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>This changes gaming Does it really? I think the failure of greatly hyped consoles like the Ooya have demonstrated that there isn't actually much of a market
by dublinben 11y ago
>This changes gaming
Does it really? I think the failure of greatly hyped consoles like the Ooya have demonstrated that there isn't actually much of a market for this. Hardcore gamers already have fully-powered systems. Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV.
- oalders 11y agoIf you have small children that are constantly playing with your phone, being able to direct them at this other device could be a big win. I'm looking forward to getting my phone back.
- quicklyfrozen 11y agoThat other device is called an iPad :-). Easier to use in the car too.
- kin 11y agoIn my opinion Ouya was built for casual gamers but marketed towards hardcore gamers. Do you know any casual gamers that backed it? Even if you did, the execution of the hardware and production was poor. They had more than just market problems. So I really don't think Ouya is a good example of the idea that casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV. Apple TV brings a different form factor to a marketplace that is already successful, just like the iPad did to the iPhone.
- jsz0 11y ago> Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV. Is that really true though? Seems like an under serviced market to me.
- zelos 11y agoOuya and PS Vita TV were hardly huge succeses.
- rsynnott 11y agoOuya was barely marketed, and had little software ready to go (and required the use of its own obscure app store with weird restrictions on devs). There are a lot of console and console-esque games already on iOS devices, many already with controller support, which could be ported over more or less on day one.
- zyxley 11y ago> Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV. Wii Sports says otherwise.