I like the Android OS, but mainly for the custom ROMs (not game ROMs, like firmware for your phone ROMs) people make from the Android base.
Ouya is going to have at least one killer ROM/firmware for it that’ll iron out any issues, allow for sideloading of Android games (including more than just a few with controller support), and play Ouya native stuff well.
When that happens, I’ll consider it. Holding off for now.
You can already side load apks cant you?
What phone is it and how’s the battery life/can I get a bigger battery for it? Serious question from a Droid 4 owner here.
Galaxy S4 and probably? My battery lasts all day but I don’t mess with my phone too much.
Why the hell would I plug my phone into my TV any time I want to play SMW?
I have no interest in this because I already have an HTPC, but the use of a dedicated machine connected to your TV is obvious.
Why did any of you buy an Android phone in the first place? You could have just got one of the free phones, but instead you spent some money on a machine that just does what your computer already does, but worse. Some people here probably had to buy a smart phone for work, but don’t lie, almost everybody bought it just for convenience. This is no different in the slightest.
Most Android phones are better. Hell even phones with the same specs run better since it doesn’t have worry about the launcher and poor programming. There is also that there isn’t any ventilation on the damn thing.
Until companies start developing local multiplayer games for phones, the “why would I buy that when I can use my phone” is completely moot. If you want to emulate old console games for single player use, yeah, you can do that with your phone. You can also do it with your fucking computer, your Wii, your PS2, your Dreamcast, and a plethora of other devices either easily or close to it, and probably more easily than you can with your goddamned PHONE. Also, your phone games usually suck compared to what you already play on PC/console, and are usually made to be played while out and about or passing time. Unless one of you geniuses wants to tell me that you’re trading in all your consoles tomorrow because you can get KOF13 and SF4 on your iPhone so “lol why should I XBox?”
I’ll get an Ouya within the next couple months, if for no other reason than to have BombSquad and an offline version of Hidden In Plain Sight (Chromebook doesn’t run it, XBLIG is only online), both of which are excellent multiplayer games. Probably Towerfall as well if I can justify the $15 price point with the knowledge that I’ll get enough playtime out of it. Hoping a lot of the XBLIG stuff ends up getting ported to Ouya so it lives on after the 360 goes offline.
$99 for a shitty controller that makes n64 madcatz controllers look awesome
A system is prone to over heating
Games that are getting ported to other devices and glorified tech demos
Horrible emulators
No google play support
No way to reinstall the os on a supposed open system
That has encrypted hdmi out put
No real way to root the system
I should mention the ports had only a day or two at most was spent on them
Ridiculous install sizes which are size of game times 2 + 600 mb
There is so much more I can add to this list.
There is cheap android sticks that do what the ouya does. And they’ve been out for way longer. Ouya isn’t new it’s a product from Dilbert’s company.
Redtube
Their twitter account tweeted out redtube.
I looked up how much money they got in the kickstarter the other day
If there wasn’t a million and one options already that do everything this device can do and more, maybe I’d be interested.
At this point you could use your PC/phone to do the same thing, or buy a Wii/Xbox and mod them to do the same as well. $100 for some random exclusive indie titles? Haha, no thanks.
I think so, though it’s apparently something the Ouya doesn’t like. DISCLAIMER: I don’t have one.
This is easily the most ignorant post in this thread. Nothing you’ve said is accurate. Bringing up those other consoles when speaking of emulation is idiotic. Running an emu on a phone is the same as running an emu on the Ouya because they use the same OS. To compare that emulation to other devices which take several orders of magnitude more effort makes absolutely no sense. The “easiest” of those is the Dreamcast which only requires the burning of CDs. As for the rest of the consoles don’t even reply to this post without telling everyone why you saw fit to compare emulation on devices which require soldering components onto the hardware… seriously? Also your “trade in” scenario makes no sense.The Ouya offers nothing that the high end phones released this year don’t. As I said PS3 controllers work just fine on them, and an HDMI out to the TV turns the phone into the equivalent of an Ouya with the added benefit of having an HDMI kit to use on your phone making it a portable media player which hooks up to televisions.
I have an Ouya and I love it. I have no qualms with the controller. I think it feels fine. I’m not really following the whole conversation about other Android devices but for the record, I own two others: a Nexus 7 and a Galaxy S III.
I made a 27 minute video demoing the current state of my Ouya:
I’m just not interested in it. I don’t even play games on my smartphone. Having all the current major consoles and handhelds is already more than enough gaming for me.
If it can emulate stuff… that is pretty cool i guess (assuming that it works properly).
If not it’s a waste of space and money. Who the hell plays angry birds on your TV?
i GUESS there is some appeal to kids , but not to core gamers.
Also… My iphone 5 covers my handheld-gaming-needs. Currently playing through the ace attorney trilogy in HD.
has anyone ported COD to it yet
I regularly use two Android-based tablets w/ my family’s (720P) HD TV …
· one at 800 x 600
· the other at 1280 x 800
The first one has a slight “soft focus” look to stuff being pumped (out) from the HDMI connection (probably due to the display being zoomed in a bit to fit the screen vertically) and there’re black borders on the sides. The second tablet, though, has a nice, sharp “pixel-perfect” display (on the HD TV) when connected via HDMI cable. HD movies look really good when coming from the 2nd tablet 
; it’s the same way w/ Android-based games, too. There’s probably black borders in the display (using the 2nd tablet), but they’re very thin.
Also, FYI: the Ouya is capable of (up to) 1920 x 1080 (HD) resolution through its HDMI connection.
Yes, you can. Unofficially, though.
Point of interest, it takes roughly five minutes and a 2GB SD card to softmod a Wii. Or an HDD, a memory card and a network adapter to “mod” a PS2. I haven’t soldered a thing and both of mine are softmodded.
I’ll concede that the system is underpowered compared to high end phones, and I’ll admit that I don’t know how many iOS/Android console emulators allow for local multiplayer (I know some do, and I know some don’t, and I’m led to believe it’s more often than not single-player only). That said, the very first point I made still stands on local multiplayer gaming. Easier, cheaper, and many more options for now and I imagine forever on the Ouya.
I’m pretty sure every system except maybe some portables have multiplayer support though with the advent of the Ouya those issues probably wont be around much longer as that type of compatibility will probably be made available for phone versions (which are nigh identical to the Ouya versions anyway).
The only advantage I can ever see the Ouya maybe having is exclusive indie games, but with all of the games available past, present, and future that’s simply not a selling point for me. Other than that I just don’t see the advantage of getting one. If you don’t have or don’t want a high end smartphone or tablet then an Ouya makes a lot of sense, but for everyone else I honestly see 0 benefit. I haven’t held an Ouya controller, but from every source I’ve read, and just from being used to them myself, I have to believe that the PS3 one is better. They’re also $10 cheaper. The setup for using a PS3 controller is identical to what it is on a smartphone. I’ll generously estimate that the startup time for gaming on an Ouya is 30 seconds faster. I just can’t see any benefit to owning one. There’s also the issue of an Ouya 2. Chances are if you stay with the same manufacturer that HDMI cable will be compatible between devices (and Micro USB - HDMI is a pretty standard connection) that’s another $100 you don’t have to spend on an Ouya 2 because you’ll get the extra power when upgrading devices. Even if you have to buy a new HDMI cable that’s only 10-$20.
Meh I kind of disagree and want to focus on the last part in bold. ‘For You’.
It’s absolutely no different than someone on a PC trying to run ramshod over someone with a 360 or a PS3. If running CoD on a PC is great for you - that’s great, but that doesn’t give it some mystical advantage over the person running it on 360/PS3. And continuing the console vs PC thought process - consoles usually get shitted on by computers, its arguable that if you want the best performance that you should flock to the PC (except for console to PC ports like crysis 2 I think it was), yet it’s pretty obvious the majority of America at least does there gaming on a console.
So YES there are and will be phones/tablets that out power this and that can do the same thing the Ouya is capable of, but to ALOT of people - there is satisfaction in a stand-alone unit (like I mentioned earlier - its a roku for games essentially) that you don’t have to fidget with and setup every time, notifications won’t pop up, (as an Apple guy) no need to jailbreak to access Emus, etc.