I remember being utterly excited by the Ouya.
I couldn't wait to get my hands on one because, well, it sounded like a dream come true. A console designed to let me run all my Android games (including emulators and homebrews) directly on the TV and with a controller? Shut up and take my money.
I was so ready to get one, and I even started putting money aside for when mass production began.
And then... I started hearing some, uh, not-so-great things about it, culminating with an Ashens' video in which he systematically tore it apart after finding a new and boxed model on a thrift store (and this was during the console's early release. I mean, damn) and a CallMeKevin video in which he basically stated that the only good thing about it was the battery that came with the console's wireless controller, because he "needed one for the clock downstairs". I thought that was pretty unfair criticism, but it did dent my confidence on a product that I so desperately wanted to try, but couldn't bring myself to. Perhaps the fact that it had been received with such cold ruthlessness on all forums I was visiting at the time should have clued me in on how unpopular the whole thing seemed to be in the eyes of my fellow gamers.
And to this day, I haven't seen a single one for sale (nor met anyone who owned it). It's a shame, too, because it sounded like a really cool piece of hardware and I'd still be willing to be give it a try, but I believe that it's soon to be become a "collector's item" and I'll never get one for a fair price if that's the case, not when less than 200k were ever sold.
The console seems to be on limbo, too, since the termination of its official storefront. According to Wikipedia, a lot of built-in apps have been rendered unusable because of that (but apparently rooting solves that?).
Ever owned (or was at least interested in) a Ouya?
I couldn't wait to get my hands on one because, well, it sounded like a dream come true. A console designed to let me run all my Android games (including emulators and homebrews) directly on the TV and with a controller? Shut up and take my money.
I was so ready to get one, and I even started putting money aside for when mass production began.
And then... I started hearing some, uh, not-so-great things about it, culminating with an Ashens' video in which he systematically tore it apart after finding a new and boxed model on a thrift store (and this was during the console's early release. I mean, damn) and a CallMeKevin video in which he basically stated that the only good thing about it was the battery that came with the console's wireless controller, because he "needed one for the clock downstairs". I thought that was pretty unfair criticism, but it did dent my confidence on a product that I so desperately wanted to try, but couldn't bring myself to. Perhaps the fact that it had been received with such cold ruthlessness on all forums I was visiting at the time should have clued me in on how unpopular the whole thing seemed to be in the eyes of my fellow gamers.
And to this day, I haven't seen a single one for sale (nor met anyone who owned it). It's a shame, too, because it sounded like a really cool piece of hardware and I'd still be willing to be give it a try, but I believe that it's soon to be become a "collector's item" and I'll never get one for a fair price if that's the case, not when less than 200k were ever sold.
The console seems to be on limbo, too, since the termination of its official storefront. According to Wikipedia, a lot of built-in apps have been rendered unusable because of that (but apparently rooting solves that?).
Ever owned (or was at least interested in) a Ouya?
It was clear the Ouya was doomed to fail from day one. To this day, Android gaming hasn’t advanced much. The core audience is just too casual.
