Ouya is getting real

[semmie]

me and my sorry ass begging for a sega console

dem bitches brought out ouya and they didnt even have jack shit of money. they basically begged for money on kickstarter. and now that they have nuff money now they can go on stand alone. and loads of peeps wanting this cheap console wich is also an open console with full privilige given to the owners to hack it the way they want. and even the screwdrivers are given with the order.

and even a free engine is given to make games.

99freaking dollars for an ouya with a joystick. and dont mistake yo. it plays decent games. even better then the wii .

these are the specs in short



    NVIDIA Tegra3 quad-core processor
    1GB RAM
    8GB of internal flash storage, expandable via USB 2.0 port
    Up to 1080p HD (via HDMI)
    5.1 surround sound
    WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, and Ethernet port
    Bluetooth
    Micro USB port
    Wireless Bluetooth controller with standard game controls and touchpad

and there is more onto it.
http://www.ouya.tv/


kinda shameful knowing that sega didnt bring out a console. well i hope i can take this back this year if sega has a console on e3. praying for it

[George]

Eh... I don't see a market for this.

Wii U is over priced, this is better. But they won't make Mario Galaxy type exclusives on it, so why buy it?

[max_cady]

Hmm... I'll wait and see.

The Android game market is still pretty all over the place, it will be interesting to see how some games might perform. I'd love to play Final Fantasy III on a machine like that.

[crackdude]

Android is shit. This console is shit. The games are shit.

(man, I'm sending out some weird negative vibes today)

[George]

Android is a great OS for phones, but a gaming platform? I think that is where its weakest.

[crackdude]

Android is a great OS for phones

Unless you want a phone that actually works properly.

I dunno, this whole Ouya thing seems rubbish. It feels like an overpriced chinese mock up of a console.

[semmie]

give it a chance man. the controls have touch screen as well. and the shizz is only 99 dollars which isz approxximately 79 to 82 euro
come on guys. sega will bring games out for it plus its open source and its allowed to be hacked by the creators. the games are just a motivation. and probably all games will be hacked and its fine cause gamemakers are satisfied because of the share of profit.

this is ment to be succesfull. u even get the engine to make games and all that. so besides games ull mos def get loads of free games.
bear in mind they might be full of commercials. but that could be hacked as well

u got to appreciate this

and android is an os. megadrive didnt even have an os. dreamcast had just a simple windows ce.
its not about Os guys its about what games come on it. and there are plenty games on youtube bout ouya console. u gotta love the graphics

[crackdude]

It could be 30 bucks, it would still be a waste of money.

[semmie]

i ordered one turns out to be precise 76.86 euro. paypalled it. waiting for it to come.

its not a waste of money its a huge evolution of the console. u should know this is a a terrific basic console with open source hackable specs. this is going to be a massive thing. its a small ube fitting anywhere

[George]

Unless you want a phone that actually works properly.

I dunno, this whole Ouya thing seems rubbish. It feels like an overpriced chinese mock up of a console.

I have a phone and the phone works wonders. I have used iOS and hate it. Have you used Android 4.0+? I know friends that hated Android 2.3, but when they try 4.0+ they talk about how they regret getting iPhones.

[crackdude]

I have a phone and the phone works wonders. I have used iOS and hate it. Have you used Android 4.0+? I know friends that hated Android 2.3, but when they try 4.0+ they talk about how they regret getting iPhones.

Actually I have yet to try out a 4.0 phone. My experience with Android goes up to 3.0 and it was nothing but regret and disappointment. I also dislike iOS. It's good for tablets, bad for phones.

Currently I'm using WP 7.5. It's great, and WP8 is even better. Great focus on the most important aspects of the phone bit in "smartphone".

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The standardization of the Android platform in regards to gaming is a good thing. Right now the devs go crazy with the fragmentation of Android's user base, so the Ouya could set some standards and smooth things up. But I don't think it'll be anything more than a novelty.

[max_cady]

Seems we got ourselves a fancy Windows Phone user here, boys...

Anyway, I do see some potential in the Ouya. At 99 bucks with the specs that semmie posted, it might be arguably one of the best entry level consoles and truth be told there are a lot of great games on the Android platform right now, some of 'em would be fairly easy to play with a controller.

One of the major drawbacks of the Play Store is that, unlike the iOS service, is a friggin' jungle filled with identical clones of existing titles, from I understand Google's very lax with submissions and the Mobile Interface is just horrible to look at.

[George]

If fragmentation is an issue on Android, then why don't more developers create games on Windows Phones? Aren't they facing the same exact thing? What with having a ton of phone makers and specs? Not to mention OS7/8?

[Emmett The Crab]

I've never had an android device, but I've heard that complaint before.  Also I think there are more developers on ios because there are fewer hardware/software configurations to deal with.  When you download a game, does it tell you what version of Android and which devices are supported, or do you find out after you download it?

[max_cady]

Yeah, that's the main issue... Android is an open-source OS, which means that mobile phone developers like Samsung can just tweak it to suit their hardware and such apps that work on say the Samsung Galaxy SIII might not work on other platforms.

The Play Store does tell you which games and apps are compatible with your device based on hardware and OS version. But sometimes Google Play messes up, I've had games that were listed as being compatible with the ZTE Blade, only to download them and the game crashes upon entry. For commercial they do give you a refund, in those situations.