Dug up this thread because these guys from the Netherlands got their hands on a dev kit and show it around a bit. It's in Dutch though, and there's not much games shown or anything.
OUYA Hands-on
Some surprises in the hardware department (at least to me) were how small the actual console is and there's a little touch screen in every controller which can double as a mouse for browsing and stuff.
I'm not convinced, but who knows.
I just need to see more... evidence.
Other than that, color me interested as I'm poor as dirt! Cheap gaming? Count me in! I'll probably end up picking one up. Sometime later in life.
"One does not simply choose between Black and White magic."
Awesome picture courtesy of Lockharted. Thank you!
This was all pretty actively pushed with the Kickstarter info so it's not really anything new. I'm mostly happy that it appears to be exactly what was advertised, considering the iffy success rates on big-name Kickstarter projects. I'm still not sure I'll get one - not in the first revision, at least - but it remains a damn cool concept and I'm glad it appears to be going so well.Originally Posted by Pete for President
Ouya. Sounds alot like Booya!
Either way, it's a strange name.
Update: Ouya is Finally Out
If I should've made a new thread instead of reviving this one, feel free to close it.
So the Ouya is finally out, and people have been posting footage of it in action.
So, has anyone here gotten one yet? If not, what do you think of it based on videos and others' reports?
I think it's pretty neat so far (especially with it being really easy to make games for and modify) and I hope it's successful.
Pretty cool, it certainly has that shiny new toy feel to it.
FFIII looks pretty good, but it doesn't seem like the sound was updated quite enough for the living room experience.
Personally, I think it's gonna flop within a few months.
Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho'(though) the soldiers knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
I've heard pretty bad things about the controller, unfortunately--that it just doesn't feel very good.
It's wild how brazenly they're supporting emulation. They won't be handing out ROMs themselves, but their current stance seems to be "you can do whatever illegal trout you want to with our console," which will probably rack up some sales but also piss off other companies like Nintendo. Whether that really matters, though, I don't know.
I've heard bad things about the controllers as well. Still, for a mere $99 it's worth a shot IMO.
The whole point is for it to be an open platform so I can't imagine why (or even how frankly) they'd prevent people from emulating. As for what other companies think of it, it'll matter about as much as it does on the PC. Not one single bit.
I think if the worst thing you can say about a $99 console is that the controller doesn't really measure up when you've got Microsoft and Sony selling their controllers for around $60 then I don't think I'm all that surprised really. I'd be curious to see if anyone gets other controllers running on it actually. It might not even be that hard to hack in support for any old USB controller.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it'll take all of three minutes for someone to figure out a way to get a 360 controller running on it, at least.
Anyone know if there are other FF's or RPGs that are going to be released on it (other than the DS version of FF3)?
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