Updated on December 10, Market Intelligence. The Competition has been a big year for the Android gaming hardware market.
In Summary GameStick can make for a great and affordable solution for parents who want to let their children play mobile games without the need for a smartphone or a tablet. Ishma Siddiqi Read More. Sign up to get the latest perspectives on analytics, insights, and AI. The controller is large and chunky, but those rounded edges make it more comfortable than it appears. This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies.
Please enable cookies to view. Manage cookie settings. Gallery: You'll find very few traces of Android in the GameStick's custom user interface. It's well laid out, quick to load and relatively easy on the eye. There's no way to side-load applications here, and PlayJam has clearly worked at keeping things as simple as possible.
Gallery: Madfinger's ageing but popular Shadowgun is free to download on GameStick, but everything else has received a price hike. Titles such as Fist of Awesome and Muffin Knight are all more expensive here than on the Google Play store, and some games - Raiden Legacy is the worst culprit - suffer from performance issues, such as slowdown and skipping audio. Will you support the Digital Foundry team? Support Digital Foundry Find out more about the benefits of our Patreon. Jump to comments 61 About the author Damien McFerran Contributor Retro fanatic and tech bore Damien has been writing words for professional publication since , but has yet to fulfill his lifelong ambition of being commissioned by Your Kitten Magazine.
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Order Newest Oldest Best Worst. Threading Expand all Collapse all. In terms of size, the GameStick is impressively small. While being stored or transported, it fits inside of its accompanying Bluetooth controller, which is small enough to fit inside a pocket. This means you can play this console anywhere you want, as long as there is a TV with a spare HDMI port to hook it up to. Unfortunately, we have not heard any such news from the GameStick, but in terms of a pure gaming experience, this looks like it could be quite the rival for the OUYA in the burgeoning Android gaming console market.
As far as specifications, the GameStick looks solid. It is powered by a 1. Everything else is virtually identical. There's Source: GameStick via Kickstarter. LOG IN. While it is frustrating that deadlines sometimes slip, as long as there is good communication, the majority of backers will continue to support their investment. Kickstarter is unique in that the community [is] not only interested in receiving what they have pledged for but are also genuinely keen to support innovation and the idea behind the project.
What games have you personally tried on the GameStick in the testing phase? Boulderdash XL was also a blast! Just a massive thank you for the support so far—we were truly shocked at the speed at which pledges came in.
We were worried that we may have been a little early in the year after an expensive Christmas [and] it looks like those concerns were unfounded. Describe the hardware tech inside the GameStick. Has anyone at Google tried GameStick yet? Are they helping out in any way? Let me ask a direct question: Do you want gamers to hack your box?
Hack away!
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