EPTOuya: New gaming console - Page 3
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Chronopolis
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sc4k
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HaXXspetten
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Greggle
United States1131 Posts
On July 11 2012 01:57 Lucumo wrote: Hm, I don't know. Why develop(indie) something for a console when you can develop it for the PC? And there aren't any restrictions either... I'm not really sure. I think they want to take advantage of the Android Market as a way of selling their games rather than having to either setup a fancy website, get on Steam or find a publisher to sell the games. Edit: Also, I hate the name Ouya. | ||
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Dekoth
United States527 Posts
It can't compete with modern consoles due to lack of hardware specs. It can't compete in the mobile space for obvious reasons. It can't compete with PC's which is really the only thing left for obvious reasons. It has an awful controller design and frankly awful name. How on earth does anyone expect this to be successful on any level? Games in the mobile space work because the devices are small and mobile, take that away and they are largely crap. This thing basically becomes a non mobile tablet/handheld in capability, which has zero market appeal. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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nohbrows
United States653 Posts
On July 11 2012 02:16 Dekoth wrote: So.. It can't compete with modern consoles due to lack of hardware specs. It can't compete in the mobile space for obvious reasons. It can't compete with PC's which is really the only thing left for obvious reasons. It has an awful controller design and frankly awful name. How on earth does anyone expect this to be successful on any level? Games in the mobile space work because the devices are small and mobile, take that away and they are largely crap. This thing basically becomes a non mobile tablet/handheld in capability, which has zero market appeal. I dunno, in my opinion: It doesn't need to compete with modern consoles because the type of games that it is going to be offering (or at least so they intend) would not be stuff like CoD or Skyrim or the Final Fantasy Series. It doesn't need to compete with the mobile space because this won't be about porting Angry Birds. It doesn't need to compete with PC's because it's a console. I know plenty of people who either cannot afford a gaming grade computer or actually have trouble playing on PC with Keyboard and mouse. It comes down to preference, and there are plenty of people who prefer console gaming or don't really give a monkey's tail about PC v Console. The controller does look awkward and yeah, the name is...weird. Just my 2 cents. I'm gonna keep an eye on it if it does get off the ground. If the games that start coming out for it are pretty good, I might just get one. Oh, and it does Twitch.tv | ||
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Louis8k8
Canada285 Posts
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On July 11 2012 02:44 Louis8k8 wrote: Where do they even see a niche for this combo...? They just surpassed 50% of their goal... clearly there is a niche. There will be good games on it. The games most likely wont be anywhere near the $60 pricetag you pay for PS/Xbox games. The console is $100 and it is running android, which means you can install thousands of different apps. It runs twitch. So basically for $100 you get a really good piece of hardware that you don't even have to use for gaming in order for it to be worth it. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On July 11 2012 01:57 Lucumo wrote: Hm, I don't know. Why develop(indie) something for a console when you can develop it for the PC? And there aren't any restrictions either... Why do so many indie developers develop for Xbox Live Arcade? Because it gives a TON of coverage. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who don't play games on computers but use consoles for that.. and on top of that, there are a ton of people who don't play games on neither console nor PC, only mobile phones. | ||
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Lucumo
6850 Posts
On July 11 2012 03:32 Tobberoth wrote: Why do so many indie developers develop for Xbox Live Arcade? Because it gives a TON of coverage. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who don't play games on computers but use consoles for that.. and on top of that, there are a ton of people who don't play games on neither console nor PC, only mobile phones. Sorry, should have written "this" console. I thought people would know since the last sentence heavily hinted that way. | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
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ZeroCartin
Costa Rica2390 Posts
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
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Al Bundy
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edit; I agree with a previous poster, this might be an issue for color blind people. | ||
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
On July 11 2012 04:25 Al Bundy wrote: The controller looks weird... I mean, four O buttons? other than that it seems pretty cool. edit; I agree with a previous poster, this might be an issue for color blind people. good points they say in the article they have the prototype up and running, that's probably including the controller. Maybe they would be able to hear some constructive criticism about the controller before it starts getting mass produced | ||
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Carson
Canada820 Posts
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Scodia
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