Yves Behar's "Ouya" Will Cost $99 and is Designed to be Hackable

Comment by Mandown, on 02.04.2013 at 09:57

Good article here, it'sÂ kinda funny they don't mention Wii U though...

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-28-ouya-sees-room-in-the-market-to-sell-alongside-ps4-next-xbox

Comment by Azuardo, on 29.01.2013 at 19:48

Remember that survey for games you want on Ouya? TimeSplitters came out on top. Sort it out, Crytek. People want this game. No mention of the suggestions people could type. Want to know how many votes Shenmue got...

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBzEBEXCcAArHPz.png[/img]

Comment by TAG, on 27.07.2012 at 21:05

A full picture of the Ouya prototype controller has been shown:

[img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gamelife/2012/07/ouyacontroller-copy.jpeg[/img]

It looks like it is the same controller shown on their Kickstarter page. They say that the face buttons will change in order to accommodate color-blind gamers. Still, that controller doesn't look nice, in my opinion. The d-pad looks like it'll function poorly (like the Xbox's d-pad) and that red button is on a slant (which you can see more clearly on the Kickstarter). It doesn't look comfortable, but looks can be deceiving.

Also, it was announced that it will have OnLive support on day one. That's cool. I still prefer physical copies of my games, but cloud gaming is a very interesting alternative. The internet infrastructure just needs to get better.

Source:
wired.com( Edited 27.07.2012 21:06 by TAG )

Comment by bornforthis43, on 24.07.2012 at 22:49

Ok, I've been out of the video game news loop for like 2 weeks and I'm catching up. I read a little on this, but can someone please explain to me what the difference between this and a personal computer is? It really seems like it's the same thing (minus all the other non-gaming stuff a pc does).

Comment by TAG, on 21.07.2012 at 08:35

Done.

Skeptical as I am of the Ouya, I see no harm in taking this opportunity to try to get Shenmue some recognition :awesome:

Comment by Azuardo, on 21.07.2012 at 08:22

Too right. Shenmue was my number one on the extras list.

Comment by Martin_, on 21.07.2012 at 07:34

The proper way to complete the survey.

Comment by Azuardo, on 20.07.2012 at 21:04

Vote for the games you want on Ouya.

Yeah, you know TimeSplitters is leading the way!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ouyatop20

Comment by Modplan Man, on 15.07.2012 at 00:51

To be honest, I've never seen particularly significant problems from "fragmentation" in hardware or software. No doubt it's a problem that needs to be dealt with, but it's a perfectly normal consequence of allowing people to do what they want with their own hardware and healthy competition. Monopolies and duopolies should not be the norm.

It's obviously easier on the developer side if everything followed the Apple model of yearly or bi-annual upgrades with only 1 or 2 hardware vendors, but that's detrimental to everyone else. Although it seems Ouya will probably take a similar approach to "normal" consoles anyway, they just don't seem to want to tell you that their way is the only way you should use the console.

The bigger issue I see is their pricing - Microsoft have been going after Android with patent lawsuits against manufacturers, to the point where they may be making more money from Android than Windows phones (Source 1, Source 2). These guys seem like a target, particularly if MS decides they want to place a barrier to a potential competitor.( Edited 15.07.2012 00:54 by Modplan Man )

Comment by Martin_, on 12.07.2012 at 17:07

I imagine that most customers won't be modding their systems.