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The Ouya: The Fourth Gaming Console?
I found this interesting.
Basically, you spend a hundred bucks on the box, and every game on the system is free to play.
I like the concept. It gives developers access to a higher quality of tools than your standard PC free-to-play, so I think it could potentially work really well.
I'll be saving my pennies, for certain.
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What's wrong with the Xbox's controller?
Other than it being very large. But, meh.
Looks cool though.
But still, paradise for those of us who have always wanted to toy around with game consoles (or in his case, already do so).
Seriously though, this sounds like an awesome idea. It'll be like the Wii, where indie devs or professional companies that can't afford "AAA" games will still be able to compete.
...Seriously, that's going to eventually happen and then companies will attack it even if only a tiny fraction of people use it to pirate
Wow.
That is impressive.
also
I wonder if this means I'll someday be able to watch Toonami on my Ouya.
You can get a TV out adapter and controller for your phone for much less than $100.
Wasn't this expected?
I kind of figured it would happen.
Well durr? It runs on much of the same software Android does.
Or are we gonna do this thing where we try to out-pessimism each other? Because I hate that.
Are we really gonna complain that this thing doesn't have the next Halo at launch? What did you expect the launch titles to be?
The very idea of a malleable, essentially, open source console is more than enough to warrant the price tag.
I'm sorry if I seem rude here, I just don't like it when people do this thing where we get hyped for something, and then the minute we find out it doesn't live up to every expectation we suddenly think it's doomed to failure.
QFT.
"you know we'll be getting a Linux distro about five microseonds after it hits the shelves"
--one of htose articles
I'm not being pessimistic. If you have a Tegra-based Android device, this console is redundant, and even iDevices and OnLive's console can do practically anything the Ouya can.That kind of limits the market for this, and therefore the odds any good exclusive games will come out for this.
That is indeed the point.
Not really.
Think about the demographic of people who currently own Android stuff, and the demographic for this.
Now think about how little they overlap. This is primarily targeted to people with an interest in DIY stuff, as opposed to standard Android stuff, which is marketed to the same people all mobile devices are.
Further, the console's not even out yet. We don't know what it can do.
And even beyond that, it's not even about how much it can do, it's about how much people think it can do. That's what moves units.
And it'll be able to run any Android game without a problem. Which causes a problem: Why not get an Android tablet with a TV adapter, since they can pretty much run the same games?
Because Android's tablets are A) not legitimately hackable and B) horrible.
Judging by the general reaction I've seen to any Android product that's not a phone (tablets included), yes.
I should clarify that I do not actually own any Android products other than my phone, though.
Well there's the issue. The cheap tablets aren't the good ones.
With the Ouya you have something both relatively affordable and relatively good. Also it has the inherent advantage of being a console.
I have a good feeling about this, though, mainly due to the console's low stated price and the sheer ambition of the project as a whole.