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Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

LOL. People are dumb for believing in cloud computing? It's a FANTASTIC option for anything other than twitch reflex gaming.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Wouldn't you agree that twitch/reflex games make up most of the console titles? I think Khross' final point is a valid concern in that regard.

Have you even looked at the "released"/"leaked" specs on the PS4?

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

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OUYA HOLDING PUBLIC E3 BOOTH IN PARKING LOT
Stew Shearer | 20 May 2013 6:56 am
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Ouya will be holding a three day event showcasing the work of its developers in a parking lot across from the Los Angeles Convention Center.

One of the biggest goals Ouya's creators have had for the Android-based console is that it would a platform open to the whims of its users. When its Kickstarter first launched, it was promised the console would be completely hackable. Likewise, every Ouya comes with development tools to give gamers the option to create their own software. Just in the run up to Ouya's release, more than 10,000 developers, both big and small, have taken the company up on offers of free development tools.

With E3 on the horizon, Ouya's creators are still dedicated to this mantra of open-ness. In an attempt to circumvent the industry-only nature of E3, Ouya's booth will be located outside of the main show in a parking lot directly across from the Los Angeles Convention Center. In an email sent to the many developers working on games for the console, the company offered any interested parties a chance to join it at its "booth" which will be open to industry professionals and the public alike.

"OUYA will be present for all three days of the event, and we'll provide everything you'll need to put on a killer game demo," said Kellee Santiago, Head of Developer Relation's for Ouya. "You'll be able to demo your games to media, E3 attendees and random people on the street who want to see what all the buzz is about. We're going all out to ensure we get the best equipment, and we're also engineering it with the elements of an outside location in mind." Developers interested in showcasing their work at Ouya's public booth are being asked to register before May 28th. We can only imagine the company is hoping not all 10,000 of its developers will attend.

While it would be easy to laugh this off as just being the indie-console being all quirky and loveable, Ouya is not the first hardware maker in 2013 to eschew the standard E3 experience for plans of its own. Nintendo this year will be skipping its usual press conference, and will also be giving gamers a similarly public chance to try in-the-works games by releasing playable versions to Best Buys. Meanwhile, while both still have plans for E3 presentations, Sony revealed the PS4 at an event in February while Microsoft is holding a private show tomorrow to showcase the Xbox 360's successor.

Source: Joystiq


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It's about what I figured. A cute little toy, right now; it has to get some good games on it to make it viable.

Build-wise, it's attractive (particularly the bronze SE version), but the controller feels cheap (buttons are squishy, particularly the d-pad, and the triggers squeak). Having a touchscreen on the controller is completely silly, as it doesn't seem to actually do anything but throw up a mouse cursor on the screen for a minute. It doesn't appear to be able to power up or down via the controller, which is a seriously dumb oversight that I assume can be rectified with a firmware update. Following the pattern of literally every Android device I've owned, the first time I booted it up saw the machine freeze and require a hard shutdown and restart.

Demos loaded onto the device quickly, but browsing the store is sluggish and cumbersome. The UI is half good-looking and bespoke, half unvarnished Android.

Games seemed to play OK...except for the ones that didn't. Which I attribute to the developer, not the console, but it's still a concern. I believe the OUYA can make a go of it, and the whole reason I threw a little money at it was to support the idea behind it, but they're going to need to quickly grow their store offerings into iOS-level quality in order to compete.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

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And three times the price. Ouch.

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