| dharh said:
I'm going to blatantly rip off someone elses post I saw elsewhere (bolded parts are me): "A lot of fud blogs are getting it wrong, sometimes intentionally I think. There is no way it's a "scam" They have one of the highest profile design firms behind it, a Paypal exec an angle investor, inexile owner (wasteland 2) an investor, the CEO a 7 figure a year exec..the amount of money raised doesn't equal these peoples yearly combined salary. Not to mention NONE of them would ever work in any senior level position EVER again. This is very easily going to cost them less than $100 You can grind out controllers for $5 a pop. (heres one for $3 [1] http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/543814771/2012_new_hot_good_usb_game.html) The processor is $25 ([2] http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidia-Tegra-3-Costs-Between-15-25-11-3-to-18-9-Says-Company-236695.shtml) RAM is $1 (link to 4gig ddr2 if you buy 5000:[3] http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/465823438/39M5791_ddr2_4_GB_tested_pc2700.html?s=p) What's the board, bluetooth,wifi, and ports? $10 max. (heres a link to an entire kinect knock off :[4] http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/563927145/Hot_iMove_video_game_console_TV.html for $25) The above are a bit iffy, if for nothing else than that its suspect if the kinect clone or the controllers are of any substantial quality compared to the real counterparts, but otherwise this is pretty spot on. It's safe to say this console might be costing them $60 - $70 shipped. Regardless of how successful it is, this is what you can expect in the way of games. 1.Emulators: Emulators are definitely going to support this. You can count on launch support. Whether OUYA allows them or not is another matter entirely. IOS doesn't and Android sometimes takes them down. But being the console is hackable, they'll definitely be there. This lends to the idea that piracy will be a major driving force for OUYA, but this can also be a major boon for OUYA as well, see furthers paragraph below for the reason why. 2.Android ports: All an android port would require is controller support. Even though OUYA may have a small user base it will still be attractive to those who would like more traction on their games. For big names like Angry Birds it's a no brainer they can afford the cost if for no other reason than presence. 3.3rd party markets: Both Steam & Onlive are on android. Both support controllers so it's pretty likely that both of these guys will port just for the presence. Gabe especially considering how he's come out against current console manufacturers. Unfortunately the android steam thing is just a way to browes your steam account and potential buy stuff, but not much more than that. Could be that in the future Steam attempts to make a real steam counterpart on android like their PC steam client, but for now its not a real game store _for_ android gaming. 4.OUYA specific launch titles: Double Fine has said they are on board. Wasteland 2, Inexile owner is an investor. Wasteland 2 is being built on unity 3 which makes a port a matter of using the proper plugin to compile. I know a bunch of smaller guys are on board but they haven't announced anything concrete. You can count me and my team onboard. I aint no-one special, but we will get every game we make on this. This console is not meant to go toe to toe with the big three. Where it will go toe to toe with them is the Indie, back stock games. If OUYA has any kind of following emulation alone will wipe out the PS1/PS2/Nintendo catalogs. Who's going to buy back dated games at $10 a pop when you can grab an OUYA and get all and more for $100? Even at 500,000 install base OUYA will be as compelling to devs as xbl,android and ios market. The crowd maybe smaller but so will the OUYA market place, easier to get above the white noise." Almost the exact reason why PSP was as popular as it was. For the CFW and emulation. |
People have raised concerns over this being a scam? Not a good sign, but probably won't last. It just seems like a downgrade from using a PC. You can get all the emulation you want from your computer. Though the PSP was hacked rather rampantly, that isn't neccessarily considered a good thing as far as the gaming companies are concerned. 3rd parties might find this console as something not worth developing for, but there is always some software sales though only if they can attract non-pirating customers. Hasn't Angry Birds saturated yet? Practically every system has that game so I find it hard to contribute to any consumer interest, but I could be wrong. OUYA needs a ton more support and they are up against extremely strong install bases on other competiting platforms. They need something sensational to make a splash in this market.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
