OUYA Subscription Model

[arcticdog]

To bring it back full circle.

Subscription wouldn't work for most peoplehere it seems. It's a worthy idea but don't know about execution of it. True, it's only a test for now but we'll see what happens. Think it would have been better if it was like a wine of the month club type thing where you pay some amount and get access to games, then if you want it, you buy it. But then you eliminate premium games and all that. I guess we'll see what OUYA does with it.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3699...il-you-show-it

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.