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1260092 No.1260092[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

is the ouya worth it for emulating classic games?

>> No.1260104

For that price you could get better things like a Wii, a gcw zero or a JXD android device.

>> No.1260105

>>1260092

>>>/vg/emulation

>> No.1260116

>>1260104
so Ouya doesn't have any inherent advantages over those systems?

>> No.1260120

>>1260116
I guess it is easier to have multiple controllers on it than the last 2, but in that case the wii beats all of them.

>> No.1260157

>>1260092
Good Christ, no. The controllers are fucking horrible, too.

Captcha: absolute lyingbtw

>> No.1260216

>>1260092
lolz. the one system that makes a retron look good.

shit anon. it's pretty much a crappy box-PC with a crappy handphone-lite OS. you might as well plug your smartphone into a monitor and a gamepad.

>> No.1260290

>>1260104
Wii isn't the greatest when it comes to emulator. PS3, 360 and even an original xbox are better. PS3 supports quite a few USB controllers, including adapters.

>> No.1260579

>>1260116
Well, no, because the Ouya is complete and utter rubbish, I don't understand how it pulled in as much money as it did.

>> No.1260825

>>1260092
No. It only uses HDMI ports, which means you can't use a CRT.
>>1260157
Also this.

>> No.1260836

>>1260290
No but it's chea[ and easy (and still pretty damn good)

>> No.1260864

>>1260579
High hopes and low pricetag combined with the promise of high def emulation and free games... in short, a lot of stuff people wanted to see. Great idea, poor execution.

>> No.1260953

>>1260579
>I don't understand how it pulled in as much money as it did.

They made a poll asking what games people would like to see on it. The poll was open-ended, so it ended up being basically Skyrim, CoD, Battlefield, etc.

Did they come out and say "Whoa, no guys, this thing's only as powerful as a smartphone, there's no way in hell we could run those games"? Nope. They didn't say anything. After awhile, people started getting the idea that an Ouya could actually run those games, then getting ideas that Ouya versions of those games were actually being developed.

It was basically a lie of omission.

>> No.1260965
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>>1260953
Look at this shit, they intentionally encouraged people to get their hopes impossibly high.

>> No.1261245

>>1260092
ouya worth for nothing
/thread

>> No.1261491

>>1260864
>Great idea

Nah the idea was pretty stupid as well.

>> No.1263270

>>1260092
Absolutely not worth it. It's just an Android box with a high price tag and massively over priced controllers. Plug your phone into your TV and your wireless dongle into your phone and do exactly the same thing, for free.

>>1260120
Is plugging in a USB cable/dongle really that hard?

>> No.1263323

>scamstarter console
doomed to fail

>> No.1263330

>>1260965
>battletoads
a ha har har

>> No.1263340

>>1263330
Possibly /v/ influencing the results, I guess. I don't know, Reddit got wind of the whole Battletoads thing and ran it into the ground even harder than they did.

>> No.1263439

>>1263270
> Just plug your $600 smartphone into your TV
> Free Ouya competitor
wut?

>> No.1263524

>>1263439
Pretty much this.

I have an Ouya. I like it. I still play it. It's a quirky console. Not for everyone.

>> No.1264675

>>1260092
No just use what you are posting from now it is better than the ouya

>> No.1264945

>>1263270

>for free

Please tell me where you got your free smartphone

>> No.1264952

>>1264945
From an ad on the internet.

>> No.1264972

>>1260092
Yes and no.

If you have a PC you are better of using that. JXD is better if you want something portable.

Wii is okay but I find it overrated because I don't find its controllers to be the miracle some feel they are. They are okay.

Ouya is a decent cheap way to shove something onto a TV if you do not already have a Wii or the PC is too far for a DVI to HDMI cable. Android emulates well, and Ouya can use DS3 controllers out of the box as well as most things bluetooth connected.

So if you don't have a smart phone, or a something else to hook to a TV, or the computer is too far away, Ouya is a fairly decent lazy way to play some NES.

>> No.1264981

people use ouyas for something other than XBMC hubs? Games you say? Ouyas run games?

>> No.1264986

>>1264981
Well if you just want xbmc a raspberry pi is cheaper.

>> No.1264993

>>1264986
not feature for feature. when you add in wifi, housing, remote etc.. Pi is considerably more

>> No.1264995

>>1264945

>Not clicking the millionth-visitor banner and receiving a free smart phone

>> No.1265021

>>1264993
I did it for 80. Only pushed to 100 because I said fuck it because my wifi is shit and bought a cable. Ouya is a lot easier though in terms of setup then having to hit the CLI for tweaks.

>> No.1265058

>>1260092
Wii does it for cheaper. Be sure to look for the ones that stand tall like a white monolith.

>> No.1265069

>>1264972
>Android emulates well

Not if you value good AV sync and consistent performance without frame drops.

>> No.1265078

>>1265069
It really just depends on the hardware. Some of those JXDs are quad core behemoths but it's nice that the emulators scale well to be playable on 1ghz 2010 phones too.

>> No.1265098

>>1260290
>PS3, 360 and even an original xbox are better
No 240p modes on those systems. Might as well just emulate on your PC if you don't care about that.

>> No.1265105

>>1263439
My phone was 150 and can run lots of games up to PSX

Also, it's portable and can make calls.

>> No.1265126

There are many aspects of retro emulation I dont really care for. Fps drops, out of sync audio, screen tearing and a few others but scaling to another aspect ratio? Even if the pixels get "wobbly" i still dont mind it.

>> No.1265164

>>1265078
No, it's not just the hardware. In general, Android has terrible latency issues and random, occasional hiccups in performance. Even my Galaxy S4, using the Google Play Edition ROM to minimize bloat, has obvious audio latency, and will occasionally drop frames or stutter. And that's a flagship phone. I don't wanna imagine how the Ouya of all things fares.

>> No.1265172

>>1265021
Yeah it's pretty close price, but the ouya is better value overall. Metal case, cooling fan, no hassle out of the box. brushed metal housings for Pi are $50 alone.

>> No.1265191

>>1265172
Oh yes I would agree. I was glad to already be familiar with bash commands for what I wanted it to do, which in Ouya would be out of the box from an app store.

>>1265069
Depends on hardware. Per dollar they are great and many of the android handhelds basically just took the idea of the PSP emulation and made it a lot better. Sure my desktop does better, but I imagine they can give the typical laptop a good run for the money.

>> No.1265239

>>1265191
Only Android handheld that rivals the typical laptop for emulation is the Shield. Even top-end phones like the Galaxy S4 falls short. Sure, you can bring price considerations into the conversation, but the fact remains that Android devices are still mostly inferior in strict regards to emulation performance, at least if you care about having good sync and minimizing performance drops.

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>>1265164
Speaking as someone who is into audio production, android is terrible for anything audio related beyond listening to mp3s.

I have a nexus7 and ipad 2, and tho the nexus isprobably better hardware wise, the ipad destroys it for audio.

Shame ios is locked down tighter than a nuns chuff....

>> No.1265392

>>1260579
People are picking them up as cheap xbmc boxes.

>> No.1265428

>>1260965
>League of Legends
how the fuck would you even play that with a controller?

not to sound like a hipster but jesus, i prefered it when computers and gaming was more of a niche thing

>> No.1265430

>>1260092
it's essentially a smartphone and a wireless controller, which most people already have.
it just caters to retards that don't you can plug your android phone into a tv.

>> No.1265432

>weak hardware
>Android, and all the problems that come with Android OS
>terrible default controller

No. Just get a laptop.

>> No.1265435

>>1265432
I was about to ask what was wrong with the controller, it looked fine, but then I noticed the dpad.

WHY WOULD YOU USE AN XBOX STYLE DPAD. THAT THING SUCKS DICK.

>> No.1265453

>>1265239
I suppose but I've repaired a lot of shitty laptop, most people aren't rocking an i7. But I myself find laptops to be largely pointless for not being very portable or long lasting, unless you need Word on the go there isn't a lot of point anymore. Granted still wish my cat hadn't run off with my HDD connector on mine...

>> No.1265554

>>1265105
Your phone was $150 subsidized by your carrier. Check what it costs if you were to outright buy it.

>> No.1265718

Get a real computer faggot