I'm not sure about the next Xbox but since PS4 will have PS Mobile it will have all the apps that Ouya offers because PS Mobile is essentially the Android Market. Though Ouya is interesting and might find a nice place in the market, I find it hard up to compete with what the PS4 is going to offer as it will be its main home console competition(oh yeah Wii U could get an app store, remember those rumors?). So Ouya isn't going to be unique, just $99. I'm not sure if the Tegra 3 will hold a light up to next gen. This could have been far more epic if it came out last year.

nope the reason i know it will bomb is because i understand the gerneral public lol

Well I'm keen on any initiative that keeps the cost of gaming down while allowing people to make a decent living from making great games.

I hope this business model works, because the current triopoly could do with a shake-up that Onlive doesn;t seem to have been able to deliver. I suspect though this is going to be a bit niche and won't have any greater impact than Onlive.

If they can make a system with multi-year longevity for $99 that's great. But equally if they could deliver really high quality gaming at a very low per game price then I think a higher spec'd piece of kit with a correspondingly higher (but not ridiculously high) prioce tag would have been fine and palatable to the market.

Hmmm.

I would say the nextbox is more set than PS4. Xbox 360 already offers apps.

I have both PS3 and 360. 360 in UK currently offers 26 apps. With more by years end. PS3 offers 6.

If the nextbox uses Windows 8 closely, I would expect hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of apps. Especially with smartglass.

If I have this correct, it's pretty much the Nexus Q but with a deeper focus on gaming?

If this does not play physical media then it will bomb. We are not ready for an internet driven only console. Onlive is useless to the poor mom and dads who do not have internet or broadband.

Smartglass functionality is confirmed for Halo 4, and will be demonstrated on the new Surface tablet soon.

Also Smartglass will allow for non game app functionality.

For example, watching a film on the Surface on your journey home, come into your house and with a simple press on your tablet you can finish watching it on your 360 on your big screen tv. Your 360 will automatically start the film from where it is on your Surface.

With this sort of ability, apps can take on a whole new meaning.

Netflix already keeps your place in the shows you watch. Just pause netflix on one device open it up on something else and play that show and it will play from where you left off. It doesn't need smartglass. Unless it turns your 360 on and starts everything automatically with a reasonable loading time it is nothing special.

I haven't seen anything worthwile from smartglass that can't be done through an in game menu. Like that Halo 4 app they showed off at E3, it was just bios on weapons and stuff. Aside from being able to look at that on the go why not just do it in the game? Unless you can manage your character or something and have the changes made in your game. All smartglass is is an app, its just an app and appears nothing more special than an app. Until I start seeing something substantial smartglass is just a gimmick rather than a tool.

Pretty much.... additionally, its more appropriately priced.