[cwyers]

The article says Double Helix is being acquired for "both talent and IP," which... I can't fathom what IP Double Helix owns, unless it's IP from a game or games that haven't been released or even announced yet. They've worked on mostly licensed games, and I don't think Shiny owned the Earthworm Jim IP when the merger happened.

As for this rumored $300 Amazon console... huh? That's more than a 360, which still is getting some new games and has a massive back catalog. It's more than a WiiU, which has support of some of the most popular video game IP ever and some really good first-party developers and is still struggling from lack of third-party support. An Amazon console priced like a Ouya and targeting that niche, I can see. But a full-priced console? It's going to take far more than one AAA developer that has focused almost entirely on licensed IP to support that.

[xutopia]

I believe the most likely thing to happen is Amazon undercutting others. 300$ for an Amazon console makes no sense.

[CamperBob2]

More likely Amazon's planning an Onlive-like service. It would be a better fit for their cloud-based services approach.

[cwyers]

They do have AppStream, and they do target it for gaming applications, but according to the FAQ:

http://aws.amazon.com/appstream/faqs/

"Applications that have extremely low tolerance for latency are not recommended for streaming. Examples include first person shooters or player vs. player fighting games."

And AppStream seems to require applications that are specifically written for it, so they still have the same problem with third-party support. And if it's a primarily streaming-based gaming console, the idea that it would cost $300 makes even less sense.

[serge2k]

Their G2 instances support nvidia grid. You can get an otoy ami that's meant for streaming games.