Apparently people really want to play Android games on their TV. Last summer the folks behind the Ouya $99 Android video game console took to Kickstarter to raise nearly a million dollars for their project ? and managed to pick up $2 million in pledges in the first day alone.
Now the makers of the GameStick $79 Android TV stick are following suit in a slightly more modest fashion. Yesterday they launched a campaign to raise $100,000 in 30 days? and managed to do it in less than 2 days.
The GameStick is a device about the size of a USB flash drive which you can plug into a TV to run Android apps on a big screen.
We?ve seen those before. What makes the GameStick different is that it comes with a wireless controller designed for playing games, as well as a custom user interface and game store for video games designed to play well with a TV.
The stick has an Amlogic 8726-MX dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage. It runs Google Android Jelly Bean software and connects to a TV via an HDMI plug. That?s all you need to get started with MHL-compliant televisions, but there?s also a microUSB port which you can use to plug in a power source if your TV doesn?t use MHL.
The developers of the project are the folks at PlayJam, a platform for bringing video games to Smart TV sets.
PlayJam plans to ship the first units in April. You can reserve one by pledging $79 or more at Kickstarter. Eventually you may be able to pick up a GameStick at retail stores as well.
While it?s not entirely clear whether Android-based game consoles like the Ouya and GameStick have what it takes to take on the Wii, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles that dominate the living room, I do like the idea of using inexpensive sticks to turn standard televisions into smart TVs. If your Smart TV or video game system starts to feel a bit dated in a year or two, it?s a lot cheaper to update to a new $79 stick than to go out and buy a new TV with a faster processor.
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Source: http://liliputing.com/2013/01/gamestick-79-android-gaming-console-raises-100000-in-under-2-days.html
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