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  1. Posted · Edited by JDTAY

    Meh on that Jobs quote. I guess it is unreasonable to expect everybody to code their own operating systems in assembly in order to use their devices, but then again, somehow all Apple products since the debut of the iPhone are crud, so something about the "technology coming to the user" philosophy must be crud too. Not sure exactly where it all goes wrong though. >_>

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    Meh, I still want an Ataribox, even with the shady cryptocurrency. I mean, as long as it has open Linux, which the website still claims it does. A decent Linux console is largely in my area of interest.

     

    I'm gonna make the best worst games ever for it. Including the just conceived Retro Brand Company Simulator. Pimp out your brand at casinos to get funding for real projects that you'll never be capable of finishing. Also, make delicious tacos. Fun for the whole family!

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    I won my PS4 in a contest, but I had a choice between it and Xbone. I guess what made me choose it was Disgaea 5 and Japanese games in general.

     

    The Etrian Odyssey series sold me on 3DS. Not quite a current system anymore though, but there's supposedly one more Etrian coming to it, so it's not dead yet.

     

    Vita is also not really a current system, but I guess I should mention it. Mostly I just got it for playing PSP games that I missed out on due to not having a PSP. >_>

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    I'm continually aghast at people's willingness to get fishooked into believing something is more than it is. There is a clear track record here by the person and people involved that makes it pretty predictable what they are trying to pass off. This is and will be an off the shelf Chinese mini PC or PC on a stick that are readily available now for under $200.

    Ahem, AMD's CEO apparently didn't get your memo.

     

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2017/09/26/amd-scores-another-custom-chip-design-win-with-the-upcoming-ataribox-game-console/

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    OK, I'll bite. What paradigm is exactly being shifted here? This is limited as both a streaming box and game machine, each of which we have either separate or in combination with far more content already than this will ever have, and at most times at a cheaper price and likely with far more power. And it remains to be seen how useful this will be as a computer.

     

    Um, running open Linux, if true, means this thing will *launch* with "far more content" than any proprietary consoles or streaming boxes "will ever have". >_>

     

    Basically, this isn't meant to be a computer, it's actually the world's first major non-proprietary console.

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    BTW, I've been following the saga of something called the Dragonbox Pyra for years now, a.k.a. one man's quest to put "somebody else's computer hardware running open source OS inside a plastic box with a name on it", and it's a bit harder than you may think.

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    But at the end of the day, what's being created? Somebody else's computer hardware running open source OS inside a plastic box with a name on it. At best the "developer" put his name on it, big whoop. That's what these clowns don't get. Any idiot can make a project box and slap somebody else's hardware inside and stick a logo on it. That does not a successful product make.

     

    If anyone can do it, why hasn't anyone else done it yet? This isn't a Raspberry Pi. It's custom modern AMD hardware. And the whole point of using an open source OS is that users will be able to do what they want. I thought the only reason people kept preferring locked down consoles to computers was price, but if this forum is anything to go by, maybe people are actually afraid of freedom.

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    Honestly, they should have used SteamOS and make it a full blown Steam Machine instead of some unknown AtariOS...

     

    Errm... Why would you want to limit what the OS can do? They said their version of Linux will be open to the user to run what they want on it, including both Steam and the things SteamOS doesn't run. Sounds way better than SteamOS to me.

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    Good for them. They can keep it. :roll:As a gaming machine this device will be DOA with almost no support.

    That's the beautiful thing about going with unrestricted Linux though. It already comes with hundreds of free titles, plus hundreds more available for purchase from day one. Who needs support when you aren't proprietary?

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    That was my initial call too when it was announced. SteamOS is Linux-based but I don't know if it allows other third-party gateways or stores. I'm not sure if that's what Atari meant ... that it'll just run things downloaded from Steam or if it also allows downloads from other platforms.

     

    The email and article both state that it's not running SteamOS, but their own version of Linux, that while designed to be user friendly, is still completely customizable by the user and runs anything a PC with the same amount of power and Linux would. They said their whole inspiration for this was seeing people plugging their PCs into their TVs for gaming. Thus they wanted to bring a truly open gaming experience like that of PC's into a form factor made for the living room. Presumably it runs any Linux compatible games that its hardware has the power for from any provider, be it Steam, GOG, itch.io, even freeware.

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  20. Posted

    Man, so far only me, Flojo, and vco can appreciate what truly open hardware means. I guess Bill was right when he said this was a niche device.

     

    Also, not sure why people were expecting less than $249. We already knew this thing would be powerful enough to run "modern" games, though apparently according to the article not the most demanding ones.

     

    BTW, a PS4 may be $300, but a PS4 that actually works, the Pro, is still $400. And don't get me started on Xbone X.

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