What about the people not here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Killswitch
I'm really curious about those people.
I feel like they are left out in the wild.
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What about the people not here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Killswitch
I'm really curious about those people.
I feel like they are left out in the wild.
Well, I know 4 people with Ouyas in my local area which do not come to the forums. And the general reaction when I told them about the subscription model was they seemed indifferent towards it. Mostly because they got exactly what they wanted out of their Ouya. 2 of them are XBMC/sideload netflix/hulu guys. 1 of them is all about the emulation. And the last one doesn't use his a whole lot because family (his account was so idle that Ouya actually sent him a $5 code via e-mail to come back.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrogen_Widget
The only way you'll get them talking is if an update breaks the reason why they use Ouya. That's about it really. So the wild users appear to be just fine being in the wild.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3699...il-you-show-itQuote:
Originally Posted by Killswitch
Not sure "Subscription wouldn't work for most people here" is true. There have been plenty who view it the other way.
And even then, I'm not sure those for or against it here are a good test of viability. I highly doubt the invites were exclusive to OUYA Forum members. We don't know how many subs they had available, but it sold out in less than a day. So unless they only held it open for a few hours, that's something that indicates interest in subscription. I'd say it would be in more trouble if a week came and went and they still had limited units available. I believe Nitrogen Widget's concern is far more legit. I'm pretty sure the number of active members in this forum (and by active, I mean those that have an account and don't lurk) are the minority of OUYA users out in the wild. Don't confuse vocal with everyone. Most customers just want to play games and not shape policy and there are plenty customers out there that don't just use it for emulation and XBMC.
Also don't be so hung up on the "execution" of this. Look out of the box a little and see it for what it is: A test to do market viability and gauge interest. The implementation is inconsequential at this point.
They're not going to make a bunch of changes to operations and client/server software to facilitate a "wine of the month" club or a "usage-based payout" strategy UNLESS THEY KNOW IT IS A WORTHY PURSUIT. Software development isn't free, and it consumes the time of human resources available to develop it. I could be wrong, but I find it hard to believe the model they've tested here is sustainable for OUYA on a scale of making it available to everyone. So it's nearly guaranteed it WILL change if they make it a permanent product. Maybe it will be the wine of the month club. Maybe it will be like that indie song service flamepanther has mentioned. Maybe it will be usage based as I've suggested. But none of that matters unless they get enough users to vote with their dollars enough to put it on the list of things to pursue.
I should of put a smiley or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by sconfig
Wasn't totally serious but I suspect there are way more OUYA users than suspected and also suspected they don't even come here.