Ulukai on 13/7/2012 at 16:44
Quote Posted by lost_soul
If you're interested in the Raspberry Pi, you should
check out the MK802 buy one because they're $25 .
Fixed.
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But then... why not some Unix derivative?
Because neckbeards :cool:
(who knows, ask them)
Volitions Advocate on 13/7/2012 at 17:06
I think the whole point is that its all open source, and developers will have an easier time developing for it. With the huge popularity of indie platformers lately, it makes a lot of sense. People will buy this if it comes out. Wiis are still selling, and this looks more powerful than that.
It's also more powerful than most android cell phones. A tegra3 quad core is nothing to balk at. Neither is a gig of ram when you're not busy running a heavy OS on it. There's only 1 phone out there right now that has more than 1 gb of ram in it and thats the Galaxy S3 AFAIK. And anything with more than 400mb of ram in an android runs everything very smoothly in my experience. These are the things that keep cost down and make it viable.
Also.. Android is a Unix derivative.
Muzman on 13/7/2012 at 17:56
These kinds of things are cool, but...
Quote Posted by OUYA
Deep down, you know your best gaming memories happened in the living room.
Actually no. Most assuredly not.
Anyway, blanket F2P is interesting. Might be off putting for some though. Devs and players. I guess a demo/shareware v paid full version fits into the rubric they have there though.
Zerker on 13/7/2012 at 20:39
Quote Posted by lost_soul
I don't see the point really. If this were a handheld console, I would be really into it
You mean like the (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xperia_Play) Xperia Play? I have an Xperia Play as my primary phone, and it's fairly good for what I want it for. There are a few games that support it fairly well (but pretty crappy support from Sony directly), as well as the whole Emulator angle. I'm hoping that the Ouya release results in some cross-pollination for more games getting Xperia Play support too.
As for the Ouya itself, I'm not entirely sure. I already have a fairly capable PC connected to my TV that does just about everything I want.
Briareos H on 13/7/2012 at 22:45
Quote Posted by Koki
But then... why not some Unix derivative?
Android runs on an almost standard linux kernel and the NDK allows native C/C++ code to be compiled and executed. You don't have to use Java, although there is barely any reason not to.
