will OUYA succeed?

The console, which is basically a very powerful Android smartphone without a screen that?s connected to your TV, is set to launch for as little as $99! The project itself got almost all of it?s funding from it?s Kickstarter Campaign which launched about 2 weeks ago with the target of making $950.000 and has already made an amazing $4.9 million! In actual fact, they achieved their goal in the first 24 hours!

Now, some people are hailing this device as the next big thing to hit the gaming industry but others aren?t so optimistic. When you look at the specs of the device (which I will list in full below), it doesn?t really seem any more powerful than a HTC One X or Samsung Galaxy SIII. As I said before, it is android based so it will gain most of it?s early gaming titles from Google Play but may create it?s own marketplace over time.

My worry is that, with the breakneck speed at with phone processors are evolving today, it will not be very long at all before this device becomes pretty obsolete but as always, only time can really tell. The device is set to launch next year, it?s open source and it?s completely hackable (or so we?ve been told). Here is a link to the consoles Kickstarter page and specs are below.

* Tegra3 quad-core processor
* 1GB RAM
* 8GB of internal flash storage
* HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD
* WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
* Bluetooth LE 4.0
* USB 2.0 (one)
* Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad

No. It's going to be a Minecraft and retro machine. Java is not suitable for developing the type of games you'd see on a contemporary console.

It won't be commercially succesful in the "mainstream" market,compared to the "Big three",I would say,but I can also see some nice hobbyst groups forming around it,if it's truly as hackable and open as announced...

Will OUYA succeed ? yes.

Will it succeed to compete and be a threat to the big boys? no.

Well I just noticed that it supports Unity, which I have a game semi made using that engine. Port incoming :P

I never wanted a system to fail, and that wont change with Ouya.. I do hope it succeeds in getting attention since I honestly believe there are many gamers who might be interested in the system..

Depends on the games.

When I think about it though, I honestly don't see the point of it. What does it provide that a PC doesn't? There are ways for indie developers to get their games out there using webplayers, online stores like Steam, personal websites for distribution, etc. What does OUYA actually bring to the table?

When I think about it though, I honestly don't see the point of it. What does it provide that a PC doesn't? There are ways for indie developers to get their games out there using webplayers, online stores like Steam, personal websites for distribution, etc. What does OUYA actually bring to the table?

trugs26

No!It will fail miserably.

No. It's going to be a Minecraft and retro machine. Java is not suitable for developing the type of games you'd see on a contemporary console.

ActionRemix

It's not using Java...

No, Ouya's communistic system of free content and easy hackability won't work. Developers can't and won't work for free and gamers will always try to get what they want for free, even if it means illegally stealing developers' work (i.e. the PC gaming community and the massive piracy that's killing the industry). It might seem to work at first, but eventually the entire system will collapse... Just like every other time the ideals of Communism have entered man's heart.

Lol. Phone hardware (crap). Android OS (crap). CEO is a random house wife (crap). None of those relate to gaming. Nothing to see here.

eh it only got popular for a week cause of it's insane $1 million funding that was litterally made overnight.

it is going to be hacker and mod friendly...that alone will make it a success

a threat to the big three? not at all whatsoever

but profitable, yes

no developers will develop for this even devs who make 99 cent games, why would you support a console that can be easily hacked? You know people are going to pirate your games and with the word "hackable" being used as the main driving point with the system its basically telling people its okay to do it. Its cool for us consumers but no one is thinking about the developers.

CEO is a random house wife (crap).Mr_BillGates

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No. It's going to be a Minecraft and retro machine. Java is not suitable for developing the type of games you'd see on a contemporary console.

HyperWarlock

It's not using Java...

no because some of the first things released will be emulators and I expect we'll see lawsuits from sony and nintendo.

no because some of the first things released will be emulators and I expect we'll see lawsuits from sony and nintendo.

WilliamRLBaker

Nintendo and Sony won't be able to sue the Ouya folk because a third party entity made emulators for the device. If that was the case, Sega, Atari, Sony, and Nintendo would be rolling around in massive stacks of HP, Microsoft, Dell, and Gateway money from people making emulators and trading roms on those devices.

i dunno probably kinda of maybe

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no because some of the first things released will be emulators and I expect we'll see lawsuits from sony and nintendo.

Senor_Kami

Nintendo and Sony won't be able to sue the Ouya folk because a third party entity made emulators for the device. If that was the case, Sega, Atari, Sony, and Nintendo would be rolling around in massive stacks of HP, Microsoft, Dell, and Gateway money from people making emulators and trading roms on those devices.

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no because some of the first things released will be emulators and I expect we'll see lawsuits from sony and nintendo.

Nonstop-Madness

Nintendo and Sony won't be able to sue the Ouya folk because a third party entity made emulators for the device. If that was the case, Sega, Atari, Sony, and Nintendo would be rolling around in massive stacks of HP, Microsoft, Dell, and Gateway money from people making emulators and trading roms on those devices.

But they won't, that's just stupid.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]The problem isn't the emulator. The real issue is if they officially supply the ROM's because they are illegally suppling games. Masenkoe

But they won't, that's just stupid.

Yeah, this guy kinda nailed it. I think it's against the rules to call people stupid, so I'll say that you are an absolute, complete, and utter genius if you think the company behind Ouya is going to officially distribute illegal roms of retro games.

I think it will be okay but I see it being another Onlive.

Maybe. Personnally I'm not sure what to think of it.

Well I just noticed that it supports Unity, which I have a game semi made using that engine. Port incoming :P

trugs26

[QUOTE="Masenkoe"][QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]The problem isn't the emulator. The real issue is if they officially supply the ROM's because they are illegally suppling games. Senor_Kami

But they won't, that's just stupid.

Yeah, this guy kinda nailed it. I think it's against the rules to call people stupid, so I'll say that you are an absolute, complete, and utter genius if you think the company behind Ouya is going to officially distribute illegal roms of retro games.

I didn't say he was stupid I'm just sayin no company would ever do that. You're right.

i think it will. it is designed for adrioid games and games like minecraft ect like xbox live arcade games. arcade style games are becoming the new thing. short and week and cheap.

on top of that when u buy the system it comes with like 10 free high class games like mincraft

Depends on what you meen by succed if you mean push 50 million units, no way. Perhaps it can do ok and sell about a million. but i see to many problems. And in the end of the day its nothing more than a tablet in a box.

It will have its own market but it wont be threat for the big three.

If it suceeds, it will have found one hell of a niche market

I'm confident it will work! I am excited about it and we ordered a console and a dev-kit allready.

And come on guys.

This will be (hopefully) a dreambox for indie-gamers and developers as well :)

And at least we have a good and cheap gaming toy here that we can put in our collection.

I do not think so; at least, if hisory repeats itself.

Ouya's model was tried before - the First generation of video game consoles. Atari did not have any control over the games that were not first party. All you needed was a computer that could write the code, and you could make your own games. This ended up being a huge issue because inevitably there were 100s of incredibly crap-tastic games that came out for the first generation systems in the early 80s. It ended up causing Atari's downfall, and was a main contributor to the great video game crash of 1983.

Nintendo saved the industry with the NES - not just by creating new and innovative titles, but also by forcing all game developers to pass Nintendo's QA.

With Ouya, the Atari (and ColecoVision, Odyssey, and Intellivision for that matter) business model is being applied: open source game development. History has proven that is not a good thing.

I do not think so; at least, if hisory repeats itself.

Ouya's model was tried before - the First generation of video game consoles. Atari did not have any control over the games that were not first party. All you needed was a computer that could write the code, and you could make your own games. This ended up being a huge issue because inevitably there were 100s of incredibly crap-tastic games that came out for the first generation systems in the early 80s. It ended up causing Atari's downfall, and was a main contributor to the great video game crash of 1983.

Nintendo saved the industry with the NES - not just by creating new and innovative titles, but also by forcing all game developers to pass Nintendo's QA.

With Ouya, the Atari (and ColecoVision, Odyssey, and Intellivision for that matter) business model is being applied: open source game development. History has proven that is not a good thing.

StormyJoe

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I do not think so; at least, if hisory repeats itself.

Ouya's model was tried before - the First generation of video game consoles. Atari did not have any control over the games that were not first party. All you needed was a computer that could write the code, and you could make your own games. This ended up being a huge issue because inevitably there were 100s of incredibly crap-tastic games that came out for the first generation systems in the early 80s. It ended up causing Atari's downfall, and was a main contributor to the great video game crash of 1983.

Nintendo saved the industry with the NES - not just by creating new and innovative titles, but also by forcing all game developers to pass Nintendo's QA.

With Ouya, the Atari (and ColecoVision, Odyssey, and Intellivision for that matter) business model is being applied: open source game development. History has proven that is not a good thing.

tomarlyn

Yes, they were. For evey Yars Revenge or River Raid, you had and E.T., FireFly, and Indiana Jones. There were game magazines back then, and people did read them, but that didn't help the average parent who saw nice box art and thought "I think my kid may like this game". Some of them were cheap - I seem to remember using one weeks of my allowence to buy a Frogger clone.

Still, the point is, with out a governing body to QA (and reject) titles, there's probably going to be some trouble. I suppose they could find a way to aviod that, but I haven't seen anything in that regards.

Maybe someone will buy it. Personally I have no interest in paying $100 to play the same games I can play on my phone on my TV.

I do not think so; at least, if hisory repeats itself.

Ouya's model was tried before - the First generation of video game consoles. Atari did not have any control over the games that were not first party. All you needed was a computer that could write the code, and you could make your own games. This ended up being a huge issue because inevitably there were 100s of incredibly crap-tastic games that came out for the first generation systems in the early 80s. It ended up causing Atari's downfall, and was a main contributor to the great video game crash of 1983.

Nintendo saved the industry with the NES - not just by creating new and innovative titles, but also by forcing all game developers to pass Nintendo's QA.

With Ouya, the Atari (and ColecoVision, Odyssey, and Intellivision for that matter) business model is being applied: open source game development. History has proven that is not a good thing.

StormyJoe