Jayson Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Who has thought of it? Who has tried it? Well, surely there is some video online - on how to do it. 😀 Anyway, it would surely be a hobby thing purely - because it's probably not economically worth it to build one - like it is a PC. O.K., if you were building a console from scratch, how might you go about it? What are some original ideas for your unique console?
The Blackangel Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Are we talking something compatible with a specific game company? Like something that plays Xbox games? Or are we talking a whole new Gaming console completely different that uses its own format?
skyfire Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 Custom building console from scratch would be overkill as a nerd. I mean I understand the DIY mindset but these days it's not worth it.
mamontZ Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 You can try it on Windows using Steam as the console interface.
skyfire Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 I think there are some linux from scratch and PC from scratch series out there. I am sure someone have made the console from scratch too.
Jayson Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 8:59 AM, The Blackangel said: Are we talking something compatible with a specific game company? Like something that plays Xbox games? Or are we talking a whole new Gaming console completely different that uses its own format? Well, making a well known console - could be illegal!
The Blackangel Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 It would probably be monetarily a better investment if you were to put together one of those consoles with hundreds of games. I don't know how well it works with new stuff like PS4 and Xbox One games, but I know it's easily done with old stuff. I see those things all over the place here.
skyfire Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 21 hours ago, Jayson said: Well, making a well known console - could be illegal! Why would it be illegal?
Jayson Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 20 hours ago, skyfire said: Why would it be illegal? Copyright/trademark stuff.
The Blackangel Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, Jayson said: Copyright/trademark stuff. Damn right. It’s not the 70’s anymore. We’re dealing with the big boys now, and they don’t take kindly to 3rd party developers.
Joshua Farrell Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 I've thought about expanding my consoles with more fancy hardware, but it really just comes down to expenses. I don't have the money to do the customizing, like a higher end cpu, bigger and better hard drive, better graphics cards, etc. I would love to honestly.
The Blackangel Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 I would love to upgrade my PC as well, but money keeps me down. My computer is a 4 year old all-in-one that is starting to show its age. If I could come up with the money to get something that would keep its value for at least 5 years before turning to shit, I would be all over that. But it’s not in the cards.
Jayson Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, The Blackangel said: Damn right. It’s not the 70’s anymore. We’re dealing with the big boys now, and they don’t take kindly to 3rd party developers. Yeah, that's kind of a no-brainer. I'm suprised @skyfire didn't think of it. Oh, wait he means as a hobby - and not to sell? Well, as long as too many aren't being made - it would probably be overlooked. Edited February 23, 2020 by Jayson
skyfire Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Jayson said: Yeah, that's kind of a no-brainer. I'm suprised @skyfire didn't think of it. Oh, wait he means as a hobby - and not to sell? Well, as long as too many aren't being made - it would probably be overlooked. Yep I meant as an hobby. Obviously doing that as a business would mean covering everything with the legal stuff.
The Blackangel Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 If it's just a hobby, then like @Jayson said, I doubt anyone at the corporate level would notice. And if they did notice, I doubt they would care. All you would have to say if someone got their feathers ruffled, is that you were using their software as a prototype to make sure your design would work before you started getting your own games written and made compatible. Tell them that they would be credited for their system being so much assistance, and I'm sure that as long as they got a cut of the profits (assuming you went into production large or small) there wouldn't be any hard feelings. I don't have the knowhow to do any of this so I can't offer much on the technical side. Actually I can't offer jack shit on the technical side. All I can do is make extremely simple YouTube videos.
