Quote Originally Posted by DrunkPunk View Post
Exactly. They thought it would be easy to "dominate" the market by throwing GP on their device because that was the biggest whine about the OUYA, and now look at them; forgotten like the GameStick. OUYA is the only microconsole that actually went anywhere, while creating their own store even, so it was the easy target for hate and ridicule. Every week after the release saw someone talking about an OUYA killer, and it never materialized. The OUYA is not a huge market but it's still going and growing. The naysayers can preach all they want but memories on the internet are short. Doesn't anyone remember what the mob said about mobile gaming when it was in it's infancy? That it was "a joke" and that it "wouldn't last because nobody wants to play games on a tiny screen"? Now it's the biggest growth sector in gaming. I can go back further and remember what the mob said about home consoles as opposed to arcades. People will hate anything new and when something takes off there is always much competition with many losers. Look at early home consoles and cell phones for examples.

Like Satoshi mentioned, many people hate the damn swiping and tapping and want a more controller-driven experience with unique games. OUYA is the only gig in town for that.
Amen to this.

It's quite frustrating to me that for all the "competitors" to OUYA that keep coming out, the only thing that really drew me to the OUYA is the one thing that the competitors seem loathe to do: be all about the games! I want to sit in front of my tv, pick up a controller, select a game, and start playing it - something that's becoming increasingly difficult even in modern consoles (the WiiU and the PS4 both have very difficult-to-manuever, crowded interfaces IMO).

MOJO makes it a chore to get to the games (or really, to do anything). With Amazon Fire TV and others, the controller is an afterthought and the games feel shunted off to the bottom in favor of media streaming. I understand that being "all about the games" can be seen as a risk or even a definite liability, but I appreciate that at least there's one console that was willing to take the plunge. Hopefully it pays off in the end.