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[s0]

so far the ouya kinda seems like one of those chinese pirate consoles, except with a marketing budget

[Impmaster]

so far the ouya kinda seems like one of those chinese pirate consoles, except with a marketing budget

I live in China, and most of the pirated consoles here are hacked xboxes or playstations. If you can't afford that, there is a huge market in free mmos.

[s0]

no i meant like the canoo or dingoo or whatever it's called. thing that looks like a ds lite without the top screen and runs a bunch of emulators.

[JScythe]

no i meant like the canoo or dingoo or whatever it's called. thing that looks like a ds lite without the top screen and runs a bunch of emulators.

Those machines have kind of been replaced by knock off Android devices. Behold!!





Interesting side question: Why does the Ouya get more hate than something like the Wikipad or Project Sheild? Is it really so awful that poor people get to play video games too? Seriously, I don't get all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here.

[moi]

Interesting side question: Why does the Ouya get more hate than something like the Wikipad or Project Sheild? Is it really so awful that poor people get to play video games too? Seriously, I don't get all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here.

probably steam fanboys

[Belimoth]

probably steam fanboys

literally this

[deathtotheweird]

Wikipad and Shield are both mobile game platforms. The Ouya is a mobile game platform that is stationary.

That's why I hate it, can't speak for others though. I'm just not going to pay 100 dollars to play shitty mobile games on my tv. That's not why I buy consoles and that's not why I bought my tv.

[Richard Kain]

Interesting side question: Why does the Ouya get more hate than something like the Wikipad or Project Sheild? Is it really so awful that poor people get to play video games too? Seriously, I don't get all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here.

This is something that's been bothering me as well.

I'm really excited about the Retron5. I know it's a very niche product, and will be sold to a very limited audience. But I'm part of that audience and I'm glad it's getting produced. If Hyperkin can turn a profit off of it, good for them. The reason I'm excited is because the Retron5 is a device that uses modern technology to let me play my old cartridge games on modern screens.

Now take a look at the OUYA. With this device they are clearly focused on making game hardware and software cheaper and more accessible for the average consumer. In my mind this is a great approach to the console model. I would love to see some lower-budget titles get produced for the OUYA. I don't need all of my games to be AAA boom-fests.

[Richard Kain]

Wikipad and Shield are both mobile game platforms. The Ouya is a mobile game platform that is stationary.

That's why I hate it, can't speak for others though. I'm just not going to pay 100 dollars to play shitty mobile games on my tv. That's not why I buy consoles and that's not why I bought my tv.

That makes absolutely no sense. The OUYA is a stationary system, and was designed to be stationary. The fact that it was produced with similar hardware to mobile devices, and an operating system that is popular on mobile devices, is irrelevant. The OUYA was designed to have a standard game controller as its primary input. All of the games that will succeed on the OUYA are going to be designed for that input.

You're just exhibiting a bias against mobile development. But mobile development is a fundamentally different beast. The OUYA has a touchpad, but no touchscreen. The same games that are popular on smartphones are not going to translate well when ported to the OUYA. The games that end up doing well on OUYA will be the smaller indie controller-focused games that currently find an outlet on Steam and XBLA, like Super Meat Boy.

If you want to make an inexpensive console, of COURSE you're going to use mobile components. They're designed to be small and efficient, and thanks to the smartphone market they're cheaper than they ever have been. And of course you're going to use an OS like Android. It's a free OS that they don't have to pay licencing on, and it already works with the kind of components they're using.

[s_l_m]

http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NathanFouts/20130405/189905/Design_Tips_When_Porting_Mobile_to_Console.php

Interesting article about mistakes mobile devs are making when bringing games to Ouya

[SolarLune]

Points 1, 2, 3, and 5 are good for general game development all around. Can't tell you how many games I've played that had a prompt for two options and you couldn't tell which one you had selected, or that didn't have an Exit option.

[forwardresent]

Hearing about the addition of OUYA support to GameMaker has rekindled my interest a little.

Those tips were interesting and it's something I'll keep bookmarked just in case.

[Zenfar]

Surprised by some of the negative reviews of the OUYA.  I mean it is still in development and it is not like the X-Box and PS3 didn't have their launch issues.  With software updates they can change things to keep their open console promise.  There is always going to be a market for a $99 console.  

[JScythe]

There is always going to be a market for a $99 console.

Exactly!!

Hell, I really wasn't intending to buy an Ouya at first. The whole thing sounded a little too much like the knock off Android devices I posted above. But once I thought about it for a little bit I realized that it really did provide some stuff that a Roku box or Boxee can't. And at the end of the day, the Ouya's real market is in the streaming media box space.

Well. . . that and the MiiPC. http://www.miipc.com/

[gimymblert]

How does the ouya compare to 3DS performance?

EDIT: forget what I asked:

3DS:
15,3 Mtri/s
800 Mpx/s

Ouya
50 unlit 32 lit Mtri/s
474 Mpx/s

Xbox360 (not sure, official spec notoriously bullsit)
500 Mtri/s
8 Gpx/s

[JScythe]

How does the ouya compare to 3DS performance?

EDIT: forget what I asked:

3DS:
15,3 Mtri/s
800 Mpx/s

Ouya
50 unlit 32 lit Mtri/s
474 Mpx/s

Xbox360 (not sure, official spec notoriously bullsit)
500 Mtri/s
8 Gpx/s

L0lwut?!!

Please explain what the hell this has to do with anything. Here's a picture of a potato.

[s_l_m]

Get that potato out of here, it doesn't have as much power as an Xbox and is therefore useless to society

[Ouren]

Interesting side question: Why does the Ouya get more hate than something like the Wikipad or Project Sheild? Is it really so awful that poor people get to play video games too? Seriously, I don't get all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here.

Because everyone already knows those two things are stupid.

[Blademasterbobo]

hey man if you wanna hook a potato up to your tv that's your prerogative

[Udderdude]

Get on my level, bitches.