Final Fantasy III Joins Ouya Launch Title Lineup

[Laughing Man]

everyone keeps talking this thing down but no one seems to be answering the question what if it doesn't What if the Ouya is a success? How will this change the gaming industry?

The reason no one is answering that question is rather simple, for it to change the gaming industry it has to have something to bring to the fight. It has to be sitting there with that huge all consuming feature that makes it so radically different from anything that is within the industry that it will supposedly change, that the very idea itself forces people to ask and answer that question.

The reality is that the Ouya doesn't have anything, even within the remit of the existing games industry it has nothing, but to swagger on to the scene and say it is going to change the established norm, with NOTHING, well that is a bold statement. The fact no one has debated it really does show just how little the Ouya has or will bring to the current industry.

Weren't the games on this console supposed to be free-to-play?

No, this is another myth that seems to have crept in to the hype surrounding this 'console'. The games were to have content that was free to play, I.e any game released for it would have a demo with a certain amount of content that would allow you to download it for nothing but the full games, no they will be paid for.

It is business model that Android Play uses at the discretion of the developer. Most developer for Android provide free content because they can off set the cost by either hooking you with a decent demo or through in game advertisement. They DON'T have to provide free content it's just a lot choose too. The information from the Ouya camp is that anyone developing for the console will HAVE TOO provide free demos or content. Bit of a fail really, force the developer to provide free content to get a release on your console when that same developer could just stick the game on the Android market, charge at full price and provide no free content at all.

 

[Excludos]

I am still amazed at the amount of negativity about this product. They better news they come with, the more people try to trash it. It might tank, or it might become a huge success. We don't really know, but its not illegal to get excited by the idea. Especially if you're not even putting any money towards it.

 

[ScruffyMcBalls]

It's good to see a little more support for this console, even though I am still on the fence about it. It does annoy me though that people are instantly jumping at an opportunity to bash the thing. When the fuck did it become cool to piss all over someone trying to do something different? I'm not standing up for Ouya because I'm some fanatical follower or anything (personally I see it more like a physical version of Steam), but almost no one seems to realise that this is still the dream of a group of people who seem to really want to change the way we play games, and from their perspective, for the better.
Can't y'all stop being an asshole to someone just because you don't think their idea will work?

Sheesh, people keep talking about how the Ouya project has jumped the gun, despite the inescapable fact that so has the negativity surrounding the thing.

 

[Gatx]

Is squenix going to come back and whine when their .apk gets handed out like candy thanks to the open nature of Droid and that this console is designed to be hacked?

It's already available for Android phones and they haven't complained yet, as far as I know anyway.

 

[Hal10k]

So a game already on Android is getting released on the Android-in-a-shiny-box. How is this news?

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

I really, really hope the Ouya-people succeed. Their idea is ambitious, if a little all over the place. For instance, I still can't figure out who the audience for the console is and how they Ouya is going to draw them in.

I do think they're going to have to step up their game. Promises are nice and all, but sooner or later people are going to want something more substantial and there is still a lot of work ahead on a very small budget. They are after all complete beginners at this game and can't rely on their name and experience as the Big Three would be able to.

And then there are the unfortunate similarities with the Phantom story.

 

[weirdee]

considering that you mention the ds version in the article, the whole "first time ever outside japan" thing seems disingenuous

btw, you can actually get the onion knight class back as an easter egg, which, with the rare onion knight gear, becomes game breaking powerful