In a world without a Switch this would kind of make sense, but when you're literally talking about online leaderboards in 2021 and emailing achievement certificates it's like. One of its big launch games is an updated version of Fox 'N Forests, which was a mediocre 16-bit style platformer from a few years back. For Kids it is too simple and old fashioned to be appealing. For middle-aged gamers it doesn't have any modern or mature games. For old people it doesn't have the franchises they know and might want to play, like Tetris or Pac-Man, and even if it did it's way more expensive than they'd want it to be. It's targeted towards old people who are scared by modern consoles, but how big is that market, really? How many people are afraid of the Nintendo Switch but want to drop over $300 on a console for their grandkids or whatever?Īnd how many of those Grandkids are going to have a Switch with them and just play that instead because the Switch games are so much better? The games all look horrible by modern standards and have old fashioned names like "Shark Shark" and "Astro Smash." The only thing 'special' is the controller, and all that stuff can be done by linking cell phones like with Jackbox Party Packs. The Amico, on the other hand, does those things but doesn't do the more. It doesn't JUST have those things, of course, but it does have them. I like Tommy Tallarico as a musician, of course, and I'm aware of Intellivision from the past, but what is the market for this thing? If you want a family friendly console with simple games.the Switch exists. I've been following the Amico reasonably closely and it seems like a bad project.
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