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Ouya - Android based open gaming console
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erico
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The touchpad can be something like the mac-mouse invisible multiscroll weel, right over the logo on the original posted renders.
I really have nothing else to say about this, as I said before.
I first thought I was the only one that thought this to be a really strange cash-in stuff, and its ks campaing to be pure propaganda for the fool.
I´m glad to see a lot of people thinking similar and that makes me feel ok, as if I was the only one finding this strange, there could be a high possibility I could be wrong.
This is promising for a not-2-months but for 8-months stuff that we can buy for same or cheaper today and can choose whatever control fits us to use.
Nothing new at all, no innovation. maybe the porno name?
Pandora, even on its troublesome starts, shows innovation to this very day. No competitors at all, and I don´t mean the new ones, but the very first pandora is still unbeatable.
"OOuh Yeah F**k me" may catch the non-geek people on its foolish propaganda, and it can be a new market, good for devs.
They may ´come´ to a certain success, but really, nothing new at all on promises? I prefer the chinese attempts over this.
I really have nothing else to say about this, as I said before.
I first thought I was the only one that thought this to be a really strange cash-in stuff, and its ks campaing to be pure propaganda for the fool.
I´m glad to see a lot of people thinking similar and that makes me feel ok, as if I was the only one finding this strange, there could be a high possibility I could be wrong.
This is promising for a not-2-months but for 8-months stuff that we can buy for same or cheaper today and can choose whatever control fits us to use.
Nothing new at all, no innovation. maybe the porno name?
Pandora, even on its troublesome starts, shows innovation to this very day. No competitors at all, and I don´t mean the new ones, but the very first pandora is still unbeatable.
"OOuh Yeah F**k me" may catch the non-geek people on its foolish propaganda, and it can be a new market, good for devs.
They may ´come´ to a certain success, but really, nothing new at all on promises? I prefer the chinese attempts over this.
Sugar_Kane
Could crush a grape
Have they shown anything more concrete yet? I was hoping that they would at least be showing the working prototype now that they have assured mega funding
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How much money do they have now?
Sugar_Kane
Could crush a grape
Almost five meeeeeeeellion US dollars, to help you picture it that is almost 88 billion Australian zongbadonga's
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Wow! That's heaps!
Sugar_Kane
Could crush a grape
These are all quotes from Eurogamer's Julie Uhrman interview:
"We've raised enough to build a great product, just as we planned. Part of what we're doing is creating something that shows in gaming 'less is more' -- we don't need custom chips, or expensive first-party games, we just need to make an open system that supports great games. More certainly helps, though: the more we raise, the more we can create a great service for game developers, with better tools, and more gamers for them to reach with their games. More game developers means more, better games - and that's better for gamers."
"OUYA will be just as secure as any other Android-powered device. In fact, because all the paid content will require authentication with OUYA's servers, we have an added layer of security. Hacking and openness are about getting what you want to do with the hardware. Rooting the device won't give you any more access to the software."
"No, we haven't tested Minecraft on our hardware," said Uhrman. However, "Mojang approved everything we said in our video, and clarified... that if we build the product as promised, Minecraft and other Mojang games will be on it. Notch has also personally supported the Kickstarter with a very generous pledge."
" We believe many developers will create games especially for Ouya, built for the TV. It will be the most open, most straightforward, least costly way for any game developer to get their game on a TV."
"We believe many of the franchises that were originally built for mobile - because that's where the developer was able to publish them - will also adapt well to TV's. But Ouya is not about playing mobile games on a TV."
Non of this fills me with confidence, to be honest she sounds like an executive that's marketing a product that they have no technical understanding of
SNESFAN
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Those are hilarious quotes man
If i ever get this, it will solely for game emulation. Emulators and games i already paid for. Ill probally run stock software... oh i dont know 5 min or however long it takes to slave it and root it.
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If i ever get this, it will solely for game emulation. Emulators and games i already paid for. Ill probally run stock software... oh i dont know 5 min or however long it takes to slave it and root it.
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craigix
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Wow. Just wow.
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LOL
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I think the guy who designed the OLPC XO laptop is working on this. I used to have one of those and it was pretty impressive and inexpensive, even thought it was very custom. I agree that the $100 price point for the OUYA may be overly optimistic (the OLPC was originally priced at $100) but I don't think it's undoable and I really doubt it's a scam.
craigix
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Once again, try to remember it isn't $100 a unit.
Take off KS fees and it's $90.
Take off admin for shipping, packaging, cables, boxes and it's $80.
Take off prototyping, moulding, engineering... oh fuuuuuuu.....
Take off KS fees and it's $90.
Take off admin for shipping, packaging, cables, boxes and it's $80.
Take off prototyping, moulding, engineering... oh fuuuuuuu.....
diligentcircle
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This seems pointless. Yeah, "open" console my ass. The only truly open console is the PC, and that can connect to most flatscreen TVs, AFAIK. What this is is a stripped-down Android tablet with more restrictive software than regular Android tablets. And can't you connect most Android devices to a TV anyway?
So basically, this is completely pointless. Anyone buying it will just be paying $50 for $5 games normally available on Android, for the privilege to play them on a more restricted console ironically calling itself "open".
So basically, this is completely pointless. Anyone buying it will just be paying $50 for $5 games normally available on Android, for the privilege to play them on a more restricted console ironically calling itself "open".
SNESFAN
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It should be open like the google nexus is open. User unlockable bootloader and full source for fairly simple compile, flash, boot.
Other than the nexus tablet, im not familar with any other tablets that open. Most require an exploit to flash something that low level.
Pc is an open platform, but those are sometimes sold extremely cheaply with similar preinstalled os's and blotware that try and get you to buy overpriced software as well... this is not that much different
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Other than the nexus tablet, im not familar with any other tablets that open. Most require an exploit to flash something that low level.
Pc is an open platform, but those are sometimes sold extremely cheaply with similar preinstalled os's and blotware that try and get you to buy overpriced software as well... this is not that much different
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Wrath Of Khan
Soul soother...
HMMM.It's basically a standard android gaming device.Nothing unique that differentiates it at all.I would probably buy a tablet before id get an OOH YEAH! UNGH! UNGH OOH YEAH! OOGH! OOH YEAH!
Foxgod
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Saw this passing by in the media left and right, it seems hardly apealing to me.
I dont need this O Yeah thing
Android games are just a neat bonus to be able to play on a device, i wouldnt buy a device just for android gaming, they lack depth.
On top of that, the controller is gonna give some problems mapping keys properly for several to emulate systems.
Il have a pandora over this any day.
I dont need this O Yeah thing
Android games are just a neat bonus to be able to play on a device, i wouldnt buy a device just for android gaming, they lack depth.
On top of that, the controller is gonna give some problems mapping keys properly for several to emulate systems.
Il have a pandora over this any day.
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craigix
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Then take off the cost of the Joypad....
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So Craig, what do you think these guys will actually produce and how do you think it'll take 'em?
craigix
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I think they will produce what they described, but it will have DRM and won't be open.
If they will all be delivered is another story, I expect some drama.
