StevenJGore wrote:
Treating this purely as a 'fantasy' Amiga games console that has no chance of ever happening...
I'd go with:
CPU: 2Ghz PPC
Eh, pure fantasy, make the CPUs Dual AthlonFXs
BUS: 32-bit custom architecture (nothing really to be gained from being 64-bit)
GFX: 32-bit custom 3D graphics chip (if it were to use an existing solution like ATI or NVidia, then there would be nothing 'special' about it, people would just stick to their PC's)
Xbox uses a nvidia chip, just do the same. As long as the games are good.
RAM: 1GB RAM
OS: None, it's a games console!
Ports: USB 2.0
USB2.0 and Firewire, along with a Xbox/PS2 game controller interface
CDROM: DVD 16x
DVD+RW
CASE: Sleek, compact, brushed-aluminium.
...and a name like 'Amiga CD64' is too geeky in this day and age. Something like the 'Amiga Vision' or 'Amiga Future' games console would sound much better, especially from a marketing point of view!
Drop the Amiga name completely.. call it something like "GameBox" or something..
And sell the hardware for $49.95, bundle it with five games.. ahh, dreams
