Amazon’s Kindle Fire line caused the stir When it launched, undercutting the competition and carving Amazon tablet nice little corner of the then-uncharted waters in the process. It now seems Jeff Bezos’s company is looking to do the Same in the games console arena with its own Android gaming machine.
Whilerumours have previously circulated around the Amazon set-top box, the reality now seems to be that Amazon’s next “Biggar than Kindle” product ‘ll fall somewhere between that and the home gaming console: In Android-powered gaming machines that also offers access to Amazon’s video streaming services, and presumably the likes of Netflix too.
according to “multiple sources” speaking to VG247, the Amazon box is “Grey in color, oblong in Shape and with Sharp edges”, notes dissimilar to the original PlayStation. As for pricing, undercut the current next-it’ll have PS4 and Xbox One considerable offerings at around £ 180 (though anyone expecting the similar experience from the Android-powered console at that price offered by the next-cum that contains heavyweights might want to keep dreaming.)
The prospects of set-top-boxes-come-gaming-consoles seem to be all the rage with the tech heavyweights at the timing. Just last week we heard that the next rumour major update to the Apple TV line would be the gaming-focused one, Halloween for iOS games to be played directly from the Cupertino company’s next wave of boxes. Translating the success of mobile games into the living room unit isn’t easy though – just look at the struggles faced thus far by the GameStick and Ouya, for instance. [VG247 via TechRadar]
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