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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
I can't wait for this to spread! :D | ||
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Desti
Germany138 Posts
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sinii
England989 Posts
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PH
United States6173 Posts
How ass-up retarded can you possibly be? | ||
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Eddog
United States142 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:02 PH wrote: Are people retarded? Look at the system specs...a quadcore processor, 8GB of ram, and 1080p hdmi support...this obviously isn't a console meant to churn out iphone games. This is a console meant to support the indie game development community with the aim of competing with major consoles. How ass-up retarded can you possibly be? It's only 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage through an SSD. -_- Tegra3 quad-core processor 1GB RAM <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 8GB of internal flash storage | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:02 PH wrote: Are people retarded? Look at the system specs...a quadcore processor, 8GB of ram, and 1080p hdmi support...this obviously isn't a console meant to churn out iphone games. This is a console meant to support the indie game development community with the aim of competing with major consoles. How ass-up retarded can you possibly be? It's too weak to compare to both Xbox 360 and PS3, which are already way past their prime. I recommend people to not expect modern AAA titles on this, there's no way it can support it. Remember, even if it had similar specs to modern consoles, it's still android, you have to work with Java, which is far slower and the C/C++ used in top of the line games. What you should expect is not Crysis 3, more like Xbox live arcade. | ||
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bailando
Germany332 Posts
imo nowadays when you have a a few products (playstation, hifi, dvd player etc) in the living room there is not much space left. i would just like it to be small. | ||
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:03 Eddog wrote: It's only 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage through an SSD. -_- Tegra3 quad-core processor 1GB RAM <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 8GB of internal flash storage But those specs will let you run about any game up to last generation of consoles, And the device itself uses standard bluetooth and usb peripherals so you can expand it however you like. So any external hard drive solution would work. In fact, in the FAQs, the company suggests you just open it up and mod it yourself, as it uses standard screws and parts, and you're welcome to hack whatever software on it that you could want. Essentially it's a console made for TV, but designed with the openness of the PC world. That's why it's so exciting; Literally any established game developer can just jam their game onto the system and it should work, and the cost to do so is very low since there are no licensing fees or awkward proprietary hardware/software to deal with. For example, Notch has said he'd love to put minecraft on it provided its actually successful (and it seems to be). | ||
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:07 bailando wrote: for me its also interesting how big the box is going to be. imo nowadays when you have a a few products (playstation, hifi, dvd player etc) in the living room there is not much space left. i would just like it to be small. There's one picture where you can kind of see it, it's definitely very small (it looks smaller than a wii), which makes sense because it doesn't have a disk drive to worry about! And yes, while this wont 100% compete with the xbox/ps3 in raw power, it wont be super far behind. The only issue that it has is the lack of a GPU. And while the processor in it will do a decent job with graphics, it will never live up to PS3 standards (let alone next gen, but that's no big deal) Even with that, people need to also see that at $100 it can't be expected to perform as well as the PS3 which cost a shit ton of money when it first came out (AND SONY WAS STILL LOSING MONEY ON IT) lol. But if this platform is successful, it paves the way for other more powerful models to come out. So everybody should be excited regardless of if they buy it or not, because no matter what it will shake things up and we will see interesting things emerge. | ||
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Zihua
Netherlands177 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:02 PH wrote: Are people retarded? Most aren't. You might be, though. Look at the system specs...a quadcore processor The processor is a Tegra 3. Which is intended for smartphones and tablets. 8GB of ram 8 GB of storage. , and 1080p hdmi support You mean like a Zune from 2010? ...this obviously isn't a console meant to churn out iphone games . This is a console meant to support the indie game development community with the aim of competing with major consoles. How ass-up retarded can you possibly be? Learn to read. User was warned for this post | ||
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GrimmJ
Canada131 Posts
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HyukeN
United States85 Posts
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baldgye
United Kingdom1099 Posts
So happy that this is getting the funding it needs... will deffo invest if it comes to the UK and cannot wait for it to be hacked and actually have a media center that works and not a mess like my PS3 that will only play certain files or my 360 that wants me to pay to do anything | ||
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laszmosis
Australia112 Posts
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Leporello
United States2845 Posts
On July 11 2012 08:52 baldgye wrote: holy shit they blew away there goal already!!! So happy that this is getting the funding it needs... will deffo invest if it comes to the UK and cannot wait for it to be hacked and actually have a media center that works and not a mess like my PS3 that will only play certain files or my 360 that wants me to pay to do anything I think if they want a real chance in making something out of this, they should really be gearing it and advertising it as a "media center". A cheap, easy way to stream internet to your TV (and also play a few games). Advertising it as a game console just isn't going to appeal to too many. What is the target customer? They guy who loves gadgetry and spends money on it already has everything the Ouya does. Someone with a tablet and a decent PC isn't really getting anything new here -- the differences people are pointing at are way too nuanced. Some kid who wants his first console for Christmas is going to want something that can play the latest Call of Duty that all of his friends are playing. As someone else said, if they want to be a gaming console first -- then you need some sick, mass-appealing titles like the other consoles have. Or they need more appeal than just being a lackluster game console for indie devs. They need to market it more as an all-purpose media device for your TV with lots of internet functionality. Make it come with a keyboard, not a gamepad (or both). Just my opinion. | ||
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Psychobabas
2531 Posts
Anybody who knows his stuff about videogame history would tell you how many flops have occured, with a ton of money lost. I am very excited to see this however, so it retails for $100? That would be a steal. but I am interested about what kind of games can this chew out? What kind of graphical capabilities has it got? I dunno, looks severely underpowered... | ||
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Abortion0
United States26 Posts
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ZeroCartin
Costa Rica2390 Posts
EDIT: OMG 8-12 hours and it doubled the amount pledged! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/tz4gi.jpg) | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
On July 11 2012 09:06 Leporello wrote: I think if they want a real chance in making something out of this, they should really be gearing it and advertising it as a "media center". A cheap, easy way to stream internet to your TV (and also play a few games). Advertising it as a game console just isn't going to appeal to too many. What is the target customer? They guy who loves gadgetry and spends money on it already has everything the Ouya does. Someone with a tablet and a decent PC isn't really getting anything new here -- the differences people are pointing at are way too nuanced. Some kid who wants his first console for Christmas is going to want something that can play the latest Call of Duty that all of his friends are playing. As someone else said, if they want to be a gaming console first -- then you need some sick, mass-appealing titles like the other consoles have. Or they need more appeal than just being a lackluster game console for indie devs. They need to market it more as an all-purpose media device for your TV with lots of internet functionality. Make it come with a keyboard, not a gamepad (or both). Just my opinion. This thought line basically made me decide against backing this. It seems like an interesting concept. but it isn't really offering me anything that I don't already have (as a consumer). | ||
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aike
United States1629 Posts
 I wish people here would stop thinking that this is meant to go head to head against the PS3/360. It's not, so please stop talking about it like it is. This fills a niche market for people who want something they can hook up to their TV and play fun, innovative games that are lacking in the current console market. It's meant to have an easy way to publish your own games that you create (or indie devs, or hell even AAA studios if they want) but it's not a huge corporation that needs to sell 30mil units to make a profit. This isn't Sony , Microsoft, Nintendo, who all employ THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE that need to get paid. This thing is cheap, fun, useful. But it is not meant to replace hardcore games and the consoles that those hardcore games are on. It's meant to bring the fun, unique aspect of games into your living room, instead of just on your phone. And no, not phone ports, new games but since it's in a easy development environment you wont need a huge team to make a game.They've currently sold like 14000 consoles, I'm sure this is pushing the limit of what their hopes for the console would do. It's an indie console. Just like indie games, they aren't created expecting to sell millions, but sometimes it happens (minecraft anyone?) so these guys can HOPE that it happens, but when they started this they were probably thinking if they could do 10000 consoles that would be huge. | ||
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