Untitled Goose Game's publisher is making a gaming handheld that has a crank on the side

sTo0z · May 23, 2019

Well they've certainly appealed to the collector in me.. I love wonky idea systems. I gotta' have it!

Foxi4 · May 23, 2019

DANTENDO said:
Dont think you realise the hours effort people put into making electronics and gsmes - people got make a living thers costs for parts costs for labour anyone who complains about 150 dollars is just a moaner

Oh, I'm fully aware of those factors, the asking price is simply too high for what you're getting here. I love the novelty factor, but I don't see the hardware justifying the cost. On the flip side, the games that come with it appear to be free - if that's the case then it changes the calculus slightly.

Veho · May 23, 2019

FAST6191 said:
There are rarer input devices that I can see adding things to games -- roller balls, aspects of joysticks like tilt hats, throttle sticks and what have you but a crank is one I have a hard time coming up with non minigame uses for. That or they are going to emulate one armed bandits.

It's basically an infinite linear slider, I can think of a few applications in a game, but the crank form factor in particular doesn't sit well with me and I believe it's just for the sake of being quirky and whimsical.
A scroll wheel on the side like the one on those Sony Ericsson phones would make much more sense to me.

$150 for a low-spec console and 12 experimental indie games is waaaay too much for mass appeal, but I can see it working as a (very) limited edition thing.

Is it going to be open source? Will users be able to create games for it later on?

Kioku · May 23, 2019

Outputs in only black and white... For $150.... Aiight then.

duwen · May 23, 2019

This looks like a really interesting item with tons of potential... unfortunately, that high asking price (coupled with limited supply) will almost certainly doom it to a less than bright future.
Drop the price to sub £75 and it may just become a surprise success.

WhiteMaze · May 23, 2019

Hey guys, I just made a portable console in my garage. It outputs 2 colors, has 2 buttons and it has an air pump attached to the side. It will revolutionize the way we play games.

$150 each. A bargain just for you.

Call me.

Haymose · May 23, 2019

All the people complaining about price don’t understand this company did not design the console for them. Same people likely don’t have a hobby outside game piracy.

They admitted it will be a limited supply, of course they are going to be expensive. It’s also co-designed by teenage engineering who makes beautifully expensive products.

I can’t wait to pick one up.

duwen · May 23, 2019

Haymose said:
All the people complaining about price don’t understand this company did not design the console for them. Same people likely don’t have a hobby outside game piracy.

They admitted it will be a limited supply, of course they are going to be expensive. It’s also co-designed by teenage engineering who makes beautifully expensive products.

I can’t wait to pick one up.

I agree - I love TE's little beatbox devices, but high price+limited supply=lack of developers, and that's a real shame when it comes to a unique device like this.

Jacklack3 · May 23, 2019

Kind of gives me the weird WarioWare vibe, with a crank on the side.

Bladexdsl · May 23, 2019

yeah big deal i bet that crank can't catch a mouse

zxr750j · May 23, 2019

Ok, I'm intrigued. Signed up..

chrisrlink · May 23, 2019

well when ww3 is ongoing you won't be bored

Foxi4 · May 23, 2019

Veho said:
It's basically an infinite linear slider, I can think of a few applications in a game, but the crank form factor in particular doesn't sit well with me and I believe it's just for the sake of being quirky and whimsical.
A scroll wheel on the side like the one on those Sony Ericsson phones would make much more sense to me.

$150 for a low-spec console and 12 experimental indie games is waaaay too much for mass appeal, but I can see it working as a (very) limited edition thing.

Is it going to be open source? Will users be able to create games for it later on?

I saw a demonstration of the crank on their website and, from what I can gather, it is indeed a replacement for an analog stick in the form of an infinite slider - nothing more than one wiper for one axis. The way they implemented it in the demonstration was that as long as you cranked it, the character would move forward and the speed of movement depended on how fast you were turning it. Novel, but only for novelty's sake as far as I can tell. I don't think it was implemented with utility in mind at all, it's just one of those quirky little things you put in a product to stand out. This is very obviously a collector's item, not a serious system, hence the silly price tag which is indeed way too high for what you're getting in return. It's not good value, but then again, I don't think it's meant to be.

NoNAND · May 23, 2019

Unique product? I more like a bizarre one. Quite quirky and odd indeed.
However having such a hefty price tag makes me and mny others shy away from it.

Grin59 · May 23, 2019

This is going to another product killed by pricing. You can get a 3ds for 150, with a better screen and countless games. They need to lower it to at least 50 and then maybe people will buy, but for now this is too much.

Take the Essential phone for example, too overpriced at start and killed the product but now a decent phone for a few hundred.

wiewiec · May 23, 2019

If it can run Linux I could get it

Grmmish · May 23, 2019

For those of you looking at the price, it's most likely not made for you to buy it to play it as much as it's made for you to enjoy the exclusive piece of art this it is.

Bladexdsl · May 23, 2019

Foxi4 said:
The way they implemented it in the demonstration was that as long as you cranked it, the character would move forward and the speed of movement depended on how fast you were turning it.

i can see this thing constantly breaking from ADD kids using it

Xabring · May 23, 2019

are we watching an untitled crank game?

hamohamo · May 23, 2019

weird, cool and interesting but fuck off with that 150 bullshit

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