I would like them to tell us what the mystery firm they're "working with" is. But meh, my post was exaggerated, but consider it pre-emptive if people who are dumb enough to pay money for a shitty Android console end up waiting a month for it.
Yeah, I just misread an article. But still, they haven't told us what the mystery manufacturing company is.
I worry that by the time this comes out it will be grossly underpowered to alternative android options
Looks like VEVO is on board now too. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console/posts/279159
The Square Enix press release for Final Fantasy III was strange. The press release written in Japanese said the console launches in March 2013. But the console releases in March 2013 only for the backers, and there is no Japanese launch.
Yea, your right. I forgot that the OUYA kickstarter is worldwide. On another note, there is no retail release scheduled at all.
It's funny how the hardware will be outdated in a couple of years, to the point that you'll have to make specific OUYA versions of games to support the machine - provided it's financially feasible, which it isn't.
you still miss the point. it's not the kind of product that will be outdated in a couple of years because it has different target of customers and it's open. it's not like releasing a psone today.
Who is the target audience for this crap pile anyway? People who want to play terrible phone games on their TV? BTW, they're "supposed" to ship out dev kits in a few months and the only thing they've shown so far are some ugly renders.
I would say the audience is gamers and devs that are tired of the same old crap from the big three console manufacturers. New update today apparently iheartradio is going to be on the Ouya and also a FPS by U4iA called Offensive Combat. They've done a good job so far of trickling information out enough to keep people interested. I will be really interested to see if they will still be as enthusiastically releasing updates when the kickstarter has ended.
It will, Tegra4 is due to late this year/early 2013, but it wont be cheap enough for this thing, not at $99 At the same time ARM is about to unveil the nextgen architecture that includes 64bit versions, and the next Snapdragon is also around the corner. Current dualcore Snapdragon SoCs already beat the quad Tegra at some benchmarks.
...and want to move to playing crappy phone games on a TV? Yeah, screw the big three console manufacturers, this is what I wanna see, a shitty low-budget FPS! A couple of years? On what planet? At the rate Android developers keep shoving cores in the processors, probably less than a year and the crapbox will be hopelessly dated...if it makes it to the market at all.
I feel like I'm talking to a wall in here. The point is to have more than "crappy phone games" I think the reason people don't understand this is because it runs android. It's using Android as a platform for the console. Basically because people all ready know how to make programs for it. It's not going to be just crappy phone games or at least I hope it won't be. (STILL TO EARLY TO TELL!) Yup basically I'm done with the big three. I'm done paying $60 for an update to a game and then being nickeled and dimed after that. This is the reason I stick primarily to old games (snes/genesis era) because they are a lot more interesting to me and I can see these types of games thriving on Ouya. I'll pass judgement on the "shitty low-budget FPS" when I try it out for free later on the system it's self. Oh yes since every one know that the whole point of this was to have bleeding edge hardware right? Seriously have you read any thing? I'm so sick of the posts in this thread. Yes we don't know everything about this console and all we have at the moment are renders (at least as far as hardware is concerned) but that doesn't mean it's doomed for failure as many keep insisting. I do agree caution is warranted but there hasn't been enough time to go buy to decide that there isn't enough out yet. Now I will be a lot more nervous if December rolls around and we still haven't seen any actual hardware or the software line up hasn't changed at all. For once I would like a thought out response backed up by actual sources that is based on something more than some random article you've misread.
Just play PC indie games, there are a billion of them out already. Of course, there's a lot more crap than most "Indie games are the saviors of the industry!" people are willing to admit, especially zombie themed games and tower defense WITH A TWIST! are a cancer. The only thing that exists about the console is a terrible looking render of a crappy-looking controller, and an equally terrible looking render of the console, yet the estimated delivery is listed as Dec. 2012. There is no mention of a manufacturing company, other than a short blurb saying that they're "working on it". The only software announced so far have been a few ports of existing Android apps, and a shitty-looking TF2 clone. (Source: Ouya Kickstarter) For all the posting about there being "more than phone games", that crappy FPS sure looks like the kind of game that there are a zillion of on the Android marketplace: a terrible version of a much better game.
The thing is I've never been interested in playing indie games on my PC. Not what I'm looking for. Yes early dev systems are supposed to ship in December everyone else is supposed to get them in March. It's been a whole month since it's been announced I can wait a little while for more info, and more games. I'm not saying this thing is going to be a success (I hope it will be) but what I am saying is it's too early to doom the thing for not having enough info released it's been a month.
I'm with 7Force on this one. You see, the problem isn't that another console isn't welcome - the problem is that consoles must be unique in order to set themselves apart from the competition. This thing borders on generic beyond the nice packaging and although you claim that it's an Android gamer's dream, I must inform you that mobile phone games, even on iOS are nowhere near as fun, polished or well designed as proper console games. You claim that this will eventually change but that would require a massive dedication from developers and that usually stems from systems sold, not fanboy hopes and pledges. Piracy being the prime issue here, as well as in-game purchases of pretty much everything in "free" games, that's nothing like console gaming of old - it's just mobile gaming on the big screen, with none of the innovation or novelty. I appreciate the fact that you put money down, but this is a niche product, it won't revolutionize shit. I've not been known to be wrong in gamedev subjects, so you can quote me on that.
The thing is phone games are limited by what they run on a little screen with touch controls for most. I will admit it would suck to have these games just ported over and have it called good enough. That was one of my bad scenarios I listed before. But I still don't see the doom and gloom scenario that people here are predicting. Still too early to tell. But I have to say come November and December if we are still waiting I will definitely be suspicious. If this turns out to be a huge flop I'll be more than happy to admit it. I just get annoyed when people declare it a flop from it being announced.
this machine being 100% open will be a file server, a media player and emulation machine a linux box... etc etc
