Ouya : A New Kind of Video Game Console

Open platform based on Android. (video -http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console)

Do you think it's a smart / dumb idea coming this late competing with the big 3?

Edit: Kotaku picked up on it, and they seem to have generated some interest as they reached and exceeded their minimum pledge target in less than a day.

I think if it needs a Kickstarter, it has no chance.

Well I think that a 2013 release date is the perfect time to release a new console right around the time the next gen systems come around so people will want to be buying systems anyway, I hope it is released I think it looks pretty cool and I may consider buying one if the games for it are good

No wonder it needs a Kickstarter, This is like the Indie Console. A Console built for Independent games.

what's funny is that all of that can be found in the PC.

I'm posting this Comment on this thread, and watching that Video on Kickstarter, ON MY TV.

No wonder it needs a Kickstarter, This is like the Indie Console. A Console built for Independent games.

what's funny is that all of that can be found in the PC.

I'm posting this Comment on this thread, and watching that Video on Kickstarter, ON MY TV.

LegatoSkyheart

It won't do very well. The whole kickstarter thing is like alarm bells. Also no one will chance a console they have no history with especially in these money times

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

No wonder it needs a Kickstarter, This is like the Indie Console. A Console built for Independent games.

what's funny is that all of that can be found in the PC.

I'm posting this Comment on this thread, and watching that Video on Kickstarter, ON MY TV.

the9thinning

You don't have to upgrade your PC, games won't start to get worse if you don't, you just won't be able to play the next genration of games. Just like how my ps2 can't play ps3 games.

"This project will only be funded if at least $950,000 is pledged by Thursday Aug 9, 1:00am EDT."

The hell?

sounds intresting may keep my eye on this

in a world where devices like raspberry pi exist for homebrew type stuff, i dont really see how this will capture the console market or the homebrew market really.Most of the times developers are going to go through the channels that already exist, to me this idea seems too far fetched.

"This project will only be funded if at least $950,000 is pledged by Thursday Aug 9, 1:00am EDT."

The hell?

Chutebox

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

"This project will only be funded if at least $950,000 is pledged by Thursday Aug 9, 1:00am EDT."

The hell?

kris9031998

They seem to have already met & exceeded their pledge target!

When I started this thread they were at around $100,000. Now they are > $1 million (in less than a day!)

I think if it needs a Kickstarter, it has no chance.

Wasdie

This uses Android, which means: no games, minor attraction of developers, will be forgotten in a few months just like all Android devices.

Sounds like it's gonna be filled with gimmicks once again. How many times did they say 'living room' and 'TV'? Many. I do not like the sound of this, so no thanks.

I'll stick with PC and PlayStation.

No chance eh? over 1.5m already in LESS THEN A DAY

This uses Android, which means: no games, minor attraction of developers, will be forgotten in a few months just like all Android devices.

Mr_BillGates

This uses Android, which means: no games, minor attraction of developers, will be forgotten in a few months just like all Android devices.

Mr_BillGates

No it means, Less Development Costs, More Indie Developers.

More games like The Binding of Issac, World of Goo, Bit. Trip. Runner., Cave Story, ect to a console like Ouya.

Speaking of Consoles.

We now have, Ouya, Onlive, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3.

So you get to pay $100 to buy a console which plays all of the indie games already easily playable on even a garbage PC? :|Ninja-Hippo

[QUOTE="Mr_BillGates"]

This uses Android, which means: no games, minor attraction of developers, will be forgotten in a few months just like all Android devices.

santoron

My PC can do the same function, and i dont have to spend a hundred bucks on a console rather than the indie games themselves. Oh and i have plenty of USB controllers. Led_poison

you keep saying PC, that's exactly the point. this is not for PC this is for TV.

I wanna be able to sit back on my couch and play all those beautiful indy games, with a sick controller, and have a 10000 game library worth of emulator games.

you keep saying PC, that's exactly the point. this is not for PC this is for TV.

I wanna be able to sit back on my couch and play all those beautiful indy games, with a sick controller, and have a 10000 game library worth of emulator games.

vanadiel242424

[QUOTE="vanadiel242424"]

you keep saying PC, that's exactly the point. this is not for PC this is for TV.

I wanna be able to sit back on my couch and play all those beautiful indy games, with a sick controller, and have a 10000 game library worth of emulator games.

toast_burner

except Ouya is $100.

This is like Onlive, only it has all of those indie games on....oh....dear lord....

This is Android Based, Onlive has an Android App.....

What if Ouya and Onlive combine together?

Oh snap.

where did you hear that it's only going to cost $100?

Well, this is definitely (probably) going to be a thing. As long as it works, I'm down.

where did you hear that it's only going to cost $100?

toast_burner

everywhere?, it's price point is already set in stone.

where did you hear that it's only going to cost $100?

toast_burner

well at the moment it's $100.

I think it's in the video too.

I was saying a google console would come out since last year. But no one even responded to my posts!:lol: That's life on system wars.

This is just the beginning. It's a prototype console trust me. If google was serious they'd put the big 3 out of business just like apple.

Sure, I'll bite. If it's easier to develop for AND is at leats 2x more powerfull than current gen systems (So a dual Core, and 1GB RAM and a gimped 5750) I'd buy it. The lower dev costs might lead to cheaper games and less DLC (HAH! keep dreaming!).

And I since I mostly play on PC (and sometimes my PSP) I have absolutley nothiong to lose other than maybe $200-$300. If it fails I won't cringe (much).

Aren't Android apps Java only? That means indie games only, folks. And not many, either.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

No wonder it needs a Kickstarter, This is like the Indie Console. A Console built for Independent games.

what's funny is that all of that can be found in the PC.

I'm posting this Comment on this thread, and watching that Video on Kickstarter, ON MY TV.

the9thinning

hmmm seems to me something made specifically to play emulated games...thus it will be sued into hell and back by the major developers.

hmmm seems to me something made specifically to play emulated games...thus it will be sued into hell and back by the major developers.

WilliamRLBaker

oh for Pete's sake, This thing was developed to play Flash Games and Java Games that can be found on Android Devices.

It's just an Open Console like the PC.

hmmm seems to me something made specifically to play emulated games...thus it will be sued into hell and back by the major developers.

WilliamRLBaker

hmmm seems to me something made specifically to play emulated games...thus it will be sued into hell and back by the major developers.

WilliamRLBaker

herpa derpa-licious.:roll:

It's made to bridge the gap between the explosion of development on mobile platforms and the traditional console. If all you could think of is emulated games, you've massively failed.

I think if it needs a Kickstarter, it has no chance.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I think if it needs a Kickstarter, it has no chance.

NoodleFighter

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I think if it needs a Kickstarter, it has no chance.

NoodleFighter

Already doubled its goal in 24 hours, with over four weeks to go. And they've to expand the number of early release consoles 3 times...

Lemme guess, you're a games industry analyst, right? :lol:

Give me one with modern console hardware and ill be all over this.

Yessss, the gamecube is back...

Give me one with modern console hardware and ill be all over this.

Blake135

[QUOTE="Mr_BillGates"]

This uses Android, which means: no games, minor attraction of developers, will be forgotten in a few months just like all Android devices.

LegatoSkyheart

No it means, Less Development Costs, More Indie Developers.

More games like The Binding of Issac, World of Goo, Bit. Trip. Runner., Cave Story, ect to a console like Ouya.

Speaking of Consoles.

We now have, Ouya, Onlive, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3.