OUYA - The first $100 open console

[h=1]OUYA: The revolution will be televised [/h]OUYA is a new game console for the TV, powered by Android.
We've packed this little box full of power. Developers will have access to OUYA's open design so they can produce their games for the living room, taking advantage of everything the TV has to offer.
Best of all, OUYA's world-class controller, console, and interface come in one beautiful, inexpensive package. All the games on it will be free, at least to try.
[h=1]Great games come from great developers.[/h]Developers can wave farewell to the roadblocks of bringing a console game to market. Anyone can make a game: every OUYA console is a dev kit. No need to purchase a license or an expensive SDK. It's built on Android, so developers already know how it works.
That doesn't mean OUYA is an Android port. You can create the next big title in your bedroom – just like the good old days! Who needs pants!?
OUYA could change AAA game development, too. Forget about licensing fees, retail fees, and publishing fees.

OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console by OUYA — Kickstarter

Opinions?

Optimum Online has thing called TAG games that works out of the cable box. You can play with anyone else on their network.

Didn't Atari do that and got bankrupt?

The landscape of gaming has changed drastically from the 80's. It's almost impossible to get a game on a TV without being tied to a major distributor. With the amount of excitement from the kickstarter drive, an easy to program for OS at it's core, and a burgeoning indy game community due to mobile devices...I think the Ouya could be successful, if not for itself then perhaps in sparking change in the big 3.

I don't see where something like this has any advantage over something like steam or xbox catalog, other than it being cheaper.

megaprogman said:

I don't see where something like this has any advantage over something like steam or xbox catalog, other than it being cheaper.

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You can develop homebrew games on it without having to buy expenses licenses.

kaya'08 said:

You can develop homebrew games on it without having to buy expenses licenses.

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You can do that on a computer

megaprogman said:

You can do that on a computer

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People have been programmed to do "real gaming" on TV's

Computer gaming is nice, but is dwarfed to console gaming.

The ability to do homebrew, independent programming for a device that is set up to work specifically as a console without having to deal with Xbox/Sony/Nintendo or any of the big distribution houses is apparently an attractive ones to some developers.

Sure, you can hook up a computer to a TV, but in general that's something typically found with significant techies. The hope is that the Ouya can make enough inroads with it's core group that it can then manage to branch out to become viewed as a more "mainstream" type of thing to pick up and buy

megaprogman said:

You can do that on a computer

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Console's are a preferable alternative to computers for gaming for many gamer's, which is why consoles even exist. Otherwise people would just use a computer.

There are many reasons for that, mainly it's because consoles are systems specifically designed for the gaming environment, from the controllers, to things like Kinect right down to it's gameplay specific hardware. It's also a lot easier for a developer to know what hardware he or she is working with in order to maximise the experience of the game and exploit its full potential.

The hope is that OUYA will become a mainstream console and compete with the bigger systems, and this will only be achieved in time with the help of indie game developers who in turn will have the opportunity to bring their games to living rooms across the world, experiment with new hardware that the limitations of computers do not provide and hopefully, if OUYA rises as a serious console competitor, eventually force the market to open up a little, which will open up even more opportunities for some of the great innovators at home.

kaya'08 said:

You can develop homebrew games on it without having to buy expenses licenses.

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The second someone figures out how to get OUYA to play video game roms, OUYA will be sued by the self appointed anti-copying police.

jamesrage said:

The second someone figures out how to get OUYA to play video game roms, OUYA will be sued by the self appointed anti-copying police.

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Not OUYA but more the people who are doing it. Not likely to happen anyway since PS3 and XBOX 360 games can only run on their respective platforms. A hacker would likely require the source code. I'm not familiar with this new consoles specifications at all, i havent heard of most of the hardware that it has and therefore am not even sure that if it was possible that the hardware could handle it.

I'm interested to see where the OUYA goes. I'm not necessarily expecting anything great, but it'll be interesting.