OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console

RangeR

COYVB wrote: »

Not seeing the issue here...

I don't want to give them ny CC details until I actually want to purchase something. To be honest, I have no intention of purchasing anything on OUYA. I never did. I want it for Netflix and other AV streaming. That's it. No intention of gaming on it at all.

I don't want to give my CC details. It's now a dead paperweight until I can install stock android.

This CC stipulation was never brought to light during the kick starter campaign. If it was a stipulation, I wouldn't have supported it.

RangeR

I put in fake details. Generated a CC format number with proper check digit here.

Ouya can't check if it's a valid number until first purchase.

Safe.

wnolan1992

Agree with RangeR that mandatory CC details is a bad idea. I'm very hesitant to link my card to accounts and only for the fact that I have an O2 money card which I can control how much money it has access to I wouldn't have put the details in.

I think for a console that seems to be going for the "You don't HAVE to pay anything!" vibe, requiring CC details before you can even go into the main menu is a bad first impression.

Actually, when some of the guys still waiting for theirs finally gets the unit, could ye try holding the power button (home button) on the controller at that CC details screen and see what happens?

I only realised after a few hours last night that that button acted as a home button too. :P

TPD

I never had to put in CC details

wnolan1992

TPD wrote: »

I never had to put in CC details

Really? That's odd... Did it just go straight to the menu when you logged in?

EDIT: Oh, someone asked about sideloading stuff earlier. Here's a guide that looks pretty handy.

RangeR

Side loaded Netflix, XBMC, Dropbox, MXPlayer [not working yet, prob missing codec].

The BIGGEST flaw that the OUYA has [other than enforcing CC input] is that when the controller turns off after 10 minutes, Video stops playing.

Here's me, watching Netflix. A bit of ST:V, enjoying a bit of Seven of Nine. 10 minutes in, bang. It pauses the video. I notice that the controller is off as it's not responding. I turn it on and press play again. 10 minutes later, same thing happens. 1 minute later, I pack it away.

I'll wait until OUYA is production ready. It's just not usable as a media device. Exceptionally disappointed with OUYA so far.

jaykhunter

That is horrendous. Sounds like it was rushed to market without actually testing it out. Hopefully in a year OUYA will be the console it was promised to be. Might take 2 by the sounds of it.

TPD

RangeR wrote: »

The BIGGEST flaw that the OUYA has [other than enforcing CC input] is that when the controller turns off after 10 minutes, Video stops playing.

Which player was this in? I've never had that happen in XBMC.

RangeR

TPD wrote: »

Which player was this in? I've never had that happen in XBMC.

Netflix

justsomebloke

jaykhunter wrote: »

That is horrendous. Sounds like it was rushed to market without actually testing it out. Hopefully in a year OUYA will be the console it was promised to be. Might take 2 by the sounds of it.

he is using a side loaded version of netflix so it's unsupported software so of course it mightn't work as expected. Of all the crap that is wrong with OUYA this isn't something that is actually their fault

Kidchameleon

Is it possible to buy one if i wasnt involved with kickstarter?

wnolan1992

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Is it possible to buy one if i wasnt involved with kickstarter?

You can buy one from their website. It's also available at B&M shops in the US, but not sure about here.

McG

I'm not impressed with mine at all. Have sideloaded XBMC but while it can view my mysql XBMC library it can't actually view the windows shares which are hosted on the same PC as the mysql!

I've set it up to use an external hard drive and will be giving it to my parents. It should do the job for them but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Sideloaded Netflix is almost unusable as it's set for touch, not controller.

RangeR

Native XBMC and Netflix is on the way. XBMC is MAYBE one or two months away. No word on Netflix other than OUYA claiming a few months ago that they were hoping it would be live for retail launch.

Genghiz Cohen

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Is it possible to buy one if i wasnt involved with kickstarter?

A lot of people were expecting something else and were disappointed by it, so you can probably pick one up cheap on ebay or adverts.

EDIT: Or not, just had a look there. Not too many going.

rolexeagle1

amazon.co.uk have them from next week i think!

fish fingers

McG wrote: »

I'm not impressed with mine at all. Have sideloaded XBMC but while it can view my mysql XBMC library it can't actually view the windows shares which are hosted on the same PC as the mysql!

I've set it up to use an external hard drive and will be giving it to my parents. It should do the job for them but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Sideloaded Netflix is almost unusable as it's set for touch, not controller.

Have you tried this version http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=OUYA, it's meant to be best at the moment.

Kidchameleon

srumball wrote: »

amazon.co.uk have them from next week i think!

Yep i saw that. Ill be ordering from them.

justsomebloke

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Yep i saw that. Ill be ordering from them.

and from the look of it you will have it before me as I still haven't received mine yet

runawaybishop

RangeR wrote: »

Side loaded Netflix, XBMC, Dropbox, MXPlayer [not working yet, prob missing codec].

The BIGGEST flaw that the OUYA has [other than enforcing CC input] is that when the controller turns off after 10 minutes, Video stops playing.

Here's me, watching Netflix. A bit of ST:V, enjoying a bit of Seven of Nine. 10 minutes in, bang. It pauses the video. I notice that the controller is off as it's not responding. I turn it on and press play again. 10 minutes later, same thing happens. 1 minute later, I pack it away.

I'll wait until OUYA is production ready. It's just not usable as a media device. Exceptionally disappointed with OUYA so far.

Try plugging a mouse in, should stop it snoozing.

RangeR

runawaybishop wrote: »

Try plugging a mouse in, should stop it snoozing.

I don't conceive that to be a fix

Anywho, XBMC works fine. I'll just use PS3 for Netflix until things settle down.

rolexeagle1

Its only just launched the apps will get sorted for it! I think its a class little piece of kit, a lot of potential!

rgfuller

Mine arrived today - paid €17.49 customs charge made up of VAT@23% of a €49.97 value = €11.49 + An Post fee of €6.
Copper coloured as kickstarter backing level with a bubble wrapped 2nd controller in the shipping package, a plug adapter and an extra pack of AA batteries.

poldebruin

I got my kickstarter Ouya on Friday. Initial setup could have been smoother, but once I got the sideloading thing worked out with emulators and XBMC running it was already worth it. The games I've seen are a mixture of quirky, addictive, fun and terrible - as expected. Even the terrible ones can be fun and have a kernal of an interesting idea. I entered a credit card but haven't needed to pay for anything yet. Great to be able to try out the games beofre commiting.

I'm hopeful that properly ported apps and games will make an appearance, and that the community will make it an interesting console to own for a few years.

RangeR

poldebruin wrote: »

I'm hopeful that properly ported apps and games will make an appearance, and that the community will make it an interesting console to own for a few years.

Everything in the Discover section has been specifically developed or ported for the Ouya.

poldebruin

RangeR wrote: »

Everything in the Discover section has been specifically developed or ported for the Ouya.

...sorry, yes, I meant when they are further or more abundant i.e. netflix or xbmc etc. The ones that are listed currently work fine with controller and require no sideloading shennanigans!

witnessmenow

I played "the amazing frog" with a buddy the last day. It was so terrible it was amazing! I really recomend trying it out

Kidchameleon

witnessmenow wrote: »

I played "the amazing frog" with a buddy the last day. It was so terrible it was amazing! I really recomend trying it out

was there any controler lag with that game or have boxer8 fixed that problem?

Went to order from amazon today but their out of bloody stock!

witnessmenow

I submitted my game "Soc-Car" for review yesterday, so hopefully it will get approved shortly!

wnolan1992

witnessmenow wrote: »

I submitted my game "Soc-Car" for review yesterday, so hopefully it will get approved shortly!

Let us know if/when it's up, would love to give any game a go at this point. :P

witnessmenow

With high praise like that how could I refuse :pac:

The game is in the sandbox now. Its multi-player only (realistically) but its only 5mb and completely free, so if you have some buddies over please give it a go!





Would love to hear any feedback you have.

Strongly thinking about this for emulation purposes. Would be great to get rid of my big, noisy, old, ugy XBOX 1. I'd say 8 and 16 bit stuff runs fine on it....but does it have enough grunt for Dreamcast, PSX, N64 and even Gamecube (!)? Basically is it a step up from the XBOX and enough of an improvement that I won't mind losing support for XBOX1 games?

wnolan1992

If you were a backer you can now get a $13.37 credit for the OUYA store if were unhappy with a delay in shipping or slow customer service response. Pretty decent of them in fairness.

RangeR

wnolan1992 wrote: »

If you were a backer you can now get a $13.37 credit for the OUYA store if were unhappy with a delay in shipping or slow customer service response. Pretty decent of them in fairness.

OUYA have ****e store sales. This will get people used to purchasing.

B.A._Baracus

Deleted User wrote: »

Strongly thinking about this for emulation purposes. Would be great to get rid of my big, noisy, old, ugy XBOX 1. I'd say 8 and 16 bit stuff runs fine on it....but does it have enough grunt for Dreamcast, PSX, N64 and even Gamecube (!)? Basically is it a step up from the XBOX and enough of an improvement that I won't mind losing support for XBOX1 games?

I bought an Ouya and have been messing around with emulation on it.
First off, you are right to assume that 8 bit and 16 bit work fine. They are perfectly emulated. However the Ouya will never be able to run Playstation 2, Xbox or GameCube. Doesnt have enough power.


As for other emulation here is a quick run down:

- Playstation 1 works fine. You have to side-load a better ps1 emulator. As the one you download in store is €3. It's also a bit of a pain to get the controls right.

- Nintendo 64, again you have to side load a better emulator than in-store. Works near 100%.

- There is no Dreamcast emulator in store and it's up in the air at the moment as to weather it will work on the Ouya decently. (I'm searching this up as I type this so i'll get back with more info)

Thanks for the reply. I'm guessing the better PS1 emulator that needs to be sideloaded is epsxe? And for the N64 the better one is SuperN64?

B.A._Baracus

Deleted User wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. I'm guessing the better PS1 emulator that needs to be sideloaded is epsxe? And for the N64 the better one is SuperN64?

Yup, epsxe for the ps1 but I forget the name of the N64 one. It's not SuperN64. But am sure that would work just as well.

timthumbni

Bought an ouya a few weeks back and my initial impressions are mixed.

Good

Emulation. Snes and mega drive emus seem good. N64 I'm having trouble understanding how the buttons will work on zelda oot.
Nice enough wee box. Doesn't take much room about size of Rubik's cube.
Controller not too bad IMO.
Tune in radio works well. Like that I can keep this playing whilst playing games.

Bad

Ouya store and interface in general isn't the best.
Controller trigger is squeaking.
Xmbc is not running well on mine. Frodo 12.2
Doesn't ask for password when buying games. Maybe I'm missing something but surely this needs sorted especially if you hv kids playing it.
Ouya doesn't seem like a finished article most of the time. Maybe updates will sort lot of issues out.

Does anyone else have xmbc running well on ouya?

RangeR

timthumbni wrote: »

Bought an ouya a few weeks back and my initial impressions are mixed.

Good

Emulation. Snes and mega drive emus seem good. N64 I'm having trouble understanding how the buttons will work on zelda oot.
Nice enough wee box. Doesn't take much room about size of Rubik's cube.
Controller not too bad IMO.
Tune in radio works well. Like that I can keep this playing whilst playing games.

Bad

Ouya store and interface in general isn't the best.
Controller trigger is squeaking.
Xmbc is not running well on mine. Frodo 12.2
Doesn't ask for password when buying games. Maybe I'm missing something but surely this needs sorted especially if you hv kids playing it.
Ouya doesn't seem like a finished article most of the time. Maybe updates will sort lot of issues out.

Does anyone else have xmbc running well on ouya?

Xbmc running well. Regardless, it's not an official product for OUYA. Not fair to blame OUYA for xbmc not working well.

timthumbni

RangeR wrote: »

Xbmc running well. Regardless, it's not an official product for OUYA. Not fair to blame OUYA for xbmc not working well.

Was I imagining it or was ouya not supposed to have an official app for xmbc?

Out of interest what version of xmbc are you using and is it wireless or Ethernet you use. I'm new to xmbc so I am probably doing something wrong myself.

Cheers.

RangeR

timthumbni wrote: »

Was I imagining it or was ouya not supposed to have an official app for xmbc?

Out of interest what version of xmbc are you using and is it wireless or Ethernet you use. I'm new to xmbc so I am probably doing something wrong myself.

Cheers.

Official XBMC is some time off. It will come.

I'm using Frodo too. I just don't expect much, so I'm not disappointed.
It plays my videos, some of which are HD. I'm wireless, not that it makes too much of a difference. WIFI is different for everyone.

I also don't use the stock controller. I purchased a wireless keyboard with track pad.

timthumbni

RangeR wrote: »

Official XBMC is some time off. It will come.

I'm using Frodo too. I just don't expect much, so I'm not disappointed.
It plays my videos, some of which are HD. I'm wireless, not that it makes too much of a difference. WIFI is different for everyone.

I also don't use the stock controller. I purchased a wireless keyboard with track pad.

Thanks for info. What's your impressions of the ouya? I bought my first 2 games from store ice rage or whatever it's called and hipster zombies.

I have to admit that I quite enjoy these games. I have ps3 and 360 as well but sometimes its nice to just pick up a game and play for a short time. My weans enjoy watching me play the zombie one as well though my fingers are getting arthritis already from playing. Might try my ps3 controller.

runawaybishop

timthumbni wrote: »

Doesn't ask for password when buying games. Maybe I'm missing something but surely this needs sorted especially if you hv kids playing it.

You can add a PIN to purchases: Manage> Account> Parental controls

^^ you can also set filters on age rated games there.

RangeR

timthumbni wrote: »

Thanks for info. What's your impressions of the ouya? I bought my first 2 games from store ice rage or whatever it's called and hipster zombies.

I have to admit that I quite enjoy these games. I have ps3 and 360 as well but sometimes its nice to just pick up a game and play for a short time. My weans enjoy watching me play the zombie one as well though my fingers are getting arthritis already from playing. Might try my ps3 controller.

I don't play games on it. It's purely for XBMC and Netflix.

spektorfive

Hi I just got OUYA this weekend I have some problems. Mostly with the browser. I have no arrow (I don't know correct word for it.) to click on things with and unable to click on anything. Those meaning I can't download roms. I got usb mouse I plug-ed it in noting happen. Any help please? thanks.

wnolan1992

spektorfive wrote: »

Hi I just got OUYA this weekend I have some problems. Mostly with the browser. I have no arrow (I don't know correct word for it.) to click on things with and unable to click on anything. Those meaning I can't download roms. I got usb mouse I plug-ed it in noting happen. Any help please? thanks.

Is it not popping up when you touch the touchpad? Could be a faulty controller...

spektorfive

No noting pops out and tried everything. I got second hand but the guy never used. Is faulty joypad a thing? Any options? Thanks.

robbe

Maybe try pairing the controller again - there are a few guides on how to do this online - remove the batteries and reinsert.

spektorfive

Reboot worked thanks.

DA365

Anyone selling one of these? Can't seem to find one in Ireland!

My Matricom MX2 died on me last night. Looking for a new XBMC box and this comes highly recommended.