"I imagine the majority of purchasers will rarely purchase anything for it again, as its main desirable functions seem to be DLNA/XBMC streaming and Emulation."
You forgot indies. There are probably 40+ indie games I'm aware of that are being worked on for Ouya. Some of them participated in the Ouya Play Jam, even, and…
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Uh, no. That statement is not accurate.
Where my TV is the Wifi signal sucks, but Ouya doesn't have a problem with it at all
I got mine a while ago. Don't put much faith in DHL being accurate on the tracking status. Mine was wonky too, but it came on time.
Finally, someone else that gets it. Really, this information has been out there since the Kickstarter, but people still think that the Ouya is just about playing Play Store games. It's not. It never has been.
Play store? No. The Ouya is designed to play Ouya games; it is not just an oversized Android phone with a controller. This is a very common misconception.
Yes you can install emulators, but that may depend in part on whether an emulator has been optimized for use with Ouya (and thus can be had from the Ouya store),…
I really wanted to like it, but all the spit seconds of text flashing really ruined it for me.
I really wish they would have considered a Linux port as well. It looks great
Didn't buy an Xbox, didn't buy an Xbox 360.
Sim City? Really? Cool straw man argument, bro!
1) My HTPC is in my living room, connected to my TV. It holds nearly 5TB of movies and TV shows.
I built my HTPC for ~$600. The only part I recycled was an old 500GB HD I had laying around. It plays 1080p video and games no problem.
I guess that's why I can't play every Android game on Ouya, huh? I own the console. You don't. I kinda know what I'm talking about. Also, there's that FAQ that I linked you to from Ouya's site.
So far (and given, it's still incredibly early), I'm seeing good support for it amongst indies since . This is just a guess, but assuming that profit is made solely through game sales, I think they may have a decent model for it to happen. Again, just theorizing here, but, having the full catalog in front of you can…
The Ouya is not really an Android console. There is this huge misconception floating around - seemingly from everyone that didn't back it or is a critic of it - that the Ouya just plays games from the Play store. It doesn't. The Ouya plays games that are designed specifically for it.
I'm seeing a lot more indie projects mentioning Ouya than the Gamestick, the Ouya is a more powerful system (which is rather important considering people are already bitching about the Ouya being "outdated") and the touchpad on the controller leads to a number of new possibilities.
Yeah, so is your computer. The thing is, someone has to spend their time and money making sure every android game works for a system it wasn't designed for.
Tthey've always said that all games will have a "free element" to them in that either they will be free or they will have a free demo. They aren't lieing about anything; I've known about this since the beginning of their Kickstarter campaign.
The Verge's review is terrible because the only criticism I can agree with is the UI and that's a bit reaching since I didn't find it to be nearly as bad as the author did. The "there's no games to play" bit is BS, the "I got confused by the button assignement" bit is major BS, and the "omgz horrrrrible UI" bit is…