Ouya console review: "Pass on it"
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#2I actually think that as an inexpensive XBMC TV device + emulator gaming Ouya is an outstanding offering for its price.
But if someone expected current gen console compatition here - it means that the product was misunderstood.
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#3I actually think that as an inexpensive XBMC TV device + emulator gaming Ouya is an outstanding offering for its price. But if someone expected current gen console compatition here - it means that the product was misunderstood.
Yes, I've been thinking about getting one specifically for that purpose: a cheap way to play NES/SNES/GBA/etc. games on my TV (I'd imagine that a Ouya filled with such games would be a great present to a niece/nephew whose family can't afford to pay for modern consoles + games).
The Ouya also has Towerfall, which is apparently a fantastic game.
Comparing it to PS3/Xbox/Wii U is missing the point.
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#4I actually think that as an inexpensive XBMC TV device + emulator gaming Ouya is an outstanding offering for its price. But if someone expected current gen console compatition here - it means that the product was misunderstood.
Mine still crashes XBMC, but once that's fixed I'll be happy with it.
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#5Can't help but feel Ouya's sitting in a niche that someone's going to snap up in 6 months or so like the iPad did to the ill-fated crunchPad/JooJoo. Be it the steam box or someone else.
Perfectly good market, fantastic vision, just not quite polished enough and with not enough money behind it to get over the technical hurdles & polish to win over the consumers (obviously excluding the drama with the crunchpad at the end, which didn't help).
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#6I actually think that as an inexpensive XBMC TV device + emulator gaming Ouya is an outstanding offering for its price. But if someone expected current gen console compatition here - it means that the product was misunderstood.
Yes, I've been thinking about getting one specifically for that purpose: a cheap way to play NES/SNES/GBA/etc. games on my TV (I'd imagine that a Ouya filled with such games would be a great present to a niece/nephew whose family can't afford to pay for modern consoles + games). The Ouya also has Towerfall, which is apparently a fantastic game. Comparing it to PS3/Xbox/Wii U is missing the point.
NES/SNES/GBA? Since you mentioned costs of original games, where will you get legal ROMs for those consoles?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I've been thinking about getting one specifically for that purpose: a cheap way to play NES/SNES/GBA/etc. games on my TV (I'd imagine that a Ouya filled with such games would be a great present to a niece/nephew whose family can't afford to pay for modern consoles + games). The Ouya also has Towerfall, which is apparently a fantastic game. Comparing it to PS3/Xbox/Wii U is missing the point.
NES/SNES/GBA? Since you mentioned costs of original games, where will you get legal ROMs for those consoles?
Who said anything about legal?
Anyway, he could perhaps rip ROMs himself if he really wanted to bother.
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#8It does seem like they're interested actively enhancing their library: http://www.ouya.tv/freethegamesfund/
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I've been thinking about getting one specifically for that purpose: a cheap way to play NES/SNES/GBA/etc. games on my TV (I'd imagine that a Ouya filled with such games would be a great present to a niece/nephew whose family can't afford to pay for modern consoles + games). The Ouya also has Towerfall, which is apparently a fantastic game. Comparing it to PS3/Xbox/Wii U is missing the point.
NES/SNES/GBA? Since you mentioned costs of original games, where will you get legal ROMs for those consoles?
where will you get legal ROMs for those consoles?
You don't. You put on your eyepatch, grab your cutlass, and raise the Jolly Roger.
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#10Can't help but feel Ouya's sitting in a niche that someone's going to snap up in 6 months or so like the iPad did to the ill-fated crunchPad/JooJoo. Be it the steam box or someone else. Perfectly good market, fantastic vision, just not quite polished enough and with not enough money behind it to get over the technical hurdles & polish to win over the consumers (obviously excluding the drama with the crunchpad at the…
I feel that the problem is the price, none of the major console manufacturers have tried (or at least succeeded) in building a console for that sort of money. There's probably a reason for that.