Should I get the Ouya?

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sspradhan

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Hey,

I have been looking at the OUYA and it does seem like a fine device.
Its got good specs Tegra3, which I think will be maxed out since battery optimization is not needed. And Alsoits got the Nvidia support.

I just want to know, is it worth investing in such a gadget for casual gameplay, since its relatively pretty cheap.
Also if anyone has already backed/preordered it please let me know how you feel and what you expect.
 
I don't think anyone here has bought it but console has some serious horsepower wrt to it's price.

Anyone else is interested in buying it as they have announced the shipping date ie. 28th march

Specs : Android 4.1 JB,Tegra 3 quad-core processor coupled with 1GB RAM,8GB storage,HDMI out with 1080p output,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth 4.0,USB 2.0 and Ethernet port
 
Actually i don't care that much about the Ouya firmware.

Main thing is a quad core tegra 3 SoC with android 4.1 so it can be used as media player ie. xbmc and than other things like gaming.
 
Nalin said:
Actually i don't care that much about the Ouya firmware.

Main thing is a quad core tegra 3 SoC with android 4.1 so it can be used as media player ie. xbmc and than other things like gaming.
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Tegra 3 is not that great as @Aman27deep rightfully said. And if initial reports are to be believed, Tegra 4 is outclassed by Snapdragon 800 and upcoming Exynos 5 Octa. Tegra 3 is a decent SoC, but not the best one around.

While I do agree that Ouya is a nifty little device with a price-point hard to ignore, I was making the point that almost every high-end Android device we have in our pockets can already be Ouya.

More than the device itself, it would be more interesting to see how the service and the controller turns out to be.
 
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Tegra 3 isn't as good as you're imagining.
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But it should be good enough for media player functions like playing 1080p mkv files through wifi out of the box using an XBMC player as i said previously and hardware alone is justifying the price.

blkrb0t said:
Tegra 3 is not that great as @Aman27deep rightfully said. And if initial reports are to be believed, Tegra 4 is outclassed by Snapdragon 800 and upcoming Exynos 5 Octa. Tegra 3 is a decent SoC, but not the best one around.

While I do agree that Ouya is a nifty little device with a price-point hard to ignore, I was making the point that almost every high-end Android device we have in our pockets can already be Ouya.

More than the device itself, it would be more interesting to see how the service and the controller turns out to be.
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Yup it is just a decent to good SoC against the newer 28nm architectures,but android phones has it's own limitations like no physical controllers and limited battery backup etc.
One more thing is i can connect it to AC power source with HDTV so it can work as a media server to stream the video files from my pc.
 
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The edge the OUYA makers have is that it has not been designed for mobile use. It draws AC power, has a cooling fan, has a separate Nvidia team to overclock it. So IMO it might have power that can run some great games at good fps. I don't know if they're gonna sell or not, but their low price is a big plus.
 
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