ESA Calls The Cops on Ouya's Parking Lot E3 Booth
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Can't we all agree that both sides are equally pathetic and may or may not have called the police for bs reasons? Personally if the ESA allows Microsoft in the building they can let the glorified smartcube inside too.
I mean its no more embarrassing than the N-Gage or Virtual Boy.
I mean its no more embarrassing than the N-Gage or Virtual Boy.
Imagine trying to drive one in Auckland central. All those steep streets? Also we're not too big on the whole 'assisted mobility for healthy people'. Fatty carts would get laughed at relentlessly here.Caiphus said:
While that's certainly a shitty move on the part of the ESA(if it's true), I have to ask...Is there a particular REASON the folks at Ouya didn't just play ball with them in the first place and get a both at E3 just like everybody else? I mean...Getting a booth right across the street IS a little obnoxious, isn't it?
I'm inclined to believe this as well, since it seems like Ouya is in the business of being different just for the sake of being different.ThriKreen said:
I would be inclined to agree with you, if Ouya didn't announce to the world their intentions to do this last month.ThriKreen said:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124152-Ouya-Holding-Public-E3-Booth-in-Parking-Lot
Apparently they want to get members of the public able to be able to come up and have a play with the console, and E3 is more of a press-only event.Robot Number V said:
Kinda understandable, hands-on is going to be the best way of getting their message out, seeing as the first comment under nearly every press release is along the lines of "why would I pay $100 for Angry Birds lol".
Plus, I think they're trying to play up the "rebellious punk" angle a wee bit...
Who's the bad guy this week? EA? Microsoft? Activision? Doesn't matter. Whoever the scummiest scumbag in the industry is this week, you can bet they were pushing for this.
It's official. For everything that's wrong with the video game industry, the ESA is now part of the problem.
It's official. For everything that's wrong with the video game industry, the ESA is now part of the problem.
My first thought is that it's a little embarrassing for Ouya to have a dumpy little hotdog-stand-esque booth in the parking lot of E3. It looks pretty cheap. Obviously Ouya doesn't have the big bucks of the huge console contenders, however they have done a great job of obscuring that fact through design and marketing up until now.
To me nothing says "cheap knockoff trying to play with the big boys" more than a parking lot booth across the street from the actual big event. I have no big opinion on the system itself, but to me a move like this just seems to cheapen the brand image they're going for.
To me nothing says "cheap knockoff trying to play with the big boys" more than a parking lot booth across the street from the actual big event. I have no big opinion on the system itself, but to me a move like this just seems to cheapen the brand image they're going for.
Classy job ESA, picking on the indie Android console. I almost want to go out and buy an Ouya, except I already have a PC so....
firstly, those things look ridiculous. if a cop like that would show up here he would probably be laughed out of the campus.the doom cannon said:
secondly, are cops in US so lazy as they need machines to go up the stairs? whatever happened to having legs?
Then again i see an appeal of a criminal running and then you just drive forward right next to him singing trololo.
Wait wait wait... ..American cops showed up, saw that everything was in order and then went about their business?
Where's the story about them Tazering/Maceing the Ouya people to death and dragging their mutilated corpses behind their ridiculous scooters around the town? Man, they are really going soft on law abiding citizens now!
Where's the story about them Tazering/Maceing the Ouya people to death and dragging their mutilated corpses behind their ridiculous scooters around the town? Man, they are really going soft on law abiding citizens now!
Still seems quite pretentious.
"We're an open platform, so we don't want to be at an event that isn't open to the public. We want to hang around outside an event that isn't open to the public, so you guys can all see how open we're being. After all, simply saying, 'We're not going to attend E3 because we don't feel like it's our sort of event' wouldn't get enough attention."
"We're an open platform, so we don't want to be at an event that isn't open to the public. We want to hang around outside an event that isn't open to the public, so you guys can all see how open we're being. After all, simply saying, 'We're not going to attend E3 because we don't feel like it's our sort of event' wouldn't get enough attention."
Has anyone seen the real trick here?
This is this year, why not make it bigger next year?
Next year after the Ouya has been out for a while, why not go back and this time invent as many Ouya and Indie Developers, keep it public and allow everyone hands on experience with the games.
The ESA has drawn attention to this small back-lot why not take full advantage of it and say "you started this so we'll finish it!"
I don't even live in the US and I'd support it.
Whatever happens I think we know what US cops will be playing on next year.
This is this year, why not make it bigger next year?
Next year after the Ouya has been out for a while, why not go back and this time invent as many Ouya and Indie Developers, keep it public and allow everyone hands on experience with the games.
The ESA has drawn attention to this small back-lot why not take full advantage of it and say "you started this so we'll finish it!"
I don't even live in the US and I'd support it.
Whatever happens I think we know what US cops will be playing on next year.