The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and probably doomed

Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by JVIDEL on Thursday July 12, 2012 @07:15PM (#4237357)

The Dreamcast went as low as $50 and even that didn't save it, price isn't everything when it comes to consoles.

And casual gamers are already migrating away from consoles because they can play those social games on the smartphones and tablets they already own, why would they buy another console that plays the same games?

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Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by slantyyz on Thursday July 12, 2012 @07:27PM (#4237409)

For any game that I want to play for more than 15 minutes, I'd rather relax on my sofa with a proper controller and play it on a screen that is not on my lap requiring an uncomfortable neck position.

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Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by JVIDEL on Thursday July 12, 2012 @08:05PM (#4237509)

You were talking about casual gamers.

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Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by slantyyz on Thursday July 12, 2012 @09:15PM (#4237726)

Playing Tetris for an hour is pretty casual compared to something like an RPG that requires 30 hours to complete.

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