Comments on: OUYA CEO Says Console Will Follow Mobile Update Model, New Hardware Every Year

By: J Dub

J Dub — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:27:00 +0000

Leave the board layout exactly the same. Sell it as a whole unit or as a board upgradable by the user. Have the bluetooth and wifi chips separate. Those can also be updated as wantedneeded.

By: John

John — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:55:00 +0000

That’s lame. My PS3 is lasting more than 5 years now.

By: penisilin REX

penisilin REX — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:44:00 +0000

if u gota penis as big as mine thats all you would play with

By: Greg Filardo

Greg Filardo — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:05:00 +0000

I can’t believe you just had to explain that to someone on a tech website…

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:17:00 +0000

now we’ll be like iphoney users, wait for next years model because this years isnt that good. grumble.

By: shecalledmejay

shecalledmejay — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:38:00 +0000

I say great because I soon want to be able to play my psx emulator or ds emulator as fast as the gba emulator is

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:29:00 +0000

I’m sure I will, and I will be able to play the same games on my $100 device as people who have more expensive tablets (I own 2 tablets as well, but the more powerful, a nexus 7, doesn’t have hdmi out)

Granted, I have other plans for it than just a gaming console as it has XBMC on it, and i have about 20TB of media that I currently use on an HTPC running XBMC. I did however “back it” because I believe in their cause to remove the barrier of entry caused by licensing fees for game developers in the console market.

By: Symbiotx

Symbiotx — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:26:00 +0000

So far, it has been mostly casual games with low specs. With their venture into a console environment, things are going to get more intensive. Good things are happening like with the unreal engine, but as things progress, I can see fragmentation happening. It’s a legitimate concern.

By: mustbepbs

mustbepbs — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:20:00 +0000

I hope you enjoy your Ouya.

By: xXAaronSXx

xXAaronSXx — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:17:00 +0000

The thing that frightens me a little bit about this is I hope I’m never waiting for my Ouya 1 to upgrade to the OS that the Ouya 2 has been running for, say, 6 months. I hope they follow the (here it comes) iPhone model, where the new one comes out and all (most) of the previous versions are upgraded to the OS version that the new one is on.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:09:00 +0000

Ok, so then let’s release a $600 Android gaming console and hear you complain that, though, yes it performs like a mainstream console, who would want to pay that much for it?

It’s $100 for the console and 1 controller. It’s not meant to compete with the performance of mainstream consoles.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:06:00 +0000

yes, I might have to buy new hardware every couple of years, but at the fraction of the cost of a mainstream console. I still don’t see the downside to this.

Its not like OUYA costs $400-600 and I will have to update it once a year in order to get new games.

And we are talking about me. I’m the target audience for this console: A light gaming console with some media streaming functionality (hopefully, at least I’ll get XBMC). Why pay $400 for a bigger console when I can get the same functionality (performance I can live with) for a lesser price. I own a PS3, I haven’t bought a game in over a year. However, I might buy a $6-10 game to mess with on the OUYA.

By: rockstar323

rockstar323 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:04:00 +0000

Well that’s one way to shoot yourself in the foot. Yearly upgrades will not work for game consoles. If all the games are going to be backwards compatible, why upgrade? If I’m waiting 6 months to see if this console will flop or not, why not wait a bit longer and get better hardware? The gaming industry is even more cut throat than the mobile industry, you need to excel at everything if you hope to be anything more than other poorly executed good idea. I think they made a huge mistake by saying they are releasing a new console every year and think it will come back to bite them in the ass. Hell even phone manufactures, where we know there will be something better in 6-12 mos., don’t come straight out and say “next years phone will be better”.

By: mustbepbs

mustbepbs — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:03:00 +0000

The only reason you would purchase a new TV is because you want a bigger one. Totally different than gaming hardware.

I’m sure there’s going to be plenty of games each year that push the envelope with the hardware that’s released. Tegra 3 is old news before this thing is even released. Tegra 4 will be the big thing this year, along with “console quality” games that will require something more than a Tegra 3.

My point is, for something that’s aiming at the Android gaming scene, it needs the best of the best, and Tegra 3 isn’t it. I’m sure once Ouya 2 is released, it’ll be behind the curve again. It’s just a mess that only smartphones and tablets with their short shelf life can tackle. Dedicated Android gaming hardware is not going to fly.

By: sirmeili

sirmeili — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:03:00 +0000

I think you find that because people don’t need that “deep” of a game for a phone or tablet, hence you don’t have it. Move it to your TV and you might very well want it, and you’ll be able to get it (developers will have to see a market for it). I also feel as though you could get it for a lower cost due to not having the licensing fees associated with the mainstream console model.