Ouya: Day 1 - The Unboxing "Experience"

[SwiftDeath]

Twistedsymphony just wanted to say I really appreciate your thoughts on the Ouya

It certainly makes for an interesting read

Considering it's a $99 console, it's seems pretty good value for the money

If the controller lag wasn't present and bigger pubs become more active on it

I really think it could explode

[twistedsymphony]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Twistedsymphony just wanted to say I really appreciate your thoughts on the Ouya

It certainly makes for an interesting read

Considering it's a $99 console, it's seems pretty good value for the money

If the controller lag wasn't present and bigger pubs become more active on it

I really think it could explode

Thanks, I would agree that that without the controller lag and support from bigger publishers it could be a serious competitor... It does have SOME big publisher support. Square Enix and Sega both have games on the system right now (Final Fantasy III HD and Sonic the Hedgehog 4) but I think they're waiting to see how many unit sell and how well those games sell before putting out anymore support.

Considering the controller lag issue I think if they had a few media apps on the console to compete with Roku and AppleTV it would be worth the $99 price tag. With the exception of Plex, there really isn't anything there for media yet, I know there are people working on it though and the console is certainly capable of handling HD media decoding.

Honestly I think the Oyua team should have just delayed launch... maybe sent out the kickstarter units but then delayed retail release until September or October... that would have avoided the whole backers getting their units after retail problem, and I think at that point most backers would have been using a "beta" product for a few months until they got the bugs worked out.

I keep a sticker on my desk that says "The upset over a missed deadline goes away much faster than the terrible taste of a bad product." People wont soon forget about the problems the Ouya had and has, it will likely haunt the console long after they're gone. But had they just delayed it until they were worked out people would have completely forgot about the delay as soon as it was over.