Did I Just Discover A Leak About The New Features For The November Update?

[Schizophretard]

Something isn't right because I knew everything that was related to the external storage. Not one single thing was information to me and was only what I had heard previously. The second half which is what I posted in the first post is what was new and I'm sure of it because I checked that source link the same day with the old information on it still and it was the same as what you're now saying as new. Am I crazy, or is Schizophretard's first half of his message here new information to anybody? Maybe one of my contacts told me about some of the things beforehand and I forgot along with getting confused here in the present.

It is completely new to me. They said that instead of dates they were going to name every major update for now on with cryptids. They have only done that once so far. The last one called Ogopogo that you have on your OUYA right now said:

1) External storage “Closed Beta” – We’ve been focused on this feature as our top priority and are just about ready to put external storage into a testing phase.

We’ve chosen to do a Closed Beta for a few reasons. It’s a big feature and there are a ton of different types of external storage out there, so we felt it was best to roll it out in stages. The staged rollout allows us to easily gather feedback and achieve the best possible product in the end. We’ve got a passionate community and we know you guys will come back to us with great feedback and creative bugs. Additionally, we’re looking for ways to get our gamers and devs more involved in what makes OUYA tick. If this Beta is successful, it can pave the way for us to try and introduce more features earlier in their lifecycle.

If you are interested in participating in the Beta, please fill out the form here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jIM...Mfm34/viewform

Now it is talking about Abominable Snowman which is fitting for this coming winter update this month that they already said will include USB support. It says:

-External Storage is in open beta! Just plug in a USB drive to get started. Please see the list below for details and known issues.
We support NTFS, FAT32, and ext4 file formats.
Games on external storage are currently associated with the OUYA they were downloaded from (so you can't use the storage to transfer a game from one OUYA to another. Sorry!)
If you've modded your system with apps like Link2SD, you'll want to undo your changes in order for external storage to work.
You may notice some slowdown while a game is installing to USB. This is expected and is something we hope to address in future updates.
After downloading a game to external storage, sideloading an app will put it on external storage.
Some games do not properly move their saved game data when moved to an external drive. If this occurs, you can move the game back to its original location to recover the save files.
When connecting a USB drive, scanning can take a few minutes if lots of games (100+) are installed. We plan to improve this in future updates, but if you download all of DISCOVER, scanning will take a while.

That is the only thing that makes sense to me. This is from Wikipedia:

Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a restricted group of individuals for a user test by invitation, while open beta testers are from a larger group, or anyone interested.

USB support is coming out this month. We already know this. It was in that news article from the other thread with the rest of the things you posted about it in this thread. It is in closed beta right now. This is talking about an open beta and an update called Abominable Snowman. Abominable Snowman is the new fancy launcher and USB support. I think the anyone interested part for the open beta is "Just plug in a USB drive to get started."

[RiotingSpectre]

But... But I still knew everything. I guess it doesn't matter anyways. Ugh, I however do need a drink.

[Schizophretard]

But... But I still knew everything. I guess it doesn't matter anyways. Ugh, I however do need a drink.

I don't disagree with you that you knew everything but it is still brand new news to me. This is Abominable Snowman. Thanks for hiding it you psychic. How will my hernia surgery go?

[RiotingSpectre]

I don't disagree with you that you knew everything but it is still brand new news to me. This is Abominable Snowman. Thanks for hiding it you psychic. How will my hernia surgery go?

Well I added in your post to the first one. It's going to go smoothly, but the surgeon cutting you up is going to sneeze in you.

[vatigo]

I'm pretty excited about these changes and can't wait to get them on my OUYA.
I like how they are listening to the community feedback, and adding a BUY button in the store and on the web.
And sales and discounts are coming soon too, which will be great for both devs and users :-)

[Diablohead]

If that list delivers then I am truly impressed, nice to see USB storage support, a menu revamp to be more like the kickstarter concept is good and bringing up a mini guide instead of force quitting an app on double pressing the ouya button is a big and important thing.

[RiotingSpectre]

If that list delivers then I am truly impressed, nice to see USB storage support, a menu revamp to be more like the kickstarter concept is good and bringing up a mini guide instead of force quitting an app on double pressing the ouya button is a big and important thing.

Agreed. Long time no see, Diablohead

[LightyKD]

I think it's funny how everybody is ignoring the elephant in the room coming straight from the USB beta. As far as we know, there is STILL a 7gb limit on game transfers to the USB storage device. In other words. Get happy all you want that 10+ gig USB whatever will still be treated as a 7GB flash drive. Until proven otherwise.

[Jon_TWR]

I think it's funny how everybody is ignoring the elephant in the room coming straight from the USB beta. As far as we know, there is STILL a 7gb limit on game transfers to the USB storage device. In other words. Get happy all you want that 10+ gig USB whatever will still be treated as a 7GB flash drive. Until proven otherwise.

We're not ignoring it, we just have no idea...they've definitely tweaked how this upcoming USB beta works from the one we have, since it supports ext4 and the one we're using doesn't.

[CaptainCapslock]

Seems interesting!
I'm very much looking forward to hopefully seeing these changes in action!