OUYA: Open Source Console - Kickstarted in 1 Day

[ZenErik]

Welp. Put my OUYA on eBay starting at 1¢. Never opened. It felt right at the time when I became a Kickstarter backers, but I am not sure about that decision now.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Mine still has not shipped.

[Reprise]

Mine still has not shipped.

Same. So much for the "April release."

[marurun]

Once they're in production I think I may pick one up. I think it's a rather nice piece of kit for the price.

[REPO Man]

Got my OUYA today!

The only down side is I don't have Internet at my house yet, and at the moment it's the last thing I need to worry about.

But it's so cool!

[Reprise]

Still waiting...

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Well, you haven't.

[lisalover1]

Mine arrived the other day... at my dorm room at the other end of the state. I'm having them forward it to me, so it should be here sometime in the coming week.

[Ghegs]

Got mine today (after DHL held it in their warehouse longer than it took for the package to travel from Hong Kong to Finland...) and I've been fiddling with it for a few hours now.

During my testing I found some games that I felt had zero input lag, as well as games that had either barely noticeable or noticeable lag. So I guess there is something to it on the software side and it it possible to have games that feel really good, controller-wise. I played only with the official controller, haven't tested any others yet. That segues smoothly into the controller itself - I think it might fool some people into thinking there's more lag than there actually is. The d-pad feels very mushy - I can lightly press a direction on it, feel it hit the bottom, but it doesn't register unless I apply just a little bit more force. Otherwise the controller felt alright - nothing special, but gets the job done. Can't really say anything about the shoulder triggers though, none of the ~10 games I tried out used them.

I think the system could be good, but it comes down to the games now. There's not a whole many games for it now, but then, the system's not officially out yet either. Exclusives are good, but as long as the mobile/indie game ports are done right (ie. no lag, taking advantage of the controller) that might be enough. One of the reasons I originally backed the project was because there are some mobile games I'd like to play with a proper controller instead of touch screen controls or tilting the device around. So I'm hoping to see ports of games like Asphalt 7: Heat or an Ouya-exclusive game of the series.

[Jrecee]

1 day til retail launch and I still don't have the Ouya I ordered in February. Apparently it has shipped.

The Ouya concept is a good one, but I think it's going to take another company to do it right. They clearly don't have the resources to pull this off.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Mm. I think it's more the time frame holding them back than money or resources at this point. I have my Ouya. It's growing on me. It needs some killer apps you can't get on PC or Android or iOS though. I have the revised controller and it's not terrible either. Sure it's not great, but, it could be way worse. I think the thing they need most is time.