Ouya: Day 1 - The Unboxing "Experience"

Ayiu · #1 07-14-2013, 01:47 PM

Oh, I never expected it to be so small. I'm also curious if you finally managed to get the wi-fi connection to work and if there is an option to add a hidden wi-fi spot?

There is also another thing that bothers me...you put one battery on each side of the controller, right? So it always has to run on batteries. No chance of a charging pack, though.

Can't wait for your game review

twistedsymphony · #2 07-14-2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayiu

Oh, I never expected it to be so small. I'm also curious if you finally managed to get the wi-fi connection to work and if there is an option to add a hidden wi-fi spot?

There is also another thing that bothers me...you put one battery on each side of the controller, right? So it always has to run on batteries. No chance of a charging pack, though.

Can't wait for your game review

I haven't tried WiFi again, now that I have ethernet hooked up I don't really have much reason to go back to WiFi. It's entirely possible that the initial update fixed whatever issues there were with it. I don't know what you mean by "hidden wi-fi"... do you mean like one that doesn't broadcast the SSID?

As for the batteries, yes it has to run on batteries, there is no "port" anywhere on the controller where it could be plugged in. It's essentially like the Wii Remote in this regard.

I just use Rechargeable AAs for all of my controllers anyway so to me it's no different than the 360 controllers or Wii Remotes.

I would suspect that the battery life would be quite good since there are no rumble motors... I've been playing quite a bit the last few days and the batteries haven't died yet.

Ayiu · #3 07-14-2013, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

I haven't tried WiFi again, now that I have ethernet hooked up I don't really have much reason to go back to WiFi. It's entirely possible that the initial update fixed whatever issues there were with it. I don't know what you mean by "hidden wi-fi"... do you mean like one that doesn't broadcast the SSID?

As for the batteries, yes it has to run on batteries, there is no "port" anywhere on the controller where it could be plugged in. It's essentially like the Wii Remote in this regard.

I just use Rechargeable AAs for all of my controllers anyway so to me it's no different than the 360 controllers or Wii Remotes.

I would suspect that the battery life would be quite good since there are no rumble motors... I've been playing quite a bit the last few days and the batteries haven't died yet.

yea, I meant one that doesn't broadcast the SSID. It seems many devices have a problem with this setting. Like the PSVita, it has the option to add the SSID but it still can't connect to it, so I was curious if the Ouya is "smarter" don't want another 3m cable in my room.

That brown brushed metal finish looks superb