Comments on: Introducing the OUYA

By: LostRainbow

LostRainbow — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 04:53:39 +0000

never heard of the OUYA. it sounds really cool and fun to use. i would love to hear more about it and what people think when it comes out.

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:39:08 +0000

Consoles usually are state of the art for the time they are released. This is not true for the OUYA. It is about 3 year old phone technology. This platform is going to get old very fast. At most I predict 3 more years and it may be gone in a year. If it were a handheld, it could last longer.

We have a couple. We will use it to test on, but not much else.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:33:38 +0000

It is an oddity, I’ll say that with optimism though because this is the first time a machine has been built with the Freemium model at its core. Personally, for me, therein lays the problem; micro transactions can get scarily expensive if you dont keep an eye on them. As I’m sure I don’t have to explain that to any Home user reading this.

Ive been hearing other problems with this set up too, like the fact it runs Android games but isnt connected to the same stores these games come from. So, if you’re an Angry Birds expert dont think you can just port your game over from your App Store and keep all those hard-earned high scores, you’ll have to buy the game twice AND start again. Might not seem a massive problem now but, any game you might discover on your phone or tablet will have to be purchased twice -- and every other upgrade or extra you buy too.

However, never underestimate the power of home-brewed games! There’s no telling what might come to this system because ANYONE can make a game for it. That (may not sound like it but) is a huge turning of the tables.

This will be interesting to watch…

By: AkumaPrince

AkumaPrince — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 05:50:49 +0000

Only prob I have with OUYA and other android gaming consoles is that they don’t do anything that other Android devices already do. Phones, tablets, smart TVs, Google TV service, etc.. can all play these games cause its on the android OS. Plus most of these android devices can be hooked up to a TV as it is like smart phones and tablets use micro HDMI, google TV is meant to make any TV a smart TV, and well Smart TV is just google TV built in. There’s also an Apple TV that does same thing.