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I still can't believe that this is still a thing.
Its an android emulator, so basically its a giant (relatively) smart phone...only lacking pretty much all the other features you would get in a smart phone.
You trade all that functionality, for the ability to use a controller...and the privilege to be forced to upgrade every year out of your pocket.
With your phone, you get free upgrades for renewing, which is not required to play new games. Do you think ANY developer of an Android game will go out of their way to develop an Ouya exclusive version that utilizes the newest upgrade?
Um...no. They will cater to the specs of the newest phone/tablets because they are backed by some rather serious companies, like gee idk Samsung, etc.
It would be like making a console that only plays free browser flash applets, and charging people $100 a year for an upgrade...when you can upgrade flashplayer for free.
I'm pretty sure if you really needed to use a controller on your android device, that their is an app for that. Cause bluetooth isn't a thing obviously. And usb ports have been banned.
If only Ouya could save us from all this free mobile gaming that we all have to suffer with!
I don't actually have a tablet or a cellphone, or whatever else Android is on these days, so I'm mainly speaking from what I believe to be an entirely miopic logic on the subject.
Its an android emulator, so basically its a giant (relatively) smart phone...only lacking pretty much all the other features you would get in a smart phone.
You trade all that functionality, for the ability to use a controller...and the privilege to be forced to upgrade every year out of your pocket.
With your phone, you get free upgrades for renewing, which is not required to play new games. Do you think ANY developer of an Android game will go out of their way to develop an Ouya exclusive version that utilizes the newest upgrade?
Um...no. They will cater to the specs of the newest phone/tablets because they are backed by some rather serious companies, like gee idk Samsung, etc.
It would be like making a console that only plays free browser flash applets, and charging people $100 a year for an upgrade...when you can upgrade flashplayer for free.
I'm pretty sure if you really needed to use a controller on your android device, that their is an app for that. Cause bluetooth isn't a thing obviously. And usb ports have been banned.
If only Ouya could save us from all this free mobile gaming that we all have to suffer with!
I don't actually have a tablet or a cellphone, or whatever else Android is on these days, so I'm mainly speaking from what I believe to be an entirely miopic logic on the subject.
If one of the big consoles opens up development like Apple store or google play store Ouya will die quickly because I would, im sure every other indie developer, would rather release on a bigger console if possible. For me it is just iOS and Android purely for cost (and my game development is as much as hobby and I have a "real" job).
Why are you being so confrontational?thenoblitt said:
These guys are right: E3 is basically a three-ring circus for all the big swinging dicks of the industry to roll up and lie straight to our faces about how their product is the best and totally perfect and will get you into the Rapture when it comes.
I come to the Escapist precisely because I don't trust E3: these forums are a much better place to get the truth about gaming news and first-hand opinions on new games, rather than the tarted up PR bullshit marketing companies pump out at events and through social media.
I have a feeling you're being overly hostile because you are immensely uninformed about the subject but too proud to backpedal in light of being corrected.
Oh, OT: I'm still a bit iffy about the OUYA, it just doesn't seem like it can deliver anything I can't already get elsewhere. It's still early days, though, anything could happen if the right people get behind it.