If you are looking for an affordable Gaming Console, then you might consider either the Amazon Fire TV or the Google Nexus Player.
First, we'll take a look at the Amazon Fire TV: http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-DV83YW-Fire-TV/dp/B00U3FPN4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446520957&sr=8-1&keywords=fire+tv
The Amazon Fire TV just released a new version which now includes support for Alexa which was originally shipped with Amazon Echo. Alexa is Amazon's form of voice recognition software which allows you to perform a wide variety of operations from playing music to hearing about the weather, news reports or even jokes. The other major update to the Amazon Fire TV is the newly added support for an optional microSD card which supports up to 128GB of storage.
The main limiting factor for the Amazon Fire TV then becomes the lack of good, affordable games in the Amazon App Store. This is definitely the greatest drawback to the Amazon Fire TV. If Amazon were to make Google Play Store apps available to the Amazon Fire TV, purchasing the Fire TV would be a complete no-brainer.
Next up, is the Google Nexus Player: https://www.google.com/nexus/player/
The Google Nexus Player has many of the same features as the Amazon Fire TV with the main difference being that it runs a native version of Android thus offering full support for the Google Play store. In addition, it is much cheaper than the Amazon Fire TV with a cost of only $49. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-nexus-player-streaming-media-console-black/2445015.p?id=1219542308629&skuId=2445015
Unfortunately, the major thing it lacks is the optional microSD card to expand the total memory storage on the device. Even devices such as the Roku offer an optional microSD card for their streaming device. The lack of microSD card is a major fail on Google's part. The Google Nexus player only ships with 8 GB of memory, so if you are installing any particularly large games, you will have to uninstall them rather quickly in order to install newer games (the same limitation existed with the earlier version of the Amazon Fire TV as well).
In this comparison, there is no clear winner for Gaming Consoles since both the Amazon Fire TV and the Google Nexus player have severe drawbacks in the design of their systems. If you are looking for the widest variety of available games, then the Google Nexus Player is definitely the console of choice.
First, we'll take a look at the Amazon Fire TV: http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-DV83YW-Fire-TV/dp/B00U3FPN4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446520957&sr=8-1&keywords=fire+tv
The Amazon Fire TV just released a new version which now includes support for Alexa which was originally shipped with Amazon Echo. Alexa is Amazon's form of voice recognition software which allows you to perform a wide variety of operations from playing music to hearing about the weather, news reports or even jokes. The other major update to the Amazon Fire TV is the newly added support for an optional microSD card which supports up to 128GB of storage.
The main limiting factor for the Amazon Fire TV then becomes the lack of good, affordable games in the Amazon App Store. This is definitely the greatest drawback to the Amazon Fire TV. If Amazon were to make Google Play Store apps available to the Amazon Fire TV, purchasing the Fire TV would be a complete no-brainer.
Next up, is the Google Nexus Player: https://www.google.com/nexus/player/
The Google Nexus Player has many of the same features as the Amazon Fire TV with the main difference being that it runs a native version of Android thus offering full support for the Google Play store. In addition, it is much cheaper than the Amazon Fire TV with a cost of only $49. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-nexus-player-streaming-media-console-black/2445015.p?id=1219542308629&skuId=2445015
Unfortunately, the major thing it lacks is the optional microSD card to expand the total memory storage on the device. Even devices such as the Roku offer an optional microSD card for their streaming device. The lack of microSD card is a major fail on Google's part. The Google Nexus player only ships with 8 GB of memory, so if you are installing any particularly large games, you will have to uninstall them rather quickly in order to install newer games (the same limitation existed with the earlier version of the Amazon Fire TV as well).
In this comparison, there is no clear winner for Gaming Consoles since both the Amazon Fire TV and the Google Nexus player have severe drawbacks in the design of their systems. If you are looking for the widest variety of available games, then the Google Nexus Player is definitely the console of choice.
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