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I think piracy concerns ended up causing Ouya to close their system some, making it less hacker friendly.
Can'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.
I fully expect an Ouya/Google/Apple/GameBerryPi/etc to really find a fun loving, large market at a $100 price tag.
I 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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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.
I 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.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The reason the major players haven't made a cheap console is because they (Nintendo excepted) are pushing the boundaries of what "cheap enough" hardware can do. That's necessary for the type of games they want to sell -- but it's not necessary for all games. I fully expect an Ouya/Google/Apple/GameBerryPi/etc to really find a fun loving, large market at a $100 price tag.
Earlier 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?
Even ripping your own, legality is still probably a bit of a grey area.
This review states the Ouya is "hacker friendly" and I think thats far from the truth. It comes with a locked bootloader and, as far as I've been able to research, no one has been able to put any other version of Linux on it. I think piracy concerns ended up causing Ouya to close their system some, making it less hacker friendly.