New Ouya Owner Here - a little disappointed!

[Paul Laimal-Convoy]

Riptide GP2 looks amazing but has crazy controller lag that makes it unplayable... But things are looking up, gents! Thanx a bunch!

My sideloaded version works fine. You may need to go to settings and turn down the graphics settings a bit to increase the framerate. I also use a wired PS3 controller.

[EatinPonies]

My sideloaded version works fine. You may need to go to settings and turn down the graphics settings a bit to increase the framerate. I also use a wired PS3 controller.

Yeah it's a controller thing. I plugged in a word x360 controller and it was amazing. Thanx!

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[flamepanther]

I'm not trying to be contradictory, but this is starting to bug me.
A vast majority of people on this forum want to pigeonhole OUYA as a indie-console and keep big names like EA, etc out of the picture.
I'm sorry if this goes against your feelings...

But if OUYA wants to stay at the top of the Microconsole Heap, the user-base is going to have to stretch into the mainstream or else they leave a gaping hole for another microconsole to swoop in cut a few deals with "AAA" Android Developers and stomp OUYA into the dirt. While I love that it's so easy for new developers to get their innovative ideas out on OUYA, if it doesn't ditch the "Indie Console" Moniker in favor of something that reads more like "Extremely Indie Friendly" it has the possibility of extinction. People should at least back down from booing "AAA" developers appearing on OUYA. Believe me, I hate EA as much if not even more than your average informed and attentive gamer... But I realize how much they are needed on OUYA. Games like Gridiron Thunder fall short (By a large margin) of comparable games like Madden 25.

Realistic Expectations for the survival of OUYA should and WILL include 'AAA' Development Studios adopting the platform.

Remaining a niche product should not be a cause that fans of OUYA should be championing.

Two things.

One. I don't think most of us want to keep EA out, per se. If they were on board, the more the merrier. It's just that big dogs like EA aren't why you'd choose OUYA, since there will be fancier versions of EA games on lots of other platforms. So they'd be nice to have, but coming to OUYA looking for them instead of what we've got is missing the point.

Two. Companies like Gameloft and Gamevil became the AAA developers of mobile by stepping up their game and making attractive products while the "real" AAA companies were still largely ignoring mobile platforms. If everyone had been fussing about how Android and iOS needed more big EA titles instead of trying new things, those two companies might never have gotten anywhere. While getting some existing AAA support for Ouya would be nice, growing our own would be much better. Groups like Tasty Poison have the potential to be our AAAs, but they won't if they're overshadowed by existing properties, so there is a kind of risk in bringing those here.

[T3KN0GH057]

I don't think people want EA out...well, I don't like them but that's besides the point.
People don't want just lazy ports and all that. People would love new games from those companies but when it's recycled and half assed then why bother.
People ask about these bigger companies all the time but seem to get nowhere. Look at Ubisoft who for some unknown reason is supporting Gamestick..why Gamestick over Ouya? Doesn't even make sense. I tweeted them yesterday to ask though I doubt I'll get an answer.

Gridiron is not a comparable to Madden in any way. Not the same type of games.

Can we even say top of the microconsole heap when besides Gamestick they're the only ones? Those others are Google Play boxes. Though they're micro, they're not in the same class.

Perhaps you don't see them as the same thing, but they are in the same marketplace, and if controller support in google play becomes widely supported, those "Google play Boxes" will threaten ouya's success, the thing is we need game titles that are going to draw in mainstream players (not necessarily ports, i'd rather see new IP's and i could care less about sports games, but sports games are a big deal to a lot of mainstream male gamers (which make up a large percentage of those people that buy gaming platforms and games for them) While i love the OUYA giving indie games a little to no resistance avenue of publishing, its been stated and i believe major studios need to be enticed over to the OUYA, while OUYA is not competing against the big 3 they share the same space (The living room) and it'd behoove them to try to entice the couch gaming crowto buy the OUYA as a companion by getting some large names on board.

However I'm quite certain that a major deterrence to big names adopting the system is the fact that the OUYA is marketed as an OPEN system, it's almost a telltale that EA is publishing on the Gamestick (a completely walled-garden-enviornment), and not OUYA. Honestly though, i can't see it, OUYA is pretty secure (other than side-loading certain apps) there is no reason to root it. And hell with the side-loading, you can do that with damn near every google play device.
OUYA is not really so open as to have a large pirating scene. And even if it does most games ported/designed for the ouya are tied to the store....
*shrugs* enough thread jacking

[Paul Laimal-Convoy]

I think other android consoles are a great idea. I COULDN'T (see above post for the error) care less if Ouya died if it meant that there was an Android console that could play most of/all of the android games and apps that I wanted. I would jump ship immediately if it was cheap.

I also suspect that the big names are not publishing to all the new systems in the same way that the big studios refuse to put their content on both Hulu and Netflix; they are afraid that by doing so, people will flock to mobile consoles instead of their existing cash-cows on traditional revenue streams (such as cable tv and traditional consoles).

[T3KN0GH057]

it's not an error, i could care less or i could care more but either would mean i cared at all about sports games.