Google has just revealed the Nexus Player, a ChromeCast style apparatus, that acts as both a streaming media player and game console. The player itself is just a small black disk, easy to put on any TV stand next to your TV. It has 8GB of internal storage, a 1.8 GHZ processor, and 1GB of RAM. So it’s really operating on a cell phone level in terms of games that can be played. It utilizes a custom operating system called Android TV, which will both play games and utilize apps like Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, and Pandora.
It comes with a small remote that has a thumbpad and four buttons, really only suitable for navigation. However, Google is also producing a brand new controller that can be connected up to the system which looks pretty much like a combination of a PS4 and Xbox One controller. I mean… literally. It has PS style analog sticks in PS style arrangement, and its buttons are X, Y, A, and B in the exact colors of an Xbox Controller as well.
Right now, the only games that that you can play for it are the same mobile android games that you can play on any android platform. Unfortunately a lot of these games are designed around touch interfaces, which make them a little less compatible with the platform.
The Nexus Player will retail for $99, around the same price of any other micro console on the market.
Source: Gamespot