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Bit Blot => Off-Topic => Topic started by: IcyEyeG on July 12, 2012, 02:57:02 pm
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I don't know if you guys already know this, but there's a new kickstarter for a console that is aimed to break funding records:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console
OUYA, for what I understand will be an open console based on Android ICS, and with indie gamers and developers in mind. It is also fully hackable, which means that rooting will be easy and won't void warranty.
It has raised almost 4 million in 3 days, and surpassed the funding goal in just 8 hours.
Maybe this is a good opportunity to finally get the motivation to bring Aquaria to Android?
To vote for Aquaria and other games and features, they are surveying that at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ouya
I personally voted for Aquaria, Trine 1 and 2, Bastion and VVVVV.
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There's a lot of great games that should be on there. I voted World of Goo, Aquaria, Little Inferno, Bastion and Trine franchise.
I'm personally watching this fairly closely. I think it looks cool, and I don't even like consoles or console games. This may change that. Only thing that has me concerned is 1 GB RAM. Why only 1GB and not 2, 4, or 8? I was looking at laptops recently, and quite a lot of midrange ones have 8. 1 GB is a fairly limiting amount; I hope they have slots where you can slap more in, or increase the amount of RAM the OUYA has. Though if they're selling it for $100, that may be why there's only 1 GB.
It all depends on how well it does. If they do a good job marketing, and word-of-mouth is in their favor, and a lot of people back their kickstarter, this has the potential to change consoles forever. And a lot of developers may boycott the current consoles there are or get them to open up the development and publishing process more. Which imo is fantastic.
EDIT: Or if it fails, Penny Arcade has a list of downsides: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/the-reality-of-the-ouya-console-doesnt-match-the-hype-why-you-should-be-ske
Whatever. I'll definitely be watching it to see how it does. I'm neither super hyped nor super skeptical.