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"It’s hard to imagine Google and Apple not delivering a product with ten thousand percent more refinement, so it may be the case the Ouya won’t be long for this

"It’s hard to imagine Google and Apple not delivering a product with ten thousand percent more refinement, so it may be the case the Ouya won’t be long for this world." L O fucking L. Especially in Google's case, their MO is to always throw the half-baked product out onto market, call it "beta" for 5 years, and make it good eventually. That's not bad in itself, but the author has no idea what they're talking about. Apple will start with a small, lacking-functionality ("on purpose") product, have it be incredibly closed, and polish it up for the second release (if any). Judging by their history with Apple TV, I wouldn't count on a homerun here either. Did Forbes hire a 12-year-old fanboy to write this?

myko 13y ago
Wouldn't Android and Google TV/Nexus Q be Google's foray into this space? Seems about right on schedule for a homerun on their part. Apple TV doesn't need much to become a huge hit. Open up the SDK and the App Store, allow control of games with iPhone/iPad and with a good performance boost it certainly has potential.
- baggachipz 13y ago
  Google TV is still a steaming pile (I've owned one for a while now), and Apple TV has no industry support. It's just an expensive Roku with fewer channels/apps. As others have said, Google stands to gain nothing from this, especially when other manufacturers are already making an Android console. Apple could, but they have been rudderless since ol' Steve went.
  - mamp 13y ago
    They seemed a bit more game focussed at WWDC with Sprite Kit, Dynamics and game controller support.
  - sandis 13y ago
    How is Apple TV "just an expensive Roku"? $99 certainly is not a high price point. Not to mention that Apple TV actually costs $0.99 less than Roku 3.
  - jmduke 13y ago
    I replaced my AppleTV with a Roku around a month ago and I couldn't be more pleased. The overall app quality is inferior, but nothing beats being able to use Plex.
- rsynnott 13y ago
  > allow control of games with iPhone/iPad Or with that SDK for third-party controllers they added in iOS 7...
counterpointer 13y ago
>Did Forbes hire a 12-year-old fanboy to write this It's one of their blog contributors who are probably paid per story or per click who write any flamebait garbage as long as it gets clicks. From the author bio: >I'm EIC of a movie/tv/gaming site called Unreality in addition to my duties for Forbes. I'm new to this business, and I think I'm a part of the first generation of journalists to skip print media entirely. What do you expect?

myko 13y ago

Wouldn't Android and Google TV/Nexus Q be Google's foray into this space? Seems about right on schedule for a homerun on their part. Apple TV doesn't need much to become a huge hit. Open up the SDK and the App Store, allow control of games with iPhone/iPad and with a good performance boost it certainly has potential.

baggachipz 13y ago
Google TV is still a steaming pile (I've owned one for a while now), and Apple TV has no industry support. It's just an expensive Roku with fewer channels/apps. As others have said, Google stands to gain nothing from this, especially when other manufacturers are already making an Android console. Apple could, but they have been rudderless since ol' Steve went.
- mamp 13y ago
  They seemed a bit more game focussed at WWDC with Sprite Kit, Dynamics and game controller support.
- sandis 13y ago
  How is Apple TV "just an expensive Roku"? $99 certainly is not a high price point. Not to mention that Apple TV actually costs $0.99 less than Roku 3.
- jmduke 13y ago
  I replaced my AppleTV with a Roku around a month ago and I couldn't be more pleased. The overall app quality is inferior, but nothing beats being able to use Plex.
rsynnott 13y ago
> allow control of games with iPhone/iPad Or with that SDK for third-party controllers they added in iOS 7...

counterpointer 13y ago

>Did Forbes hire a 12-year-old fanboy to write this It's one of their blog contributors who are probably paid per story or per click who write any flamebait garbage as long as it gets clicks. From the author bio: >I'm EIC of a movie/tv/gaming site called Unreality in addition to my duties for Forbes. I'm new to this business, and I think I'm a part of the first generation of journalists to skip print media entirely. What do you expect?