Relevant: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/iot/efficiently-managing-millio...

I don't get it. Why are they using such a complicated infrastructure for something that can just be a static file polled by devices? Let's get nifty and maybe have a small php intermediary for slow roll. Assuming 10M devices, 24h polling sounds reasonable that's 10M requests/day. A VPS should be able to handle that.

(I'm saying this as someone who managed OTA for 1M smartphones that way 10yrs ago)

Being complicated and involving many AWS services benefits Amazon in a few ways, lock in and revenue being the big ones.

But as Bandai, don't I want something simpler and cheaper? Why would I opt for something more complex and be sticky with one vendor?

Because Amazon bought the CTO some very nice lunches, with some very nice wine, and mentioned they're expanding their local office in the future and that gosh its just so hard to find people with the right experience.

Mean while, J. Coder hasn't done jack for the CTO but complain about how they never have enough time to do these simple AWS API integration tasks and certainly never bought them a glass of Vosne-Romanée.

Also relevant: The Tamagotchi Matrix

https://hackaday.com/2015/11/24/building-the-infinite-matrix...

As someone who grew up during the first tamagochi wave I think a lot of what made games like these fascinating is that they were so simple and the graphics so barren — as a kid you just fill in the blanks with your fantasy. So the outcome can be much more personal than whatever high polished graphics thing of the day.

I remember seeing a Tamagotchi on Indian Shinchan - I think they should try to get them into the local toy stores, they are great entertainment and I love seeing a new generation enjoy them.