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Slightly Mad have gone Fully Mad, plan to release their own console - Scav3nger - 01-05-2019
Slightly Mad Studios, developers of Need for Speed: Shift ( and Shift 2) along with the Project CARS series has announced plans to release the Mad Box. A new console aimed at providing VR experiences for sim gamers like no other console is capable of.
In an interview with Variety, Slight Mad studio head Ian Bell said:
Quote:“It’s the most powerful console ever built… It’s literally ‘Mad’… You want 4k, you want VR at 60FPS? You want a full engine for free to develop your games on it? You have it.”
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/ian-bell-mad-box-1203097617/
Gamespot got a glimpse of the early design of the Mad Box recently:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/first-look-at-new-mad-box-gaming-consoles-design-r/1100-6464167/
Honestly, as I said in the thread title, they've gone full mad if they think they can take on Xbox and Sony with this. It's essentially a Steam Machine (and we know how well that worked out don't we?) that is just going to be a prebuilt gaming PC. And let's be realistic, the software development aspects of SMS's recent developments have left a bit to be desired to trust them with the development of an operating system for a gaming "console".
But hey, at least it wasn't the guys that developed ATLAS or Ark announcing this... Not that it makes this announcement a good thing. Because I think this "console" will go the way of the Ouya and the Dreamcast.