[Newt]

Originally Posted by Neblix

Ouya is most likely going to have a special version of Android (at least, in the video it didn't show a typical Ice Cream Sandwich OS) and Ouya has a proprietary controller and its own dev kit.

Not to mention a quad core Tegra 3 far surpasses anything RP can offer. >_>

It's more of an educational tool, a chip that you would buy 30 of for your computer science class as you teach low level programming or something like that.

A pretty user interface is irrelevant to the programs that will run on the thing.

I seriously doubt they have the engineering staff to put together a custom version of the OS. What they /do/ have is a few decent designers and excellent marketing staff. Skin-jobs are still just toasters.

You're mostly right about RP though; the only thing that RP can probably do that Ouya could do is play SNES emulators. I mostly see RP as something for people who aren't cool enough to use an arduino.

[Neblix]

Originally Posted by Newt

A pretty user interface is irrelevant to the programs that will run on the thing.

It doesn't matter? The point was Rasberry Pi has Linux whereas Ouya has an interface designed like a game console (like Xbox).

I was never implying Ouya has a special OS with exclusive programming/development options. It's already been established that it's Android.

[Crowbar Man]

Rasberry Pi is very neat, but as already stated, definitely not a console and not something your average joe can pick up and play games on. No controller either. Its really popular among hobbyists though, worth checking out if you like fiddling with junk and want to do a DIY media/console/thing. Someone was even working on an Android ICS build for it, and Team XBMC is also working on it! Power side, its kinda lacking with 700Mhz and 256MB RAM, but GPU is supposed to be half decent (though obviously no Tegra 3). Still a great tool for a hobbyist to fool around with.

[The Derrit]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407046,00.asp

[Dhsu]

Power Smoothie posted that article as well.

Originally Posted by Power Smoothie

Another article critical about the pitch. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407046,00.asp

They don't think the console will ever get made.

Julie claims their hardware guy has experience getting products to market under similarly aggressive deadlines, but I think it's a given at this point that they won't hit March.

If it doesn't materialize at all...oh well. Losing $100 isn't the end of the world.

[Neblix]

I don't think the writer of that article understands what a scam is.

It could flop, fail, or whatever, but it's definitely not a scam. They've invested too much into it to have planned it as a giant con for $8 million.

[Meteo Xavier]

Originally Posted by Neblix

I don't think the writer of that article understands what a scam is.

It could flop, fail, or whatever, but it's definitely not a scam. They've invested too much into it to have planned it as a giant con for $8 million.

How much is too much? If you're going to con people out of millions of dollars, there's some work that goes into it.

[ectogemia]

Originally Posted by Meteo Xavier

How much is too much? If you're going to con people out of millions of dollars, there's some work that goes into it.

Like the Snuggie?

Oh wait...

[Neblix]

Originally Posted by Meteo Xavier

How much is too much? If you're going to con people out of millions of dollars, there's some work that goes into it.

Are you suggesting Ouya is a con?

[The Derrit]

Originally Posted by Neblix

I don't think the writer of that article understands what a scam is.

It could flop, fail, or whatever, but it's definitely not a scam. They've invested too much into it to have planned it as a giant con for $8 million.

do they?

i don't think it's a con but i do think it's negligent business to promise something at a price range and release date they in all likelihood cannot hold to. it takes the big 3 years to make their systems, how can ouya do it in 9 months? manufacture for market takes at least a third of that time.