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Awesome. I'm very excited about the OUYA, both as a user and seeing how well it does in the market. I think they have several things going for them - It should
by martythemaniak 14y ago
Awesome. I'm very excited about the OUYA, both as a user and seeing how well it does in the market. I think they have several things going for them
- It should be very easy to "port" games. Since you can already hook up controllers to Android and many phones come with D-pads, many games would probably already work as they are. Although touch is essential to many games (Angry Birds) many other games suffer by having touch controls (racing games, shooter games etc).
- It should be possible to use a tablet or phone to provide touch if you need it.
- It'll run Android apps - Netflix, YouTube, Al Jazeera etc. It'll make it easy to get a huge amount of content you want from the get-go.
- Write and distribute apps easily. If something's missing from your console, just go ahead and write it. Hopefully they follow Google's model here - low registration fee, no reviews.
- unlike traditional consoles, they should be able to follow a model closer to tablets and phones - yearly hardware upgrades, keep the price low, but still sell it at a profit.
- andybak 14y agoEven if I never buy an Ouya, I'm rooting for it. The fact that more Android games might start supporting D-Pad's and other traditional game controllers will benefit all Android gamers.
- jonny_eh 14y agoThe OUYA controller has a built-in touchpad for pseudo-touch support.
- bonch 14y ago> - Write and distribute apps easily. If something's missing from your console, just go ahead and write it. Hopefully they follow Google's model here - low registration fee, no reviews. This fantasy that customers will write all the software that's missing from a product and end up canceling out criticism of a lacking software library simply never comes true.
- nuclear_eclipse 14y ago> touch is essential to many games (Angry Birds) I think Roku would like to argue that point with you, considering that Angry Birds was their flagship launch title for their new devices with motion-sensitive controllers.