Gr8one
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I await in anticipation. It is like waiting for the next episode of your favorite comedy.
PGS Windows 10 gaming handheld - GPD WIN competitor
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I await in anticipation. It is like waiting for the next episode of your favorite comedy.
Wally
I am a banana!
Okay then.. That just makes me think that this is even more of a joke
comradekingu
Glowing ember
I welcome the idea of re-hired actors getting paid on the account of having to show them doing work.
Nadir should foot that bill, and find himself quite unpopular with the shills he promised money upon succeeding.
Or maybe he already has that update ready to go, who knows what treasure is to be found in the CGI-bag.
Probably not though, as its being pushed into the end-game and beyond all credible doubt.
Nadir should foot that bill, and find himself quite unpopular with the shills he promised money upon succeeding.
Or maybe he already has that update ready to go, who knows what treasure is to be found in the CGI-bag.
Probably not though, as its being pushed into the end-game and beyond all credible doubt.
FaeMinx
Rainbow Liberation Instigation
Guys... Nadir is doing a truly selfless act here....
This campaign isn't about creating a handheld... its to provide us all with an education.
Profitable Gullibility Schooling.
He is making it deliberately obvious because he really cares that we see this for what it is and to show us how absurdly easy it is to make the uneducated masses believe anything.
He is so passionate that he is willing to sacrifice his own reputation to impart this knowledge. ..
... What a noble soul...
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This campaign isn't about creating a handheld... its to provide us all with an education.
Profitable Gullibility Schooling.
He is making it deliberately obvious because he really cares that we see this for what it is and to show us how absurdly easy it is to make the uneducated masses believe anything.
He is so passionate that he is willing to sacrifice his own reputation to impart this knowledge. ..
... What a noble soul...
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rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
I will tell you that you are stupid for half the price he is asking, and I will also send you the same thing he will in March.
FaeMinx
Rainbow Liberation Instigation
I can tell you that for free and you better check your mail because I've already delivered.
Actually, the PGS guy(s) thanked him for his insider information on the production process, so no worries there.
Everybody knows that ED isn't a competitive guy since he sells the GPD Win as well and they know this too.
Pyra is above those things and that's why I haven't seen anyone assuming that anyone other than GPD wants to sabotage the product, which is bullshit as well since they have better things to do like actually developing stuff.
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Roly-poly man
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[doublepost=1469348902,1469348013][/doublepost]Also...
So very infantile - but my schadenfreude is going off the charts.
Not mine, I'm not sorry for the lots of naive backers who probably don't even read comments or the forums,
but it's fun to watch how badly those guys handle damage control, they always come up with something new that makes me think it's deliberate satire but the possibility that it isn't makes it great.
Roly-poly man
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I'm not sure you know what schadenfreude means.
I'm German so I probably do since it's a German word.
If you mean Schadenfreude towards Nadir, then it's hardly possible since he still got over 300k without doing much, let's see how the next days turn out.
WizardStan
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Pleasure from someone else's failure.
No one has gotten hurt, nothing has failed yet, the kickstarter is still up 3x what they wanted, and since the project hasn't really started it can't be said to have failed.
What you're experiencing is "anticipatory schadenfreude": enjoying the inevitable failure that is going to happen, like watching a train full of assholes driving towards a cliff.
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
Also known, presumably,as "I told you so".
ible
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i like how their prototype is single screen, hacked together from other devices, with a lid that can't close, and you know how easy it will be to add a second screen.
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To be a prototype, it needs to be lacking some features from the final product. Right?
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You know, the PGS KS video has many similarities to the Ouya's KS video. I don't think they had a prototype either BTW - the KS rules were different then though.
Look at Ouya's KS video , the similarities with PGS's include:
1) Some 3rd party reference board seeming as if it's the prototype. Check
2) Guy in a workshop sanding a model of the Ouya as like with the PGS. Check
3) Design drawings of the Ouya shown a lot including a stack pinned on a board - as also happened with PGS's video. Check
4) Guy looking over some supposed workers as they sit at their computers. Check
5) Shots of a Japanese/asian designer. Check
6) Scene with the core team members sitting in a meeting room discussing the design. Check
Look at Ouya's KS video , the similarities with PGS's include:
1) Some 3rd party reference board seeming as if it's the prototype. Check
2) Guy in a workshop sanding a model of the Ouya as like with the PGS. Check
3) Design drawings of the Ouya shown a lot including a stack pinned on a board - as also happened with PGS's video. Check
4) Guy looking over some supposed workers as they sit at their computers. Check
5) Shots of a Japanese/asian designer. Check
6) Scene with the core team members sitting in a meeting room discussing the design. Check
vcoleiro1
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@Alpibrine28 - What! . No dude, just that the campaign video for PGS borrowed a lot from Ouya's . That's all. Oh, and that Ouya was also extremely ambitous and without a prototype. But still managed to deliver a seemingly impossible to do $99 console.
PGS Cancelled the KS campaign. Apparently their investor is going to fund them anyway and they are now also going to start pre-orders on their site
Here is their Pre-order page: https://gumroad.com/l/yeBmO
Oh, now I feel bad. This was PGS's last update:
"
We are leaving but we don't say Goodbye
About 24 days ago, being highly inspired we started fundraising campaign for realization of probably the most ambitious project over the history of portable gaming. It would be a device which is capable to become your smartphone, PC and portable gaming console at once. That device would have potential to reincarnate portable gaming world.
For less than 5 days we collected more than $300.000. Those were very busy days and we got precious experience. With your help we have proven that PGS is highly interesting to people. Despite the raw prototype version, we got nearly 1000 backers from all over the world in our community. Driven by a common idea and vision, we were moving forward together.
The project has made a great social impact: about 1000 articles in the world media, more than 300.000 community members. We are really thankful to everyone who shares our vision of the future.
Unfortunately, such a great impact also attracted the attention of a small group of people who are always trying to spoil others' achievements, to obstruct the progress. We are not much offended, but activity of these people managed to induce suspicion in some part of our community. The detractors were trying hard to convince others that our project is fake and scam and that our only goal is to get money and disappear. At some point even several media resources started believing that it's true.
As a result we were facing the dilemma. In several days the campaign is going to end, we can get the sufficient sum of money for the PGS development, our investment agreements come into force. But.. A lot of people may keep thinking we are a scam project. We were considering various paths and decisions and eventually we've come to the following decision: we are cancelling our Kickstarter campaign. All your pledges will cancel as well. We will get no funds, but that's the price of saving our reputation. Now everyone who still thinks that PGS is a scam, should realize how far it is from truth.
Even though we are cancelling, things are not so bad. Despite the initial agreements with investors that we must finish the campaign, the last meeting ended up with the new agreement according to which our device will be created anyway!
We can say we are not leaving with empty hands. This campaign has made a great impact, increasing our community and indicating the market demand situation. Also, during the campaign we have got hundreds of hints and reviews of our work, which we will use to grow and to make our product better.
Many people would ask: what about achieved stretch goals? All stretch goals, including those which are not achieved yet (except water proof), will be implemented in series devices. Moreover, the Hardcore version will include such features as vibro-modules, NFC, IRDA and FM-radio. Also, as it was mentioned before, the Hardcore version will include active cooling, which will allow keeping constant GPU frequency at 600 MHz. It will add about 50% performance compared to Microsoft Surface 3, for instance (which GPU frequency is 400 MHz in standard conditions).
After the release the device will become available on such stores as Amazon and Gearbest. The price for Hardcore version will start from 360$. This is higher than the Kickstarter price, so to make it fair we are opening the preorder system on pgslab.com Preorder price is 299$. During a month since today you will be able to use a promo code "hardcore". Having entered it on the payment page, you will get an additional discount of 40$ (resulting price would be 259$).
As for the Lite version, its fate is in question. We don't want to cancel it, but also it hasn't gained great popularity in its current state. Perhaps we will revise its conception and pricing in the nearest future.
Everyone who wants to stay tuned, feel free to subscribe to our news feed, you can find the corresponding button in the right upper corner of the pgslab.com
We thank everyone who has trusted and supported us on our way. Thank you so much. We are creating the future together.
Best,
PGS LAB Team
PGS Cancelled the KS campaign. Apparently their investor is going to fund them anyway and they are now also going to start pre-orders on their site
Here is their Pre-order page: https://gumroad.com/l/yeBmO
Oh, now I feel bad. This was PGS's last update:
"
We are leaving but we don't say Goodbye
About 24 days ago, being highly inspired we started fundraising campaign for realization of probably the most ambitious project over the history of portable gaming. It would be a device which is capable to become your smartphone, PC and portable gaming console at once. That device would have potential to reincarnate portable gaming world.
For less than 5 days we collected more than $300.000. Those were very busy days and we got precious experience. With your help we have proven that PGS is highly interesting to people. Despite the raw prototype version, we got nearly 1000 backers from all over the world in our community. Driven by a common idea and vision, we were moving forward together.
The project has made a great social impact: about 1000 articles in the world media, more than 300.000 community members. We are really thankful to everyone who shares our vision of the future.
Unfortunately, such a great impact also attracted the attention of a small group of people who are always trying to spoil others' achievements, to obstruct the progress. We are not much offended, but activity of these people managed to induce suspicion in some part of our community. The detractors were trying hard to convince others that our project is fake and scam and that our only goal is to get money and disappear. At some point even several media resources started believing that it's true.
As a result we were facing the dilemma. In several days the campaign is going to end, we can get the sufficient sum of money for the PGS development, our investment agreements come into force. But.. A lot of people may keep thinking we are a scam project. We were considering various paths and decisions and eventually we've come to the following decision: we are cancelling our Kickstarter campaign. All your pledges will cancel as well. We will get no funds, but that's the price of saving our reputation. Now everyone who still thinks that PGS is a scam, should realize how far it is from truth.
Even though we are cancelling, things are not so bad. Despite the initial agreements with investors that we must finish the campaign, the last meeting ended up with the new agreement according to which our device will be created anyway!
We can say we are not leaving with empty hands. This campaign has made a great impact, increasing our community and indicating the market demand situation. Also, during the campaign we have got hundreds of hints and reviews of our work, which we will use to grow and to make our product better.
Many people would ask: what about achieved stretch goals? All stretch goals, including those which are not achieved yet (except water proof), will be implemented in series devices. Moreover, the Hardcore version will include such features as vibro-modules, NFC, IRDA and FM-radio. Also, as it was mentioned before, the Hardcore version will include active cooling, which will allow keeping constant GPU frequency at 600 MHz. It will add about 50% performance compared to Microsoft Surface 3, for instance (which GPU frequency is 400 MHz in standard conditions).
After the release the device will become available on such stores as Amazon and Gearbest. The price for Hardcore version will start from 360$. This is higher than the Kickstarter price, so to make it fair we are opening the preorder system on pgslab.com Preorder price is 299$. During a month since today you will be able to use a promo code "hardcore". Having entered it on the payment page, you will get an additional discount of 40$ (resulting price would be 259$).
As for the Lite version, its fate is in question. We don't want to cancel it, but also it hasn't gained great popularity in its current state. Perhaps we will revise its conception and pricing in the nearest future.
Everyone who wants to stay tuned, feel free to subscribe to our news feed, you can find the corresponding button in the right upper corner of the pgslab.com
We thank everyone who has trusted and supported us on our way. Thank you so much. We are creating the future together.
Best,
PGS LAB Team
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WizardStan
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That... but... wut the wut? This makes even less sense than any previous assertion they've made.
The only difference is that by taking "pre-orders" directly there's not even the thin film of legal protection from kickstarter: he literally can just take the money and run.
To be fair, EvilDragon, by also taking direct pre-orders, is in the same boat, but he's proven himself to be an outstanding captain who has navigated rocky shores before. These guys, you point out the giant iceberg and they're just"that's still several km away, we'll deal with it when we get there"."We have a major investor backing us so even if we hit that iceberg we won't sink".
edit: added better analogy.
The only difference is that by taking "pre-orders" directly there's not even the thin film of legal protection from kickstarter: he literally can just take the money and run.
To be fair, EvilDragon, by also taking direct pre-orders, is in the same boat, but he's proven himself to be an outstanding captain who has navigated rocky shores before. These guys, you point out the giant iceberg and they're just
edit: added better analogy.
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