Why Ouya is the real deal and could be the next-gen console to watch.
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Virtual Boy, Sega Nomad, Ouya and the other troubled game systems that nobody bought.
How has this article missed out Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo's Wii U, two consoles that were actually superb devices in their own right, but were seen as failed due to lacklustre sales at the time of release?
Wonder how long before Stadia appears on the list surprised the Ngage is not on that list
Talk about a blast to the past.......I remember trying the virtual boy at Toy R Us and it was cool but I did feel slightly disoriented afterwards......good article.
The Ouya, a failed Android gaming console from early in this generation, is getting a second lease on life thanks to Internet archivists and some new software.
That's pretty cool they were able to bring it back. It sucks when something online only gets killed.
I got mine when it first launched, however it wasn't good for anything other than retro emulation. I couldn't sell the thing fast enough. Managed to get almost all my money back selling it on eBay.
I guess the Stadia launch is bringing back memories of other failed consoles/services.
Interesting subject, bad article.
The ouya is not at all like the Raspberry Pi.
The Pi comes without os, without casing, targets developers, costs 3x as much, specs aren't even close etc.
Tegra 3 = tablet... erm what?
Don't know how to reply to your reply Protoman, but yeah, I have seen a lot of people around the web saying Ouya is basically a tablet. They see the specs and write it off as a tablet for the living room, making the assumption that all the games will be tablet stuff pumped up to a big screen. I wanted to get across that it's not necessarily the case just because Ouya and some tablets share common brains.
Next gen? But it aims to play mobile games on a big screen...lmao, you guys are overeacting with the OUYA. This hype will kill the console.
I got your back.
it looks like fun, might give it a try i am a gamer so anything new in the video game world i gotta try. and for only 100 its not that bad.