Atari VCS Pre-Orders Started, With 1 BIG Flaw

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Zagna said:

I'm guessing price has everything to do with it. Atari early birds full kit for 199$, UDOO BOLT cheapest tier with case, power and memory is 402$.

Ryzen Embedded likely are as expensive as 2200G/2400G which are 99$ and 149$. Bristol Ridge on the other hand must be really cheap as AMD is more or less giving away old stock.

Well they could just put the embedded chips on them anyways and lose money on hardware just like every other Console OEM typically does.

 

Console OEMs don't usually make a profit off of hardware sales at launch. They generally lose money initially and make back money with game sales and also with hardware revisions.

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, Zagna said:

I'm guessing price has everything to do with it. Atari early birds full kit for 199$, UDOO BOLT cheapest tier with case, power and memory is 402$.

Ryzen Embedded likely are as expensive as 2200G/2400G which are 99$ and 149$. Bristol Ridge on the other hand must be really cheap as AMD is more or less giving away old stock.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($47.30 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($42.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - NAS HDD 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($35.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Logisys - CS136BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.86 @ Newegg) 
Total: $250.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-01 11:54 EDT-0400

 

I'm sure with OEM discounts they could have done a little better...

[Zagna]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

I'm sure with OEM discounts they could have done a little better...

But the cool wood grain case... 

[Sniperfox47]

9 minutes ago, Sauron said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($47.30 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($42.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - NAS HDD 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($35.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Logisys - CS136BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.86 @ Newegg) 
Total: $250.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-01 11:54 EDT-0400

 

I'm sure with OEM discounts they could have done a little better...

That's all using standard ATX parts though. Keep in mind, smaller board design is more complex and expensive.

 

I'm not saying that would make it impossible for them to be competitive, I'm just saying it's not an apples to apples comparison.

[Syntaxvgm]

On 5/30/2018 at 9:51 AM, Brooksie359 said:

Likely not the market they were targeting tbh. If it's arcade and indie games on android based os then it might not be an issue. 

ouya

[Sauron]

7 minutes ago, Sniperfox47 said:

That's all using standard ATX parts though. Keep in mind, smaller board design is more complex and expensive.

Obviously, but it's really not that expensive when they design and produce the ICs themselves - they can cut out a lot of stuff they don't need (even just the lack of pcie slots and cpu tuning chipset features make a big difference) and they pay a lot less than we would for the "normal" parts. Not to mention it's common for consoles to be sold at a low profit or even at a loss with the expectation of making that money back with game licenses and accessories. As it is I couldn't possibly justify spending 200$ on something like this when the switch exists.