platforms. It's a terrible thing for a owners o…

I could have sworn that Nintendo is the only company of the 3 major console brands that do not sell the console at a loss.

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Post by digi_owl » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 6:37 PM UTC

casabarata wrote: post #2

Pretty sweet. I wish this and the other 10 DIY/programmable mobile consoles would make it into mass market (toy?) stores. For years, this market has only been making circles in a tiny part of the geekosphere It’d be great to get it in the hands of everyone and then see what happens. Im sure you’ll get a surge of indie developers making and sharing games and kids in school showing off their latest creations.

That is my ongoing issue with these "RPi" killers, they simply do not make it out to the mass market.

All of them seems to involve ordering directly from manufacturer.

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Post by kbenson » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

digi_owl wrote: post #8

vibrolax wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo wants their customers to purchase games, because that's what drives their revenue. While the act of "making" is integral to Lego customers, the company hopes to sell customers more and more kits/bricks. A self-contained user-programmable video game device probably needs more support and offers less recurring revenue opportunity than mass market game consumption platforms. It's a terrible thing for a owners o…

I could have sworn that Nintendo is the only company of the 3 major console brands that do not sell the console at a loss.

I think they are, but I imagine the profit from their first party game IP and the licensing fees from other game publishers probably dwarfs that profit.

So, they shouldn't be in dire financial straits if they don't sell games, but it sure isn't the winning strategy.