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BlueStacks’ second game console, the GamePop Mini, will launch as a freemium bundle

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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New gaming entrant BlueStacks has announced it will launch a second game console this fall dubbed the GamePop Mini. Like its recently announced $129 GamePop console, the new machine will play mobile games on a big-screen television. The aim is to disrupt traditional game consoles with cheaper Android and iOS-based titles. But this new mini-console will be “forever free,” says BlueStacks.

The Campbell, Calif.-based BlueStacks calls this the “Netflixication of gaming.” This means that it plans to disrupt other game businesses by offering $200 in paid games for free, so long as the user pays a $6.99 monthly subscription fee for the company’s GamePop mobile gaming service. The first console, the GamePop, will be free until June 30 for those who sign up for a subscription preorder. But the GamePop Mini will be always free with a subscription. GamePop preorders started on May 9 and the company says they are stronger than expected.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.