Why Crowd Funded Consoles like the Intellivision Amico Always Fail.. - a podcast by Lon Seidman

The Intellivision Amico is the latest crowd funded game console to run out of steam, leaving pre-order customers and investors in the lurch. Why does this always happen? We'll investigate why it's so hard to make a console and why several thousand preorders is not enough. See more videos like this: http://lon.tv/ww and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s

VIDEO INDEX:

00:00 - Intro

00:44 - Intellivision Amico Overview

03:42 - Intellivision Finances

05:31 - The Ouya

06:53 - Fire TV’s Game Failure

07:38 - Nvidia Shield as a Game Console?

09:38 - Nintendo

10:24 - Sony

10:58 - Microsoft Xbox

11:49 - Amico Price Point

12:41 - The Atari VCS

15:36 - The Oculus / Meta Quest

16:35 - Console Launch Conclusion

17:10 - Supporter Thank Yous

17:50 - My Other Channels

18:41 - Conclusion

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