Ouya

[Gogan]

So I have an Ouya and gotta say I love this little system. For anyone who doesn't know about it, all games HAVE to offer a free version, and most are full games with options to donate!

It's not the most powerful system out there, and runs on android os so I don't compare it to the likes of ps3/xbox and such, but damn, there's all kinds of indie retro style games on it.

And there's emulators for most systems to play your retros as well.

Anybody else have it? What games do you like or what apps have you loaded? Let's talk Ouya, ooooyea

[jtucci31]

I've heard mixed things about the system, but how is the controller? It looks...interesting.

[Gogan]

I find it to be fairly comfortable. It's powered by AA battery, which I  had since summer and haven't replaced yet. They altered the buttons a bit since launch as a lot of ppl were complaining they were getting stuck under the casing. I've had no such problem. Controls pretty responsive as well.  Put it this way, you can play Image Fight pretty well on it.

[DragonmasterDan]

I've got one, it's a good media player. I use VLC, Netflix, CrunchyRoll, on it quite a bit.

[bob]

is there a TG/PCE emu for it?

[Gogan]

is there a TG/PCE emu for it?

Yessir, I think it's called literally PCE EMU. I loaded up a USB stick, stuck it in the port, pointed to the directory. It emulates pretty damn well. I'm not expert on emulation tho. The controller I think is setup for I and II with turbo switches up and down. So far as I can tell.

And the thing is portable as hell being so tiny.

[bob]

my local target is clearing these out for $50...now I may need to think about it.

[Gogan]

Dang, I gotta check that out, I need a second controller

IMO for a retro/classic dude , I think it's a no brainer esp at $50

[Opethian]

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2014/03/10/kickstarter_ouya_dead


nevar forget 2013 - 1014

[lukester]

I had a GameStick for one day. What a garbage system. Horrid, bizarre controller, with the MOST SENSITIVE sticks of all time.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2014/03/10/kickstarter_ouya_dead


nevar forget 2013 - 1014

Yeah, never forget to not buy kickstarter trash based on a flimsy at best "all games required free2play" marketing scheme. You just end up with initially a lot of people buying the possibly poorly designed hardware, and everyone expecting to get a ton of free games, with no plans to actually buy anything.

Oh yeah, and there is always this tasty bit of intrigue involved with the thing:

"In July 2013, Ouya announced the "Free the Games Fund", a scheme to help fund developers, where Ouya would match any Kickstarter if a minimum target of $50,000 was reached, and provided the game remains Ouya exclusive for six months.[24] Suspicions were raised concerning the first two games to reach the target. Commentators noticed the small number of backers each pledging a high value amount, the large number of those who had never backed a project before, as well as the use of duplicate names and avatars that included those of celebrities.[48] This led some to suggest that the projects were artificially inflating their project's backing in order to receive extra money from Ouya. In addition, one project had a backer whose identity appeared to be taken from that of a missing persons case.[48]

Nevertheless, Ouya rejected any suspicion regarding the backing of the projects, and planned to continue with providing funding.[48][49] In September 2013, funding for one of the games that had been fully funded, Elementary, My Dear Holmes was suspended by Kickstarter.[50] The developers of the other funded game, Gridiron Thunder, threatened litigation against a commenter on the Kickstarter page,[50] and further dismissed concerns that they would have no rights to official NFL branding, a license currently held by Electronic Arts.[51] In the same month, another project caused controversy by openly stating that a relative of one developer had provided substantial additional backing in order to have the project qualify for money from the Free the Games fund.[52] The project was removed by Ouya from the Free the Games fund, resulting in the developers removing the project from Kickstarter.[52]

On September 18, 2013, Ouya modified the exclusivity clause of the fund. Developers will still no longer be able to release their software on mobile devices, video game consoles, and set-top boxes during the 6-month exclusivity period, but they will be allowed to release on other personal computer systems, such as Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, during that time."

[_joshuaTurbo]

my local target is clearing these out for $50...now I may need to think about it.

After reading this I went looking at a local store-

At first glance I was kind of excited, but soon realized the $49.99 sticker was JUST for extra controllers...


The $99 price tag is for the consoles. I asked if this was going to go on clearance, but the unhelpful store clerk just said she hadn't heard if it was.



I'm still kind of interested, but ONLY for a bargain.

[bob]

ha. yeah, when mine had the sale, both the console was 50 and extra controller was 50.
josh sent me on a wild goose chase yesterday and they were back at 100.
looks like they got a new stock.

[Arkhan]

Ouya is a retarded joke.

[DragonmasterDan]

my local target is clearing these out for $50...now I may need to think about it.

After reading this I went looking at a local store-

At first glance I was kind of excited, but soon realized the $49.99 sticker was JUST for extra controllers...


The $99 price tag is for the consoles. I asked if this was going to go on clearance, but the unhelpful store clerk just said she hadn't heard if it was.



I'm still kind of interested, but ONLY for a bargain.

It's small, has a lot of emulators and makes a nice multi-media box. At 50.00 it's a steal.

I am kind of disappointed that we won't see a generation 2 with better hardware. While I know many more microconsoles will come out in the future the small form factor of Ouya, combined with the nice interface actually had me quite excited about the future for the brand.

I do know the Mad Catz MOJO and perhaps other devices will be using Ouya software in the future.