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Video of Ouya dev console unboxing, complete with early controller
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outunderthestars
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I'd love to see it get a big enough audience to warrant a Giant Bomb app.
dumb question: how will gamers pause the games, by hitting the home button? Won't that bring up the system UI?
Yeah I had no idea this thing was that size, I thought it'd be like Gamecube size or something. Won't it be weird having a console that's smaller than its own controllers?
How about booting a game and seeing how it goes? too much to ask for a console?
The worst part is that Tegra 4 is going to be shown at CES in just a few days and from the leaks it looks like a monster, a bigger jump than tegra3 was from tegra2.
Maybe an Exynos or quad S4 would been better?
The worst part is that Tegra 4 is going to be shown at CES in just a few days and from the leaks it looks like a monster, a bigger jump than tegra3 was from tegra2.
Maybe an Exynos or quad S4 would been better?
That makes more sense. It might be worth picking up then. If all else fails I could always turn the thing into a Linux box to host my IRC bot.
no reason why they can't upgrade the hardware as frequently as smartphones.
scytheavatar
Member
Save for the fact that they'll probably need a new Kickstarter everytime they do an upgrade?
Dreamwriter
Member
Not a dumb question, I'm writing an Ouya game and I've been trying to figure that one out myself. I think by default Android treats the top face-button as an in-game menu button, but I'm not sure.
If the console is quality, they'll get buyers who hadn't backed it, which brings more capital in. If it doesn't get buyers it's probably not worth the upgrade anyway.
No, that's bollocks. They won't need to design a new controller and OS/UI every time. Assuming they make money from the original model, they won't need to do that. If they don't, nobody will fund a new kickstarter anyway.
NinjaBoiX
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Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Haha
shinobi602
Member
The controller looks fucking hideous. The d-pad looks uncomfortable as hell, ugh...
Other than that, for $99 looking forward to it.
Other than that, for $99 looking forward to it.
The finished model won't be transparent. Or plastic.
This is a debug, development console. Let's let developers make some games on it first, eh?
outunderthestars
Banned
Can't be any worse than the on screen virtual dpads currently used on Android/ios games.
Dreamwriter
Member
And, they specifically call out the d-pad and the analogue triggers as still being tweaked for final release - there's still time, Nintendo tends to tweak their controllers in the months between E3 and launch as well.
I bet you wouldnt complain if it was an iPhone 6.
Can't be any worse than the on screen virtual dpads currently used on Android/ios games.
I dont understand why they dont pick the SNES Dpad? The patent is gone now. Since 4 years ago now.
outunderthestars
Banned
And then six months later some other chip will come out that has ____ times the power, etc etc. At some point you have to set your specs and launch.
I'd like for the ultimate endgame to be that they get enough of a library to warrant making the "OUYA Store" available on any Android device where you're guaranteed every game is plug & play with either their controller or a PS3/360 controller. Kinda like Steam's Big Picture Mode but for Android.
But even if they got to that point, I doubt it'd be possible since one of the nice things about the Ouya is that devs only have to test/debug for one specific piece of hardware, as opposed to the tons of Android phones out there.
That's what they said about the PC-Engine and it had a long and prosperous run.*
*in Japan
JordanN
Banned
I want to see the console gain enough recognition for a developer to port next gen multiplats to.
An Ouya/Wii U/PS4/720 cross comparison would be a sight to behold.
Edit: So I guess it's similar to a PS Vita but with more RAM and a weaker GPU.
An Ouya/Wii U/PS4/720 cross comparison would be a sight to behold.
It's a Tegra 3 with 1GB of ram.
Edit: So I guess it's similar to a PS Vita but with more RAM and a weaker GPU.
Why not just get the Raspberry Pi?
Its Android running on a Tegra3, there are millions of other phones and tablets with the same combination and you can run nearly anything on them.
All it has is a different launcher, there are many of those too and no compatibility issues afaik
Check the specs the Vita has a much better GPU
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
It's an android platform, it's getting that sort of game. A few indies are jumping on the hype bandwagon in hopes of boosting their games though I doubt it will help either party in the long run. Some won free dev kits via some kind of contest.
That's about it for now (and forever?).
Azure Dream
Member
One other potential thing, if they do make an upgraded board, they could feasibly sell that separately (Kickstarter, what have you), you buy that, then just unscrew the top of your Ouya and slot the new one in. No need to rebuy all the surrounding plastic, controllers, etc.
You could switch the previous board to using it for purely development if you weren't already, or compatibility testing, or playing with the hardware, etc.
outunderthestars
Banned
Open Source
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It's like 2 GameCubes taped together, then cut in half and shrunk.
The controllers I guess but the case must be worth what, 50 cents? bulk prices I mean.
Instead an addon would be cool but it could go Sega-ish, and that............is not good
Same thing could be said about the Vita.
Dreamwriter
Member
The final case is made from metal, so maybe not so cheap.
The vita do have double stick games on handheld.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Yup, most powerful handheld, only twin stick portable, only dual touchscreen console, utterly pointless.
Please save us, giant international corporate conglomerates!
I hope not. D-pad should be aligned with the buttons.
The dpad looks like it came from the 360 controller which is horrible.
DiscoJer
Member
Yeah, to me that's really the catch that didn't occur to me until relatively recently, when I got a Vita and discovered that most of my PSP games on PSN don't work (and no, I don't have a PS3, so I can't try that method). If I buy games on the Ouya, will I ever be able to use them on another device? Probably not. Of course, I might not want to, but still...
outunderthestars
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the dpad and triggers are not final designs.
Atleast the vita has games.
ReverseFate
Member
Of all the d-pad designs that are available for them to adapt into their controller, they chose the worst of them all.