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This one is screaming for a google acquisition, especially with the new google play brand.

The support from indie devs is pretty nice too, since people have proven they'll pay for quality indie games with the humble indie bundle, and sony's co-op with indie devs on games like journey (http://thatgamecompany.com/games/journey/) is a big vote of confidence.

Ultimately, what draws people to a platform are the games, so it's good to have a bunch of proven games already, and more coming. Now, all it needs is a few killer exclusives.

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I would be afraid of Google or any other big company acquiring it since it would result in locking down of the system to satisfy the lawyers. I remember when certain Little Big Planet levels were not allowed to be distributed because they contained copyrighted materials: http://www.1up.com/news/big-planet-levels-deleted-due

I want the freedom to load any content from anywhere I want.

> I want the freedom to load any content from anywhere I want.

This is completely compatible with preventing the distribution of material which infringes copyright.

Please enlighten me with more detail.

On the one hand, yes that's a potential issue.

On the other, hasn't Google been very good with making sure their Android devices (e.g. Nexus *) are pretty open? That was my impression.

Of course, I don't follow this super closely. Moreover, all this is relative--and relative to Apple, even Microsoft seems open. So Google has a rather large spectrum of openness where people would think them open just in comparison to Apple and Microsoft.

What I don't understand is why isn't Google TV more like this and for that matter Apple TV as well?

>What I don't understand is why isn't Google TV more like this and for that matter Apple TV as well?

Yup. Apple just doesn't seem interested in 'lowering' itself to selling anything that might be considered a game console.

But Google? They spent how much effort trying to shove Google TV down everyone's throat. I bet they are kicking themselves they didn't launch a Google Play console instead that was just like this. It could have done most of the things that Google TV did ANYWAY.

> Yup. Apple just doesn't seem interested in 'lowering' itself to selling anything that might be considered a game console.

Have you seen how much they like to brag that the iOS is an immensely successful gaming platform?

>Have you seen how much they like to brag that the iOS is an immensely successful gaming platform?

And yet Apple has never created a standard interface for controllers, killing any third party products, and has never suggested they are going to launch their own.

The AppleTV that is out now has a better GPU than the Tegra 3 already. That could easily do everything this console will do. But they choose not to do anything with games on it.

Seriously, right? Integrate it into the Nexus Q and suddenly it (the Nexus Q) becomes a compelling product.

I feel like this almost could beat the nexus Q in its own game, since the price point is much lower for a device of similar capabilities and the benefit is more obvious.

The nexus Q includes the sound amp. This doesn't. Not really similar capabilities.

Which isn't to say the Q's inclusion of the amp is a good move overall. It isn't something most geeky people really need --since hooking up a receiver is something learned back from hi-fi systems onward (back when being a sound-system geek was a possible edge in getting laid, so had plenty of motivation/social-currency) or from our dads (who learned it from those hi-fi systems onward)--. And the it doesn't seem to simplify things enough for the non-geeky.

I think any serious audiophile would just get their own better sound amp anyway and most people won't care enough as long as their speakers are loud.

I think Ouya makes Nexus Q and every Google TV box completely obsolete. I am convinced that Google simply does not have the insight to make a successful set top box.

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