They already tried a profit sharing Kickstarter project before Fig came around. Maybe they’ll set a trend and everyone will release their own official console box to play their games.
Ahh, excellent. It’s been a while since a console was announced that was already predestined for failure. Looking forward to hearing this discussed in the same terms as the Phantom and the Colleco Chameleon in the months and/or years to come.
Well, a lot more people are talking about Slightly Mad studios than were before. Since everybody (rightly) assumes it’s a terrible idea that’s doomed to failure, there isn’t much harm in cancelling it / letting it slowly die and never mentioning it again.
I’m trying to figure out the play here. These guys are definitely never shipping an actual console, so what are they really trying to accomplish? Do they expect to get some big VC to give them tons of money? Is it a buy-out play?
Or did they see the Phantom, Gizmondo, Ouya, and Steam PC and think: I gotta get me some of that action!
I mean there’s no such thing as real magic, so this is going to be a $2000 “console,” which is really just a high-end PC. I really, really, don’t get it.