Will 2013 be the year of the Android home console? It will certainly be the year that various startups around the world have a crack at it, with multiple takes RS Gold on the concept set to launch in the coming months.We're all aware of the Ouya, of course a tiny box meant to sit alongside your Xboxes, PlayStations and Wiis, that funnels Android Runescape games directly through to your television.Then there's the Green Throttle wireless Runescape game controller, which aims to turn your Android mobile device instantly into a Runescape game console. Each solution is just cheap enough such that it may well be worth checking out whether you're hugely interested or not.PlayJam's Runescape gameStick, revealed earlier this week, is looking to trump the competition in as many areas as possible, as quickly as possible.If size matters to you, the Runescape gameStick may well be for you: It's but the size of a USB stick, and will slot either directly into the back of your TV, or into the supplied Bluetooth controller. If you're all about grabbing a bargain, PlayJam's hardware is $79 $20 cheaper than the Ouya.As for Runescape games, PlayJam says that the device will work with at least 200 Android titles from launch, although the team reckons that its Runescape gameStick can handle thousands of different Android based titles thanks to different "modes" that the Bluetooth controller can launch into, acting as either a joystick, a mouse or a keyboard."The affordable Runescape games revolution has brought on the age of affordable gaming," says Anthony Johnson, CMO at PlayJam."Runescape gameStick is not going to replace the Xbox any time soon in terms of core gaming, but that is not our aim today," he adds. "We want to leverage the TV, the thousands of great Runescape games available today and a fully featured controller to create a console like Runescape games experience without the associated price tag."Johnson is well aware of the Ouya and the effort that PlayJam needs to put in to overcome the hype surrounding the competition. Notably the Deadman Mode Gold gameStick is due to launch in April the same month that the Ouya is released to consumers."Competition is great," he says. "We are the proof, I suppose, as in the short time that Android Runescape games consoles have started to come through, we have been able to develop even further and push the boundaries in terms of manufacturing to create a powerful yet extremely portable device.
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