It was just announced that OUYA will receive annual installments: Each year it will be re released with a more powerful processor. Say, 2014 will see the OUYA 2, 2015 will see the OUYA 3, etc. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having a stable environment for developers? I mean wasn't that the whole idea: An android market, on a TV, where everyone has the same powered device? Sure the operating system is the same, but I'm not sure this is going to help independent developers at all.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...ole-every-year  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

It was just announced that OUYA will receive annual installments: Each year it will be re released with a more powerful processor. Say, 2014 will see the OUYA 2, 2015 will see the OUYA 3, etc. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having a stable environment for developers? I mean wasn't that the whole idea: An android market, on a TV, where everyone has the same powered device? Sure the operating system is the same, but I'm not sure this is going to help independent developers at all.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...ole-every-year

And you have to pay for each one? That means to maintain an up-to-date OUYA over a comparative lifetime of a home console, you're probably going to spend the same/more as a console itself.  

To me it seems that it's a cheap designed console which only uses android/apple apps doesn't look like it will get anywhere like the consoles already out.  

Posted by Xenthic

doesn't look like it will get anywhere like the consoles already out.

It's not even trying to compete with the current consoles. That's not at all the point of the OUYA.  

Posted by Dusty

And you have to pay for each one? That means to maintain an up-to-date OUYA over a comparative lifetime of a home console, you're probably going to spend the same/more as a console itself.

It's a no-brainer to refresh the mobile-based hardware rather than purposely limit it's capabilities to try to keep the consoles speed consistent with previous iterations.

It's entirely up to developers test their apps on older hardware, optimize, and make sure it works properly. As long as they do that there shouldn't be an issue with having an "older" OUYA.

Their upgrade strategy is entirely dependent on the success of the platform though which remains to be seen.  

Posted by Dusty

It's not even trying to compete with the current consoles. That's not at all the point of the OUYA.

So what's the point? I could just buy another apple/android device lol.  

Posted by Xenthic

So what's the point? I could just buy another apple/android device lol.

It's a low cost gaming/media TV console platform. It's also extremely attractive to developers because it can easily be unlocked so you can develop your own games and applications on it.  

Ohhh!