awaiting mine to arrive in march 2013.... long long way to go

+1 here

I'm backing it bcos it's a fresh new idea for future of gaming, and not seeing as another gaming console, or as most said, an android connected to TV

it's something out of the box, and with more n more big name studio supporting it, hopefully there's a bright future for it

oh yeah, one of the best news about it is the support of XBMC! woot!

you root your handphone, you void the warranty

OUYA actually welcome you to root it
and doesn't void the warranty


well... when it's out, there'll be another confusion for me when swapping controllers
already confused when swapping xbox360 and PS3 controller, with this OUYA controller.... albeit very similar to xbox controller, but the button layout and the characters will be a big time confusion for me.

I believe few of us here are the kickstarters backers as well

we'll be getting ours first before it hits the stores

but I think most of the store owner might not be interested to bring it in in bulk, as they can only sell the console for one time profit, and there's no physical games to sell

So think rather than waiting for local resellers to bring it in, you might as well just order it from them, since it's already open for pre-order.

IMO, they aren't directly competing with the 3 main console giants head to head
but rather they are trying to make a niche out of it
more like a LCC style (Low Cost Console)
for a dev, in order for you to publish your game on any of those 3 main consoles, it will cost a bomb due to their hefty licensing price, plus very strict QC
but in the end, the game quality are almost assured.

but for OUYA, they are using the current Apps scene on mobile platform, almost anyone can publish something or anything
There will be tonnes of indie dev too...
but judging from the lack of a very strict QC from OUYA, you can expect the OUYA to hang & crashed a lot due to the lack of QC of the games/apps


Mine also no news yet, hope they will send out soon
can't wait to test out their XBMC, see if it can replace my aging media player.

PSV indeed wasn't selling well, hence the price cuts recently
btw, PSV are targeting mobile gaming, whereas OUYA are home gaming, 2 totally diff market there

i don't care much about the games they got, nor the controller...

I'm more interest with it's hackabilities, running some other homebrews
and also use it as media player, replacing my existing aging machine

Just got an email notification that my unit is on the way
Should get it in about 2 weeks time

yup, basic unit only, without extra controller
dun need extra controller, as me wifey aren't into gaming, my xbox 2nd controller are just collecting dust

You'll get OUYA Store only, NO Google Playstore natively

to get Google Playstore on OUYA? You'll have to hack it

Mine should be shipping out today by DHL from Hong Kong
just got a shipping notice from them

btw, where to find your backers #? Not sure what number I am

can't find that email, think I might have accidentally deleted it

but my shipping notice got this number there, so I suspect it's my backer number 41979

picking up mine from the courier center in a short while

yup, there's an email from OUYA telling you your OUYA is ready for pick-up by courier company
then another email with tracking number when it's send out by DHL


anyhoo.... tried mine yesterday
first I was skeptical about the quality of the controller, but once I hold it, no more skeptical
the controller feels solid enough, very ergonomic, just like the xbox controller
analog stick feels good, but the buttons & triggers feels cheap, well.... it doesn't have the solid feel or pressure sensitivity of the xbox/ps controller
well.... what can I expect from a USD49 console?

dashboard are very simplistic, not much setting you can change beside your login, wifi & bluetooth settings.
Seriously they need to add more customizable settings in there like the screen res, audio, storage & etc

game wise, there's a handful there, surprised to see FF3 there on the list as well
haven't tried it as I let it download when I went to bed
some games are free to play, with limitation
tried a beautiful addictive game call Canabalt, which is free but with limited game credit set to 5 each days
if you want unlimited credits then you'll have to buy it at $2.99

there's a few emulators there as well, haven't tried them as I don't have any ROM lying around

somehow the firmware still a bit unstable & buggy, hanged for a few secs to a minutes from time to time, and the home button sometimes doesn't work as it meant to be
can't wait for the final official firmware release

Surprise to see FF3 there, looks awesome on big screen too!
still trying out the free version, still dunno what's the limitation
it's selling at USD15.99

last night tried another additive game, Vector, which is totally free too
slightly similar to Cannabalt, but a lot more addictive and challenging

So far.... I'm lovin' it, OUYA!

yeah, or least "sell" it to someone else who is interested
let that person wait for it

Easiest for Google is, just buy OUYA over
rename it Google OUYA

got it's own game console without needing much R&D, and at the same time eliminating one competitor from the market
kill 2 bird with one stone

with Google owning OUYA, I'll bet tonnes of developers gonna participate in releasing their game on OUYA compared to current situation.

heck... why not?
it will be suicidal for Google to compete head on with Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo

My bet their console is gonna be something similar to OUYA, or Steam's Steambox, and Apple's IOS console
which will primary run on their own OS, which already has tonnes of games on it

there's a small chance could be your HDMI cable
try switching the HDMI cable

your point is??