Ouya Schmooya, Show Me the Games

[Imthatguy]

Uh... This article is seriously misinformed...yadda yadda

Doesn't one have to state information incorrectly to be misinformed? I said nothing about the innards of the PS3, certainly didn't make any assessment as to the total capabilities of Android, nor did I make any statement about game marketplaces...

I think, perhaps, you may have gotten confused between opinions I expressed, or things I said, and statements made by sources I spoke with.

Perhaps so however I believe I addressed several of your criticisms.

 

[Jingle Fett]

I have to take issue with the part in this article comparing the hardware to a PC. 1gb of RAM might seem pretty low but it's still double the Xbox 360's ram. The Tegra 3 might not be quite as powerful as the Xbox 360's processor...but consider this. Ouya will be more powerful than the iPad 2 (I compare it to the iPad 2 because that's the one I have). iPad 2 has a processor on par with the Tegra 2 and has 512 mb ram. The article in fact says the hardware is comparable to that of the iPad 3.

What will Ouya games look like?

Since Ouya is more powerful than the iPad 2, it's safe to say that games on the Ouya will be able to look as good, and better than those on the iPad 2.


Here's what Shadowgun and Infinity Blade 2 look like on the iPad 2...

To put things in perspective, the Ouya is more powerful (by a longshot) than the original Xbox. We had Halo 1 and 2 and hundreds of other "core" games running on hardware inferior to that of the Ouya.

And with Ouya being completely hackable, there's no doubt that there will be emulators running on it sooner or later. Being able to play the entire NES, SNES, N64, etc. libraries on one tiny little console anyone?

 

[Dennis Scimeca]

To everyone focusing on the RAM issue...you're completely ignoring context, here.

Is the Wii U a seventh- or eight-generation console? What would the Ouya, then, be considered if and when it makes it to market?

By saying "the Ouya will have more RAM than the current-generation," you're not saying much about the Ouya's power. You're saying "It's better than the last generation," which would be a bare minimum expectation for large portions of the audience. The question is whether or not it will have specs that match up to the PS4 or the Xbox 720. That's going to be the context in which the Ouya is judged by the mainstream gaming audience, or the people who only buy one system and who only buy a few games a year, when they make their choice as to what console to purchase.

Don't think that just because the Ouya will only be $99 (if they can keep that promise) you'll suddenly see consumers doubling up on their consoles. Plenty of people will wait to hear what the 720 or PS4 (or whatever they wind up being called) are going to look like under the hood before they purchase another console.

We're long past the point where consoles are completely different hardware beasts than the gaming PC. IMO it would have been silly to compare the N64 or the GameCube to a PC, but as of the sixth generation the difference between consoles and PCs has been blurred. You may not care for comparing specs like this but others are going to whether anyone likes it or not, and so I addressed the point.

 

[Antitonic]

They've just announced a partnership with Square-Enix, and are apparently getting the original FF3 (not FF6, the one that was remade for DS).

 

[Dennis Scimeca]

This is not a competitor to the next generation consoles, these are competing for another segment of gamers.

Who, then, would be the potential audience for the Ouya if not the console gaming audience?

Also...

You sir are looking pretty foolish.

Some of the hardware experts I spoke to said that a four-core Tegra/Android machine was a far cry from current generation consoles, let alone what we're speculating on as the next generation, i.e. the Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4, and certainly wasn't close to any modern gaming PC.

It's good to differentiate between the author of an article and the person they were talking to.

 

[sibrenfetter]

I think many people have slightly the wrong focus with the OUYA. I think what they are aiming at is more the delivery of streaming gaming and movie services. If you can play streaming like Onlive, you could potentially be playing Crysis3 on full specs, on a tiny cheap device. Take that together with movies and emulators and you can have a lot of worth for hardly any money.