More or less, the short version is that the Ouya is on death's door. The microconsole failed to attract a crowd to buy the console more than likely because of the lack of AAA titles, poor support, poor build quality, and low specs. The system was funded by kickstarter, and of course is meeting its demise at the hands of bigger consoles.

 

I'm not surprised by this. Really the idea of a $99 console with such tiny hardware competing in this day and age was a dream. The cost of making the competing hardware these days exceeds the Ouya's tiny $8 million budget. It's hard to get into the hardware business when you're just starting up. To me though, this is just another example of how kickstarter stuff just doesn't always work out because people live on romantic ideas that the little guy can take on companies that spend billions on gaming hardware.

 

What are your thoughts on the Ouya? Did you buy one? Are you sad to see it die?

I own a Ouya. I wouldn't say it's dying.

I own a Ouya. I wouldn't say it's dying.

No man, the company is going under. They are trying to sell the company in hopes to pay off their debts. If they don't soon, they will need to file for bankruptcy and thus the Ouya will stop being produced.

 

On a second note: how is the system itself? Could you tell me in detail about your experience with it?

No man, the company is going under. They are trying to sell the company in hopes to pay off their debts. If they don't soon, they will need to file for bankruptcy and thus the Ouya will stop being produced. On a second note: how is the system itself? Could you tell me in detail about your experience with it?

The system is decent enough. I only use it to play N64 and PS1 emulators on there. (I use a PS3 controller to play on there.)

The system is decent enough. I only use it to play N64 and PS1 emulators on there. (I use a PS3 controller to play on there.)

I've been hearing a lot that the controller that comes with the system just isn't worth using and many people rely on the PS3's dualshock 3.

I've never even heard of this.

I've been hearing a lot that the controller that comes with the system just isn't worth using and many people rely on the PS3's dualshock 3.

Well, the Ouya controllers are alright. For a while. Soon enough, the controllers buttons would get stuck. That's why I use the PS3 controller.

Well, the Ouya controllers are alright. For a while. Soon enough, the controllers buttons would get stuck. That's why I use the PS3 controller.

That's not a good sign when you have to rely on a third party controller for your console.

 

 

I've never even heard of this.

It was a kickstarter funded console.

Well I saw that coming from a trillion lightyears away. 

Well I saw that coming from a trillion lightyears away. 

 

Yeah me too, people wanted to believe, but when you looked at it from a logic standpoint, it made no sense.

Really, I'm honestly not surprised. Not even slightly.

 

This Kickstarter funded console made by a very small company wanted to compete with such huge industrial staples like Sony or Microsoft? Please. It's like if some company in the past tried to compete with Atari with their own cons--oh wait. That happened with the ClecoVision and the IntelliVision and THAT didn't end well, especially with the former outright copying Atari with a Extension that could play Atari 2600 Games out of desperation...and that didn't work at all.

 

Really, this could be seen coming from bloody Mars. The Ouya had zero chance of competing or even surviving.

Really, I'm honestly not surprised. Not even slightly.

 

This Kickstarter funded console made by a very small company wanted to compete with such huge industrial staples like Sony or Microsoft? Please. It's like if some company in the past tried to compete with Atari with their own cons--oh wait. That happened with the ClecoVision and the IntelliVision and THAT didn't end well, especially with the former outright copying Atari with a Extension that could play Atari 2600 Games out of desperation...and that didn't work at all.

 

Really, this could be seen coming from bloody Mars. The Ouya had zero chance of competing or even surviving.

I am hoping this will make people wake up from the fantasy that indie is going to suddenly take over the industry. Indie development (software and hardware) is never going to replace AAA development, or even come close to it because of the fact that cash talks in this business. You can't hope to beat today's modern game hardware without billions of dollars to throw away.

Implying it wasn't dead already on arrival.

Implying it wasn't dead already on arrival.

ikr when i first saw it in Game Informer i just said eh doesnt look to promising and it plays games u can already play on other consoles which i already own so i just skipped the pages about it