Who is interested in OUYA?

[Cybermonkey]

Java actually isn't that bad anymore. I used to hate it, but seeing how it's used these days I'm much more impressed with what you can do. Especially on the OUYA's Tegra 3!


Because it's a tablet hooked up to a TV running tablet games on a TV. It's not a game console running console games on it.

OUYA isn't just another Android device, it's a game console for indies and gamers who like those games with an intergrated store front. It just uses Android as it's engine.

But it's still a pain to use Freepascal to compile for Android. Better use an ARM Linux and FPC.
Yes, I know this. But from what I have heard, people trying hard to get the Playstore working on OUYA.
So my tablet has USB ports, I can plug in a keyboard, mouse, joystick whatever and there are apps that I can use them with almost any game. Nevertheless I am more interested in emulators, so a Pi is my No. 1 choice, heck I can even change the operating system if I wish ...

[Super Vegeta]

so aPi is my No. 1 choice, heck I can even change the operating system if I wish ...

Hell, that reminds me I was supposed to look for some Pi-compatible controller and try to write a game for it. That'd be fun.

[WILL]

So my tablet has USB ports, I can plug in a keyboard, mouse, joystick whatever and there are apps that I can use them with almost any game.

Your home computer doesn't happen to look like this does it?

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Seriously though, that sort of rigging just isn't my bag man. I like that I have a commercial grade (low end albeit!) gaming console that I can develop my games on and sell to gamers who love indie games. Google Play is for tablets and phones. The user experience for those doesn't translate to the TV always.

The Pi looks cool, I've seen it before. It's just too hobby-only-ish for what I'd like to do. Fun if you want to build a game console though! (I enjoy playing with electronics as well.)

But it's a totally different concept from what the OUYA is. You kind of have to be interested in video game console development and you'd have to have been the kind of person that has always wanted to get your games on a major console at least a little bit.

[Cybermonkey]

Sure, you are right. But for me the no. 1 indie platform is still the PC. How many (casual) gamers own a PC and how many own a OUYA? Here I have to pay about 130 € for the OUYA and I can get the Wii U for example for 199-230 €. I'm not convinced that there are enough gamers for a lively market. That said, I am more interested in developing computer games.