I do hope they would get a bunch of deals together with indie game developers to release exclusive games for their Evercade consoles. I know they have done Indie Heroes cartridges before but I would like all their releases to be that, offer something even more different to what other consoles do.
I mean sure, I could go for more indie styled carts. They've got a few (I think the last was Roguecraft DX maybe?) but it'd definitely give a few smaller developers a larger spotlight. I'd assume the difficulties in making that a larger part of the selling point though, really, come from them being more of a side draw compared to the bigger names,
and there's probably some porting challenges depending on what platforms devs target and if they include any libraries or such that aren't permissive of sales on something like Evercade. I'd assume Blaze don't really have a ton of staff working in a capacity to get things through like that, but I could be wrong.
I think hardcore gamers would appreciate a console that is purely about helping out independent game makers
I'd respectfully disagree there. Hardcore gamers, myself included, may echo that kind of statement and love the idea of it, but the reality is it'd become far more niche if that became the full strategy. I'd put it like this; how many truly small indie games, not ones that go viral or have a mask of being indie but are more like double A, have you bought in the past year? Now think about your friends. Friends friends. Now think about how many have bought larger games, ones that have brand recognition, have went viral, etc. I'd wager, perhaps not in your unique case as maybe you have a ton of indie game playing friends, for most people the latter amount of purchases far outweighs the former.
And in the Evercade case, it was Tomb Raider that actually made me look twice at the console. Capcom that made me seek out one of the specific EXP devices. I've got far more cartridges on my shelf from bigger names than smaller ones. Not for hate of indie, but for lack of awareness of if those particular games would appeal to me when looking at cart contents for purchases.
heck maybe even allow people with the knowledge to do so create their own games to play on the console.
You technically can through backdoor means, like using an EverSD and say GB Studio, but I get your point.
Doing that officially may present wider issues though, because giving people those tools or abilities very likely means some of the companies they work with for licensing on carts will see "system is open piracy can happen terminate contract" in that move whether it's realistic or not. Which in turn could be incredibly detrimental.
