First Ouya review (it flopped, hard)

Long story short:

"Ouya's best "exclusive" at the moment is Final Fantasy III, a game that came out in 1990 and is also available on a variety of other platforms. That doesn't count. This platform desperately needs a game like Grand Theft Auto, or Shadowgun, or Assassin's Creed, or Bioshock... or something. Thing is, you could plug your Android phone or tablet into an HDMI cable and play a bunch of those games on your TV, often with a controller. Shadowgun, Grand Theft Auto, Asphalt 7, and a surprisingly large number of other high-quality games are available in the Play Store. But Ouya's going its own way with the Ouya Store, and it pales tremendously in comparison."

Pros:

Inexpensive
Inconspicuous design
Plenty of raw power

Cons:

Too few games
Existing games aren't very good
Problematic, unfinished interface
Limited functionality

3.5/10

Long story.

As expected, Android has too few good games.

Where exactly was the hype for this?

It still has more games than the 360 and Wiiu :lol:

Flop implies there was hype.Blabadon

Not exactly on gaming sites, but there were a ton of articles about it.

It still has more games than the 360 and Wiiu :lol:

NathanDrakeSwag

It was never a good idea to begin with....kuraimen

Pretty harsh.  I'm sure the people who bought into it have done so with an understanding of what they were getting.

No new console has 100 games at launch, crappy or otherwise.

Long story short:

"Ouya's best "exclusive" at the moment is Final Fantasy III, a game that came out in 1990 and is also available on a variety of other platforms. That doesn't count. This platform desperately needs a game like Grand Theft Auto, or Shadowgun, or Assassin's Creed, or Bioshock... or something. Thing is, you could plug your Android phone or tablet into an HDMI cable and play a bunch of those games on your TV, often with a controller. Shadowgun, Grand Theft Auto, Asphalt 7, and a surprisingly large number of other high-quality games are available in the Play Store. But Ouya's going its own way with the Ouya Store, and it pales tremendously in comparison."

Pros:

Inexpensive
Inconspicuous design
Plenty of raw power

Cons:

Too few games
Existing games aren't very good
Problematic, unfinished interface
Limited functionality

3.5/10

Long story.

As expected, Android has too few good games.

IgGy621985

How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games? If anything in the review it states " a surprisingly large number of other high-quality games are available in the Play Store " and while i'm mainly a pc  gamer i found myself playing more and more smartphone games lately . There are games and i dont mean the "angry birds type that are great on both iOS and Android nowdays and i mean games like Machinarium, Anomaly korea, bridge constructor,real racing 3 , World of goo, Dead trigger and others. Yes some of those are on pc as well but the amount of good games on play store is huge

The problem with Ouya is that you can just turn your phone into a console by buying a $10 mhl to HDMI cable and a $20-30 controller that android support. 

Also the problem with Ouya is that it doesnt come with google play store and relies on its own store to download games ( or you can install them manually by sideloading them ) 

Also another problem is that by the time it hits retail it will be quite outdated and some of the newer 3d games coming out wont be able to play smoothly ( tegra 3 SOC is getting quite old )

I have no idea who thought it was going to be a good idea. I have a feeling a lot of non-gamers, fans of mobile devices and the like, thought it would be great to move andoid to other platforms.

There was no common sense behind the thing at all.

How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games? If anything in the review it states " a surprisingly large number of other high-quality games are available in the Play Store " and while i'm mainly a pc  gamer i found myself playing more and more smartphone games lately .

adamosmaki

The Play Store isn't on Ouya

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How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games? If anything in the review it states " a surprisingly large number of other high-quality games are available in the Play Store " and while i'm mainly a pc  gamer i found myself playing more and more smartphone games lately .

locopatho

The Play Store isn't on Ouya

Well a lot of the negativity seems to be towards lack of games, which can greatly improve over time. 

Though I should add I think the idea for the system is dumb anyway. There is a reason people play phone games on phones 

Where exactly was the hype for this?

Frostbite24

Not on here. But the kickstarter for this thing generated a lot of hype

Ou....nah

I'll bet it sells bucket loads to the people who don't read reviews. i.e. average Joe casual gamers

It was never a good idea to begin with....kuraimen

They siad they will make a new OUYA every 2 years or so. I think I will wait until they are on the OUYA 3 or some other much high powered android console comes out 4 or 5 years from now, the tech has to get better before I will be interesed, when this can emulate anything a PC can and has much better games it will be worth my time.

OUYA is like having a wii, cheap hardware a bunch of Shovelware to play, with a few good titles. Complete waste of time and money even at $99.

Dat name...and dat ugly ass controller...no wonder it flopped.

It still has more games than the 360 and Wiiu :lol:

NathanDrakeSwag

You need help.

How expensive is the Ouya? Because I could see getting it as a replacement for a Roku if it's cheap enough and does just about everything the Roku does. 

Atleast it's cheap. Better than wii u confirmed

FF III is not an exclusive, quotation marks or not.

Ahaha, you can't even access the Play store? I thought that was the whole point of the damn thing. What a terrible idea, I can see a lot of angry customers about to come out of the woodwork.bobbetybob

games like gta or ac? whoever reviewed this isn't looking at ouya in the right way. sure the launch lineup is horrible, but gta and ac will never bother with ouya unless ouya sells like hotcakes.

games like gta or ac? whoever reviewed this isn't looking at ouya in the right way. sure the launch lineup is horrible, but gta and ac will never bother with ouya unless ouya sells like hotcakes.

jsmoke03

Pros:

Inexpensive
Inconspicuous design
Plenty of raw power

Cons:

Too few games
Existing games aren't very good
Problematic, unfinished interface
Limited functionality

3.5/10

IgGy621985

I don't think this thing was ever for people like people in system wars, or even the core gamer that visits sites like Gemstop or Kotaku or what have you.

This is for casual joe gamer. He's not goign to judge the damn thing base don exclusives. Casula Joe gamer don't give a cr@p about exclusives.

Anything based on Android is garbage. The controller sucks bad tooRR360DD

It was never a good idea to begin with....kuraimen

It still has more games than the 360 and Wiiu :lol:

NathanDrakeSwag

How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games?

adamosmaki

I have a Tegra 3 Android phone, and although there is sh!tload of games on Play Store 95% of those just suck. Actually, one of the best games on Play Store is Logo Quiz, and you don't really need a powerful phone, or a standalone Android console to enjoy it.

Among of those games you mentioned, yeah, majority of those are on the PC also, and Real Racing 3 looks great, but it would be even better if you didn't had to PAY FOR EVERYTHING IN THE FRIGGIN GAME.

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How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games?

IgGy621985

I have a Tegra 3 Android phone, and although there is sh!tload of games on Play Store 95% of those just suck. Actually, one of the best games on Play Store is Logo Quiz, and you don't really need a powerful phone, or a standalone Android console to enjoy it.

Among of those games you mentioned, yeah, majority of those are on the PC also, and Real Racing 3 looks great, but it would be even better if you didn't had to PAY FOR EVERYTHING IN THE FRIGGIN GAME.

Few games? da

Download SNES emulator and you have 700 games for free

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"]

games like gta or ac? whoever reviewed this isn't looking at ouya in the right way. sure the launch lineup is horrible, but gta and ac will never bother with ouya unless ouya sells like hotcakes.

bobbetybob

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"]

How did you come to the conclusion that android has to few good games?

IgGy621985

I have a Tegra 3 Android phone, and although there is sh!tload of games on Play Store 95% of those just suck. Actually, one of the best games on Play Store is Logo Quiz, and you don't really need a powerful phone, or a standalone Android console to enjoy it.

Among of those games you mentioned, yeah, majority of those are on the PC also, and Real Racing 3 looks great, but it would be even better if you didn't had to PAY FOR EVERYTHING IN THE FRIGGIN GAME.

LOL Androids. Keep funding those crappy devices.

[QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

It still has more games than the 360 and Wiiu :lol:

blackace

The PS3 has access to over 1000 PSone games even if you don't have the BC lol!!! 

I swear, you get more stupid as the days pass by lmao!!