What's with the lack of interest lately in the Upcoming section.

[Killswitch]

Matt "I'm too Hollywood to talk to anyone who helped me get started" Thorson, started on OUYA. There are others who started here and now have a chance to be bigger than they thought they could or even get to where they plan to go. We have at least one who is in the WiiU program, a few with Sony and Microsoft and they were first time developers. Hopefully they don't also forget the place they started but it happens. Money is a strange mistress.

APKs do nothing here, we have several examples. It's why some didn't even bother putting one out. Ask all the ones who had an APK if they got more responses from that or from putting it on Discover. This is where Eric will come in...paging Mr Blackburn.

Stop worrying about Minecraft crap. They have an established product that people know and that people don't question, new developers shouldn't even be looking at that or worrying about that. The console needs all types of games from a selling standpoint, if it sells to no one then there is no OUYA. If you have other games it helps bring in more of an audience who will then be able to check out the other games. Steam, which I hate mentioning, now has indie all over the place but it had major games drawing people in. People need to stop worrying about the others and push on. Until guys are out there and making it happen, it's going to be about the other games but why should that stop someone?

[Grimbarian]

Stop worrying about Minecraft crap. They have an established product that people know and that people don't question, new developers shouldn't even be looking at that or worrying about that. The console needs all types of games from a selling standpoint, if it sells to no one then there is no OUYA.

As I said, It's not me as a developer looking at the other games - it's me as a developer looking at what the OUYA audience want.

You say the console needs all types of games - yet raise the point in the OP yourself that few are commenting about the 'unknown' games in the Upcoming section. This, to me, says that the console only needs the games that the OUYA players want to buy - which is games from already established developers. You are of course 100% right that there have been a few very notable exceptions.

I'm more than happy to take it on the chin that my game isn't inspiring or noteworthy, and that I've got it wrong with who I perceived the OUYA audience to be. That's just one of those live and learn things. My next game has much more artistic flair... (very, very early stages... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37061220/index.html)

I'm merely saying that these are a couple of reasons why the Upcoming section could be perceived as being quiet.

[flamepanther]

You say the console needs all types of games - yet raise the point in the OP yourself that few are commenting about the 'unknown' games in the Upcoming section. This, to me, says that the console only needs the games that the OUYA players want to buy - which is games from already established developers.

That's a reasonable concern, but keep in mind that in any group it's always the unhappy ones that make the most noise, not necessarily the actual majority.