Ouya - ny, åben konsol

Kilroy>
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Beano>
Så er det utænkeligt at det er fordi spillet ikke er færdigt til Ouya at de overlays ikke er fjernet fra in-game hjælpe skærmene?

Jeg skal ikke gøre mig klog på de krav som Ouya sætter til spillene for at de kan blive godkendt, men vil overraske mig hvis de tillader touch-button overlays. Det vil i hvert fald være vildt sjusket andet.

1up>
Efter at have kigget igen, så er det fra en hands on artikel fra Engadget.

Swappable faceplates are an interesting idea, but the execution results in what can only be called a design flaw. Each plate is held on by six magnets, making them perhaps a little too easy to remove. We've seen photos from a number of eager gamers who opened up their OUYA box to find one or both controller faceplates loose in the box, which certainly opens the door to damage during shipment.

Another problem is that they don't seem to sit flush. We looked at two OUYA consoles and on one, the left plate would poke out slightly at the top when affixed. On the other, it's the right-most plate that doesn't quite fit.
Finally, and most critically, the right plate poses some serious problems to both the right analog stick and the face buttons. When you spin the analog stick around its extent, it catches on the edge of the faceplate. Additionally, we repeatedly had issues with the four face buttons getting stuck beneath the faceplate. It was most commonly the green O button, because that's the one you'll be using most frequently, but all four can and will get stuck.

Lag was a bit of a problem with the controller, not enough to be noticeable in casual games but those requiring more precise timing it can be a bit of a problem. We're curious to see whether this comes down to this specific iteration of the controller or whether it's something OUYA owners will simply have to live with.

One of our consoles also had a very sticky right analog stick, which, when pushed all the way up, would stay there for a few seconds before popping back to neutral. And, we have to say, we'd have preferred concave surfaces on the top of the analog sticks rather than the convex ones here, but that can be chalked up to personal preference.

Overall, the controller is usable, but it's far from great. Sticky buttons and gummy analog sticks are the sorts of things you wouldn't even tolerate on a cheap, third-party controller and so it's disappointing to find them here on the official unit. This, we hope, is one area that is thoroughly revised before the console ships to retail this summer.

Like most software platforms we use today, from phones to game consoles, the Ouya is designed to be updated. The hardware, however, is finished.

"Our hardware is baked, it's complete, it's done," she said. "But the software will continue to evolve. It'll get better every single day, week, month and year. We'll get more games every single day."

With Ouya's hacker ethos tends to come a distaste for paying for things, so Ouya has mandated that every game in its store be free to download. That sounds like a great, let's-all-hold-hands way to make gaming great on the platform, but it leads to something far more frustrating. Every game is free to download, but then dumps on your head a load of nags, pop-ups, and pleas for upgrades or in-app purchases — some games are $4.99, some are $15.99, others just constantly implore you to donate $.99 so the developer can have a beer. Worst of all, it makes buying things impossibly easy — you enter a credit card when first setting up your Ouya, and there are often no confirmation boxes or checks against you spending thousands of dollars. Oh, you hit Upgrade because it's right next to Play and the controller's laggy? Perfect. Thanks for your money.

For $99, everyone who backed Ouya's Kickstarter has unwittingly signed up to beta-test a game console. Alpha-test, even: this is a product with some good ideas and a potentially promising future, but it's a million miles away from something worth spending your money on.

Over the course of my time with the Ouya, I've wondered constantly why the product is launching now. My guess is there's been some heat from backers wondering where their $99 went, but even if that's the case Ouya might want to slow things down a bit. This console isn't finished — it's not even close.

RJK>
Nej, preorder. Derfor jeg spørger til hvornår preorders sendes (der står bare april på sitet).

Beano>
Jeg snoopede lidt i ODK'en og så en controller test app i samples, måske kan den bruges til at teste med.

EDIT: På Ouya's dev forum er der flere udviklere som skriver om controller lag men ser ud til det er noget som kan fixes eller forbedres.
F.eks.:
http://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/comment/9362/#Comment_9362