Worst Ever: The OUYA Failure - Rerez
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- OH NO. IT'S OUYA. The indie Kickstarted video game console made us dream of a gaming world that it failed to deliver.
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Yes sir
@@RandomRealm417 l
Take a shot everytime time she says Telivision
Sonic forces is a good game! There I said it...and those Ouija games look like something that would cause a video game crash
Krock DUDE! PROMOTION
Ouya LIED to me as well, and stiffed me for thousands of dollars. They hired my company to photograph images that were to be used "specifically" only for Press and Social Media. We had a contract stating so, and they wanted an extremely discounted rate as these photos were NEVER supposed to be used for advertising or anything other than Press. Low and Behold, a year later I'm walking though a Target store and see an Ouya console on the shelf. I pick it up to see MY PHOTOS being used on the product packaging itself, and the advertising. SMH. Anyhow, my agent sent them the bill for the additional usage, and they refused to pay and ignored the request. We threatened a lawsuit. Julie's lawyers claimed that she had sold everything off to Razer to pay their already enormous debt, and they had no money left. When they were made aware they could be liable for up to $150,000 in copyright infringement fees...they agreed to pay half...and...we decided to take the loss as a tax write off instead. Moral of the story...beware of doing business with people who lie through their teeth.
And there goes any sympathy I had for the people who made this glorified paperweight.
This speaks to incompetent management on _someone’s_ part.
Wait, if they didn't have any money, how could they pay you $75k?
@@qty1315 probably debt,
Better pay half of it instead of being liable for 150K
@@manghariz2211 Same logic applies. Probably just declared bankruptcy or something assuming they wouldn't have to pay any outstanding debt, which is why they told the guy they were out of money. But, this was a breach of contract which was a different matter, so they had to pay something.
Fun fact my friends got a backer console kit for 15 dollars from a thrift shop then modded it into an android streaming box. And they used it until one day it caught fire and melted.
So the OYUA could also be used as a fireplace good to know
@@jordanpowell2242 It's the killer app the system needed, literally
I kinda wanna know why it caught fire
@ToastyFloss based
how long 1 year? 2 years?
"Why did the financial analysts think the Ouya had a chance against the Big Three?"
Context: Those same analysts at the time were saying traditional gaming is dead and mobile is the future.
The same happened with VR and with the ill fated Stadia... they both were "the future". I cannot understand why the concept of several things coexisting is impossible for this "analysts" that are always predicting that something will be the new thing that will leave the rest outdated. Indeed mobile has grown incredibely, not in quality I'd dare say, but its moving millions of dollars every year. Yet traditional gaming still exists and has no signs of dissapearing any time soon.
@@xian1978 Mobile gaming is a whole different environment. It's a big pool of course, just a different kind of pool, along with its own problems.
They wanted to disrupt the establishment, man!
They did not really think that it was just a headline for clicks
@@xian1978 vr and stadia are still there. Eventually cloud streaming will be the default, why do you think Sony and Microsoft are heavily investing into ps now and xcloud
A cutting-edge game system in which you can watch poorly animated rain, learn NOT to eat soap, and learn Esperanto. What a bargain!
Oh come on the rain was well made
*AGLO*
@@erikdaniels0nOvo. Bonega laboro!
Kato.
Kato.
Kato.
KATO.
*KATO.*
@@syahminorizan8064DING DING DING
The CEO honestly comes across as someone who managed to luck out with the right connections and has no clue what tf they are doing
Before Theranos there was OUYA.
She's the Middle School PE teacher who had to sub for the High School Principal for whatever reason.
Or seduce her way to the top
Women.
lol she's dropping a lot of buzzwords and her mouth keeps opening making strange noises. But none of those noises make any sense!
"gamers are moving away from the televisions"
It's nearly 2022 and this statement is still incredibly false.
Back then you had the WiiU's gamepad mode, the short lived fad of projection TV and Microsoft tried and got laughed at for attempting to make the XBONE run as a projection only console among other funny features
People genuinely believed traditional console gaming was dying, and the future would be always online games, mobile games, games with a toy component, and VR.
Then the toy games turned out to be a fad, VR became irrelevant, and always online has had numerous high profile failures in recent times. Mobile gaming is still strong, but the big money is in a buisness model that is increasingly being regarded as gambling and facing government regulation.
IMHO there was a perception bubble that is now bursting.
@@universalperson I remember when the Wii U was struggling, there were calls from the media and “experts” that Nintendo should abandon making hardware (like Sega did a decade prior) and focus on mobile games (which Nintendo has done with Pokémon Go and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp).
@@Yeen125 In fairness, the Wii U would have sunk many other gaming companies. But everyone kept forgetting Nintendo had a lock on portable gaming that they leveraged into the Switch.
@@Yeen125 If you'll remember, those insiders and so-called 'video game journalists' have always been calling for Nintendo to step down as a console manufacturer. They've been saying it since Nintendo 64 didn't meet global sales expectations. Some even suggested it right before Nintendo Switch launched. However, Nintendo has doubled-down on mobile games by having a flagship platform that is both a home and a mobile gaming experience, even though the games are traditional home console games.
It's really simple why Ouya failed:
- No exclusives, no killer apps
- Their store moderation and "free trial" policy led to it becoming a dumping ground for mobile games
I guess some quality control is good, but I really wanted mobile trash on my consoles too!
Controller felt trash as well
i really wanted something like the ouya to take off and we eventually got it with the Nvidia shield but this thing was an absolute disaster, i feel like had they not claimed to be taking on the big three, delayed the project, got it finished properly and then put it out in the world history would have been different.
the Nvidia shield was the ouya done right so the concept is great but jesus christ this thing was bad
You're clearly overthinking this. The Ouya failed because it was a piece of garbage and was D.O.A. it had zero chance of ever succeeding! Zero!
@@G18999 the Nvidia Shield was the Ouya done right lol
I had a friend who was convinced the Ouya was the best console he could buy because "you can run emulators on it." Emulators, like you can easily install on the Wii which he already owned.
He doesn't talk about Ouya anymore.
Sent him a random message..one word. OUYA
@@GallowglassBLADE”hey dude do you remember when you thought that one of the worst console cash grabs was revolutionary”
I wouldn’t say it was easy
Me: So, is this a video games console?
Sally: Nope; it's a _television_ games console.
AVGN: 'What was that about TV game?'
Fun fact, TV game is how the concept is called in Japan.
@@TokuWaffle I hope to make it there one day
Interviewer: (thinks "let's throw her a softball question) "What are the launch titles?"
OUYA kickstarter lady: "I don't know."
That was like being thrown a centerplate softball and not only whiffing the swing but also setting your own balls on fire at the same time.
@@TokuWaffle In America television game usually refers to those plug-and-play consoles that saw a lot of popularity in the 70s, which are still around.
In case anyone's curious about what Julie Uhrman is doing nowadays, she became the co-founder of Angel City Football Club, which is a Los Angeles-based expansion soccer team for the National Women's Soccer League. They've been announced this past July, and are expected to play sometime in 2022.
A bit of a departure from gaming
@@ethan2246 Good, she should stay as far away from it as possible lol
@@DisDatK9 Come on, don't you want to see the "OUYA 2: Television Boogaloo"?
and spending her millions
@F. F. believe it or not they’ve already sold 11k season tickets. I think it’s because LAFC is very popular in LA, and ACFC also has big name owners like Natalie Portman and Serena Williams. As well as the founder of Ouya lol
I still remember the woman saying "There's nothing special about this thing" and I laughed because apparently NO ONE said out loud to her, "Then why would anyone buy this?"
That's what happens when people are surrounded by either "yes men" or complacent journalists
That’s a very good point. I guess they didn’t want to be rude.
It was SXSW Tech they have a lot of Startups and a ton of technology heads who likely are just founding a company so some larger one will buy them out.
It's sad 'cause that's a job interview type of question that the boss could not even answer.
Topolsky made a comment about it right there though.
As a sort of Sonic fan all I can muster is... meh.
Kato....kato......kato...... kato.... kato..... kato.....kato.... kato..... kato.... kato...kato......kato....kato..........BANANO
Well said Renegades, well said
Lose lose. Thats all we get as a Sonic fan during those dark times
Never played it.
Sonic Forces me to eN-Gage with you.
"I tripped over my ouya the other day and skinned my knee. The most fun i've had with it since lauch"
~A Kickstarter user, 2019
Almost as funny as that console that, for some strange reason, was actually an extremely good knife.
0/10 console, 10/10 knife.
@@qty1315 that's the Vega handheld iirc
@@tedjomuljono3052 Sounds right.
@@qty1315 So, Vega from SF released his own handheld console? I thought the guy was too obsessed with his own looks to do anything else? Guess Vega had a secret desire to make games?
In my mind I see a person sitting on the floor holding their knee rocking back and forth in pain saying Ouya over and over.
Ahh, 2012 - that golden age when mobile games still showed potential for innovative game design... how far have we fallen.
I know people had hope for it but seeing as a huge part of the mobile gaming infrastructure was based on Facebook's Farmville model, it was always just gonna be a doomed money pit.
It’s a shame a lot of good tech like Accelerometer and LIDAR is mostly going unused in gaming :(((
@Frog Genshin Impact and Warframe would like to have a word with you
@@Chiayiklin 2 titles in a sea of shovelware.
@@pingu4938 u sure
Good Lord! I feel like this lady was the Elizabeth Holmes of gaming… How someone fucked something up so bad is unreal. Be careful who you give your money to folks. It’s like a hiring a CEO without an interview, resume, or exp.
The funny thing about her is that she's now a successful woman's soccer manager.
Like...very successful. Like multi millionaire and celebrity endorsed successful.
@@williamcharron4683 at least she bounced back
As far as we know, Julie wasn’t malicious, just incompetent, out of her depth and a bit arrogant.
Julie's son: Aww man.. my mom packed me a Ouya for lunch!
She is lesbian
That's the point
@@RolandTemplar
Her girlfriend’s son*
Underrated comment.
@@RolandTemplar ever heard of adoption
The crowning achievement of the OUYA, is being the star of an Rerez video.
Or the Mega64 video (NSFW)…
More like crowbcat's legendary video on it
Or Stuart Ashen's channel
Hard agree
CallmeKevin tho
"Our controller has a touchpad! Does the competition have one on their televisions?"
"Yes"
"...exactly! Buy an Ouya! It's for the television!"
I reached for my PS4 controller as soon as she said that. My Vita was closer. STILL!
My TV would be VERY smart if it was a touch screen and there'd be no point for it to be one unless you had a long poking stick XD
Basically, Ouya has now become a perfect paperweight
Always has been 🔫
I mean the console does look like a spare couch leg.
According to Wikipedia, it is only 11 ounces. I question it’s ability to be a good paperweight.
Actually, the Ouya is just a basic Android device in a square box that you can install regular Android apps on. Thus you can install Android games on it as well as install retro game system emulators to play NES, SNES, C64, Genesis/Megadrive, etc. games. So if you use it like a RaspberryPi with RetroPi software installed it you could use it as retro gaming device. It won’t play modern Android games very well, if at all due to its outdated hardware and old Android version but it’s not totally useless. That’s a lot better use then as a paperweight given how the light the unit is anyways. Also you can install media software on it to use it as a set top box for playing video and music.
@@Charlesb88 Save the fact that a Raspberri Pi has pulled off PS2 emulation...
It's ironic how the boot-up sound for Ouya is similar to that of "Stadia"...
The stadia bombed also.
@@marccaselle8108 That's why they made the comment haha
And they are both in the same paper bag!
When my grandpa got his first computer in the late 90s he bought a CD ROM called "350 great games" from the budget section somewhere. It was a bunch of freeware/shareware games and they looked exactly like most of these.
Action 52 for Windows lol
I bet there were titles on it like
Super Jump Marri
Burger Clock
Doctor Marri
Marri Brother Turtle Smash
Zevious
Redden
The Fable of Xelda
Penultimate Daydream
Astro Brutality
Walnuts and Creamer
Trinary World
Iceberg Traveler
Highway Battle
City AB 2000
F- Racing
Kommander Koras: (The Universe of Madness)
Balloon Battle
Zippy Drive
Adolescent Deformed Fighter Tortoises
My grandma got a Windows XP machine when I was young, and she got a similar compilation of games that at least looked nice. Some were even flash games you could probably find online.
But it also had some kind of virus in it that the virus scan would pick up, so that was weird.
Was the console good? No
Did everything that could go wrong go wrong? OUYA
The parallel universe where she pulls her ham sandwich out of that paper bag would have had a better console than what we got.
"Now with Mayo"
"What condiments?" "I have no idea"
Ah yes, the Ouya. A console I heard about years ago in a random podcast, and was actually pretty excited about. Then, I found out in that same podcast episode that it was also already discontinued.
The phrase "take the money and run" comes to mind. Thanks for doing a recap of its history, Shane!
I'm not even sure they made money.
Never trust any product whose announcement includes the words "disrupt the industry."
@@drakkenmensch The "disrupt" corporate buzzword is so annoying. I love the hippy imagery used to mock; don't think corporate types would go for that.
@@universalperson They started the company with Kickstarter money then sold the company to Razer, so I assume at least the idiot lady who was in charge went out with a fat wallet.
@@universalperson Their best selling title sold... 7000 copies. So no, they did not make money.
One day I'll explain to my kids that in the early 2010s computer companies thought the iPad and cellphone pay to win games where going to put Microsoft and Sony out of business. I distinctly remember my sister giving me her laptop when she got a iPad because it was "now obsolete" guess what almost 10 years later I still use that laptop for surfing the web, no idea what happened to the iPad that made it "obsolete"
Yeah, all the "the pc is dead"-talk. As if a shitty tablet would replace a capable PC for everyone.
It was exactly that thinking that lead Microsoft to create the disaster that was Windows 8.
@@McVaio Most people don’t need a “capable PC”, they need a browser, social media, and streaming services. Maybe Turbo Tax once a year.
Tablets are dead now, not laptops 😂
@@GinsengStrip-wt8bl exactly my point, during the time of the OUYA all of the leading tech people where declaring the traditional computer dead, they literally thought everything was going to be on Android and iOS.
"His name is Oogie. He kick starts my heart man." Now that was funny as hell.
Ouyie
I like to think everyone developing games for this thing decided "let's just make shitpost games for laughs lmao."
there was an mmo king of like WoW and it wasn't that bad. the only problem was the ouya wasn't good enough to keep it from being laggy
"Our controller has a touchpad; you're not gonna find that anywhere else."
[Looks at the PS4 controller in confusion]
Steam in 2010s: "We've have no quality control on our games."
OUYA: "...Hold my paper bag."
Steam today: We STILL have no quality control.
@@mercenarygundam1487 What online store does? A small minority at best
@@InfernosReaper I bet someone would say Epic, to which I'd immediately point to a certain vision-impaired rodent's work (and it's a timed exclusive on PC, to boot!).
Maybe the OUYA was meant to complete with the Hyperscan
OUYA is equivalent to "when someone don't have any idea how game console works and they want to create by their own"
28:53 Ok but whoever screamed "those darn nipples" on that game was hilarious.
Obviously julie of course 28:54 7:07
Someone needs to make that meme
Some of those games made Big Rigs look like a polished AAA masterpiece.
You probably never heard of Morphman 😂
@@flonkplonk1649 So, where's this caAAAstle?
@@jmal I'm an Eeeaaagle !
*Acts scared!*
@@flonkplonk1649 Bruh, these games make morphman look like zelda botw
To give the OUYA the benefit of the doubt, at least the homebrew scene is pretty active. You could probably use the OUYA as a homebrew box
The Ouya makes me feel like I'm playing a modern-day version of the Action 52. Lucky I didn't buy either one.
They just made not a game cartridge remake of Action 52. But a FULL CONSOLE if it came from an alternate dimension.
at least action 52 is funny in some way.
ouya is a first hand embarrasment.
Whats action 52
@@dirtynewyorker4542 Watch AVGNs review about it.
Looks more like early 2000's Newgrounds
You say "Towerfall" was the Ouya's killer app, but I say "Car Jump" was the definitive Ouya game.
It's never been released on any other platform.
I respectfully disagree. I believe that the Ouya-defining experience is found between two of their other exclusives: Butt and *THOSE DARN NIPPLES!*
I wonder why.
The Intellivision Amico is on its way to outdoing the Ouya in becoming the biggest failure and worst video game console ever!
Don't worry I see Atari handing thier beer to someone.
Still can't beat out the ZX Spectrum Vega plus.
Downright evil stuff was going on there.
Funny. I was telling people the Amico would be a joke when it was announced, but so many people were defending it. Tommy Telerico himself, even replied to a comment of mine saying he had enough money to make it into a serious console. Look where it is now.
@@fattiger6957 Sure, he seems to have enough money but he didn't spend a single penny from his personal account. Instead he chose to e-beg with a disingenuous crowdfunding.
I'm still annoyed that the new Earthworm Jim is supposed to be an exclusive for that thing
Also another thing that made the "freedom" and "pro consumer" thing a lie. The Ouya had DRM that made it almost impossible to get footage off of it with capture cards at the time. This was around the rise of let's plays on RUclips. So according to Ouya you can do whatever you want to your games except record them.
Oh right, I forgot that crap had mandatory HDCP for some reason. The only other system to ever force HDCP was the PS3.... (Technically PS4 as well, but they added a way to disable it in a firmware update).
HDCP that is what it was called.
Sounds like the one thing they were ahead of the curve on--saves them the trouble of C&D-ing your Nintendo, Square, etc. content.
God forbid you can't record yourself screaming at your tv for 10 minutes a day
@@MrPsyren99 Doesn't matter what you think. Ouya's whole philosophy was about consumer choice and doing what you want with your system. Not letting you record your game goes against what they claimed to stand for. Ironically their Kickstart campaign says "show the world,through your numbers,that you're out there" that is so funny considering the console put up a wall around recording your system.
The OUYA: All the gaming power of a smart phone, with the portability of a console!
The CEO could have at least had WRITTEN NOTES to say the list of launch titles, or at least rehearse the point of your product lol!
I've seen middle school PowerPoint presentations better researched and executed then this business panel.
It's funny because it's true. It's like the saying goes..." By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."
How to use your controller correctly:
First, get your favorite real life rpg axe
If OUYA had really pushed the "budget gaming" angle, they could've been THE indie and retro destination, and made an Ouya a fixture in nearly every gamer's home. Imagine if they'd gotten deals with Sega, Nintendo, 2k, Capcom, and Namco to put their whole back catalogs on for no more than $5 a game, and dispensed with that "every game is free to try" nonsense. Imagine if they'd gotten Hollow Knight or Cuphead as Ouya exclusives! But instead, they put all their money into... what, exactly?
It still would have failed
It's always easy to say “Why didn't they invest in smash hit X or Y?” in hindsight. They weren't smash hits at the point where they would have needed to invest, and it's impossible to tell early on in development. If it were possible, no bad game would ever be developed.
Also, none of the big name companies you listed would have even talked to an indie company like Ouya, far from striking a major business deal with them.
They won't have got licenses to all old games for $5. A company like Nintendo and capcom won't have done it
for all we know the ouya team tried that route, but those companies barely care about their back games themselves, their not gonna give them licensing rights for 5$ a game
I don't know. I would think most people that don't have a lot of money would instead just buy a tablet. Since that can play pretty much everything that the OUYA can and can do much more as well.
Of course it's not the best experience but if you care about getting the best experience why wouldn't you just save up a little more for a PS3 or X360?
Consoles are still going strong because they do a good job existing alongside tablets. For example it's cheaper to buy a PS5 and a tablet than to get a laptop of equal power. The OUYA just isn't a big enough leap over mobile gaming to really justify it's existence especially since having a tablet is almost considered mandatory today.
"i love video games, but more and more people are moving away from the television"
Well this aged like a fine glass of milk in relation to things like the Xbox and PS5 and even the switch which yes is a portable consol but can also be docked and used on the tv
Also a television and a monitor are both kinda one and the same usually nowadays, so she's not even right in a technical sense
@@streeterville773yet a tv will always be better
xbox will never be able to compare to playstation though lol. i mean just look at the statistics. playstation sells so much better for a reason. people just like the consoles. but the vocal minority can never stfu. so annoying how they deny that xbox is more comparable to the switch in hardware than the playstation equivalent
@NikoKuehne Comparing hardware means nothing when games is what matters for most. And I'm sorry, but Game Pass and better backwards compatibility is just better for Xbox.
Not that it prevents people from owning both, after all everyone has their own needs. But it's weird you're trying to bring console wars under an Ouya video, the point was never about what's better.
I have missed Rerez. I don't know any other gaming channel that does such a good job documenting the issues AND being funny while doing it.
Maybe the channel that inspired him and the entire genre 😂
@@looweegee252 Which one is that? genuinelly curious, cuz i have no idea...
@@MaroshBRuNo I was thinking the same.
24:33 I thought he will say the usual "It's Just BAD" but on a Worst Ever series. But instead we got IT'S JUST RAIN lol
Not gonna lie, "The 80's Strike Back" looks like it could be some kind of nostalgia fun. They'd have to do more than just that level, though.
They could have levels based on the 1780s and 1880s as well as the 1980s.
@@zyzzy-ko4ww That would be dumb fun. Like maybe Beethoven could appear in one of them.
but how else do you expect me to play star wars from the 2600
What I remember the most about the Ouya was just how incompetent the woman managing the company was. She was terrible and always sounded oblivion to the world of videogames or what gamers wanted.
Alien Zombie Soul Hunter sounds like something out of Scientology
I remember when it was announced and people where very excited that it would revolutionize the market, how it would help indie developpers, or how it would force the big Three to open their hardware, etc. Even at that time, I didn't understand the craze, it was just... an Android console, you could already buy HDMI Sticks with Android on them that could run NES/SNES emulators pretty well (a friend had one, it was pretty cool for 2012, a few years before Android TV) and JXD had a few handhelds that could run PS1/N64 (well, as well as the emulators of the time could), the Ouya was nothing new and the specs, while okay, were nothing special. It was so confusing when after the release, people complained that the 100$ Android console they bought turned out to be... a 100$ Android console. Like... what were you expecting?
Sometimes insiders receive funding in exchange for optimistic reporting. This is especially true since Google can afford to allocate a lot of resources to marketing.
Reminds me of the (few) delusional people I saw who thought Atari's new thing would make a splash in the video game industry. The sad thing about human nature is that there will always be people who fall for scams, no matter how ridiculous the promises.
It does seem like today a company could make an HDMI stick with Android on it. If officially licensed, have Google Play store on it, and the hardware is optimized to interact with a keyboard, mouse and up to two or four Bluetooth game pads. There you go. Does such a thing exist? If not, why not? Maybe Google won't license such a stick officially, or maybe there's just not a strong enough market for such a stick. It would have to be cheap -- maybe $50 for the stick itself. Or maybe to make it really capable, powerful enough, it would have to have the specs of a top-of-the-line smartphone (like a high-end Samsung), and nobody wants to pay that much for a TV stick.
Not only there was already products that could do what it does, there was already MHL enabled phones for HDMI through their USB connectors, and even dedicated HDMI ports on some phones. So you literally just needed a bog standard Bluetooth controller connected and you're set.
It wasn't the hardware, it was everything else around it that everyone was hoping the company would provide. Some way to have cool indie games and easy ways to make them and share them. That's where they failed to provide.
The Coconut Hut "ad" reminds me of the Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing ad parody that AVGN did.
Big Rigs is rated U for unfinished and it's still more enjoyable than Coconut Hut.
The problem with the OUYA is that it was developed by people who thought they were gamers because they played Candy Crush
Candy Crush: can be played on Xbox and Chromebook, making Ouya useless. 😂
@@autobotstarscream765 A version of Candy Crush comes BUNDLED WITH WINDOWS 10.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer If Microsoft succeeds in buying ActiBlizz, they will also get King and literally OWN Candy Crush. 😂😂😂
Wahmen.
@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 There are men on the development team too you sexist!
I really like, how she looks out of the picture in those company-video-interviews like 4:29, showing everyone that this is a beginner level company not able to hire a pro video maker.
22:30 LOL even the banana is vomiting on the Ouya. Makes total sense.
Idk why, but Julie looks like she radiates all the energy of that Boomer Mom who calls every gaming console a "Nintendo"
My cynical side says she's a hunbot who got smart enough to make her own product but not smart enough to make it good.
What does her being fat (the mom) have to do with that?
her saying "television" again and again is unbearable cringe. wtf does she even mean? that gamers abandon devices which require external screens for phones? well, that sounds like a reason to make a portable PC rather than a non-portable phone. and the way she talks about "television" makes it sound as if she believed it were the TVs themselves that ran the games... I hope not
From all the retrospectives I have read/watched on this debacle, here's what I think the logic of the pitch and the fetishistic obsession with talking about "television" was supposed to be (to the extent there was any coherent logic at all):
1. Gaming is more immersive on a TV compared to a tiny smartphone screen.
2. Getting your game on a TV, meaning released on one of the "traditional" consoles, was out of the reach of small developers financially (debatable, as indie games on console definitely existed then, though not nearly to the extent they do today)
3. The Ouya, as essentially a smartphone in a box, would be a platform for small-budget indie developers to let audiences experience their games in a more immersive way
Now, obviously there are major arguments against this. The biggest one is that people play smartphone games at times and in circumstances different from those where they play "traditional" console or PC games on a big screen, and if low-budget indie games have to compete against AAA console and PC titles for the TV screen time, they're going to lose for a lot of people.
Still, I think that the idea of simply "Let people play the smartphone games they like on a big screen" had some merit and could have been successful. Except that isn't what Ouya did. It wasn't like people could just hook the box up to their TV and start playing all of mobile games they already enjoyed on their iPhone or Android. Despite running Android, the Ouya couldn't even access the Play Store. So instead of being a cheap low-powered console with a huge library of cheap fun casual games, it was a cheap low-powered console with basically no games at all.
Television
@@Middcore But the thing is despite what people like to think what developers think is pretty irrelevant since you're not selling it to them.
It matters what consumers think and why would they buy a smartphone in a box when they already had a smartphone they could take anywhere? Since everyone already has a smartphone anyway a console needs to provide something that a smartphone does not.
Also if you want to game but have very little money around that time second hand Wii's were flooding the market and the release of the X-one and PS4 meant a lot of PS3 and X360 popped up as well. You could instead go for one of those. Though especially the Wii kind of could do everything the OUYA could do and more. It was also far more multiplayer friendly which is a big deal for people with little money. Since after all their friends also often have little money so having just 1 console they can share is very attractive.
Also the Wii's library was massive and extremely well known. It was the safer option and if you have little money to spend you don't like taking risks. Since you can't afford to replace it.
I hate that she keeps using the word "television" over and over. Either it forces you into a state of semantic satiation or she's so out of touch she probably thinks she's in the '40s.
take a shot every time she says television… 😂
Ah yes. This is gonna be a great appetizer in the lead up to the main course (the 2nd anniversary Stadia video).
Don't forget the Nanica Smitch, the virtual boy and the Laughing Joking Numbnuts Video Art!
Oh boy
The ceo looks like some mom who is gonna call it a Nintendo
There are bad products and there are bad concepts, and the Ouya was the perfect intersection between the two.
Even 10 years ago, the specs for this thing basically screamed "ewaste" especially in a world where the Raspberry Pi actually was a thing. I spent $50 on a cheapo tablet with similar specs. Throw in a $30 controller and it'd have been a better deal.
But then how'd you play on the Television?
@@peepoNuggie with either the HDMI port or it's composite port, depending on the pi model and TV of choice?
Sidenote: a lot of TVs, one of the component video ports doubles as a composite video port
Where can you get a tablet for 50$? China?
It’s funny cause 2012/2013 was essentially the death of start and select.
Some of those Ouya games gave me serious "Action 52" vibes...that's never a good sign.
Space Ape was a game that was glitchy af.
Action 52 on Ouya? Apparently, it ain't absurd enough that both NES and Sega Genesis versions of Action 52 were made by a bunch of Laughing Joking Numbuts who probably tried to program so many games in a week!
@uwu That's because I like how the Angry Video Game Nerd went about reviewing Action 52.
Console 52
25:19 Game Catcher is actually a really fun and hilarious game, the creator was featured in an AVGN video as well.
Thanks! ;o
@@Matrix803 I LOVE YOUR GAMES
@@rustyspork4962 Hehe, thanks! > u
Watching this video is kinda like watching the titanic…. You knew the disaster that was coming ahead and how things would go down
But still shocked and awed at it!
Even if I head read this off of a fairly tale book I wouldn’t believe half the things because of how crazy and absurd it sounded with the way Julie was going on
14:13 he legit put the ouya in a brown paper bag best skit ever!
*The Ouya is actually Real*
But not for me!
I’ve heard a lot about this one. It got a decent amount of attention from what I remember, but even as a kid I knew it wouldn’t last long
Yes! This is going to be a treat of a vid. Happy to see you on screen again Rerez it's been a minute for me.
An ode to Ouya:
"O, Ouya, we hardly knouya
That collection, we saw throuya.
We now know that we should never have met you.
All we can say now, is Scrouya!"
27:16 someone have used too much cocaine in the making of this masterpiece
Honestly I feel kind of bad for Julie as she seems like a genuinely nice person, she was just in way over her head trying to do a new console.
Same here. She had a dream. But the poor execution of the product and complete lack of professionalism didn't help
She was just too naive and didn't do enough research of the video games industry. A bad combination.
I often get the feeling she was an overenthusiastic, heavily coked-out, "I LURRRV VIDAGAEMS TEW YUGUIZ" grifter, and a piss-poor, unconvincing, and incompetent one at that.
@@seanwilkinson8696 I didn't get that sense from her at all, she didn't come across as a scam artist like Soulja Boy did with his infamous gaming console.
@@jadedheartsz she literally said she loved video games and yet had no idea there was a touch pad on the PS4 controller
That "A-Wing" looks like a snow speeder.
Thank you so much for making me not have to be the guy who corrected him
@@Turnabout I'll take that heat.
Thanks for including that bonus episode of "It's Just -Bad- Rain" in the video!
I actually have a knockoff ouya controller with switch joycon colors for the side plates.
Kinda wacky that some bootleggers did a much better job than a supposedly official corporation
It's got rumble and even a turbo button
I remember one of my STEM teachers telling me about this in 6th or 7th grade. He also told us RUclips would become a paid service. This was before we even had single ads, so I could kinda see where he was coming from?
It's okay, I always keep my cutting-edge game system next to my Dunkaroos 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Funny that the one Ouya game has Atarii ET when ET was partially responsible for the video game crash. Ouya tried to do that, too.
What does ET's infamous Atari 2600 game (the worst "real" video game ever made) have in common with a lot of oddball Ouya games (like the ones in this video)? They were made by a bunch of Laughing Joking Numbnuts who probably tried to program the whole doggone thing in a week!
Mate, ET was a brilliant program
It was a shitty, shitty game, but the fact it could run properly on a console that doesn’t even have video memory is mind blowing due to on how painful it is to code for the Atari 2600
The funniest part is that nowadays there are dozens upon dozens of OUYA bootleg gamepads for sale on aliexpress
Maybe Rerez or Conner the Waffle can check them out sometime.
vintage hipster ironic comeback
@Boomer_Dude85 They rip off the shell but they are not Ouya-compatible (well I guess they are, but as PC gamepads) most of them are designed to work on the Switch, actually, which is kinda hilarious. And most of them being "USB Switch" compatible (not wireless) meant that they also are PC compatible.
I got one for my switch. Lasted about a month before everything broke.
You can buy the console & controller in the original box on eBay for around $99.00. lmao
I liked the device itself. I bought one when they were on clearance and used it as an emulation console for a while. It was pretty good at it, and my wife even preferred the controller to the PS3 controllers we had (didn't understand it myself).
I can't speak to the rest of the Ouya experience such as the store and the games, because I didn't even bother to try them.
When I discovered Retropie, I sold the Ouya on ebay for exactly what I paid for it, and used the money to buy a Raspberry Pi 3.
I actually found N64 had worked better on the Ouya than on the Pi 3, but the Retropie experience was much more pleasant that navigating the Ouya OS.
9:55 the Ouya will only support one pair of headphones: the Huh-Duh Six Hungeo's by ol' mate Senny
Was- Was that a DankPods reference?
@@douglasthequilava Yes
You can't even give it credit as an emulation box, the cheap Chinese boxes run retro games better.
The homebrew community with the Wii did a better job than the Ouya, in fact most consoles N64, and older(Saturn notwithstanding) can be ran on a decent specced Win 98se PC.
@@CommodoreFan64 I mean, the Tegra inside is capable. But, the software lets it down a lot. It bricked for a lot of users.
@@hamzasultan96 For sure the hardware was capable outside of the 1GB of system ram(bad even for the time it should have been at least 2GB), and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean did not help it any.
@@CommodoreFan64 Like I said, Chinese Android boxes work better. I have one called the H96 Max. Works like a charm with RetroArch and a few standalone emulators.
There was also the Raspberry Pi, which IMO quietly doomed the OUYA in the eyes of the homebrew/hacked community.
That lady has never played a video game in her life. And probably never will.
If this series were in the DVD era you guys would have made a lot of money lol
One of my ex's was a backer of this and was really excited about it. He actually did end up getting one earlier than most. We played it for like... idk an hour or two looking for something good. And then we never played it again lol
A friend of mine backed this and was super excited for all of 10 minutes playing it. He then immediately tossed it under his bed where it later got crushed. He got his PS4 the same day and we still play Fighting Games together to this day. When Stadia came out both of us had a laugh when his Brother ordered one saying that his PS4 could no longer be used as a bargaining chip. Yeah that boy never lived it down either even though we warned him.
LOL! I made Game Catcher-- first game I ever released publicly, like almost a decade ago...? Hilarious review dude!
Hey, at least the fake game titles were worth a chuckle
@@csolisr Lmao, yeah I had a fun time making them. I put in like 500+ different game titles that alternate in random, some of which I just totally made up. I actually got _a lot_ of flack for that because some of the titles were of real games.
26:55 lol that fvcking sucks idk why it's so funny
"It's. Just. RAIN!" just about killed me. I laughed so hard I choked. Thank you :)
I remember pre-ordering the Ouya, cancelling before it came out, and then they sent me two for no reason. And when I asked to send them back, they just told me to keep them.
Most of the games looked so bad, they seemed to be parodies, but the horror is they were real? Unbelievable. Thank you for getting one of these so we don't have to. All good wishes!
30:00 ''If you lose it jumps to a screen that says.. SUBMIT"
"OUYA?" "Uh, what?"
That one brentalfloss song gets better every year.
I didnt even know this thing existed until Crowbcat's video on it. And by then, it had come, gone, died, and been forgotten. I felt like I was under a fucking rock and peered outside, anf then wanted to go back under.
5:16 When I saw that face I was expecting to get a lecture on fire safety after he burst into flames.
10:08 I'm getting flashbacks to headphone tests on some ears on a stand... might be the music.
I know exactly what you’re talking about 😂
Hell yeah, Towerfall got the love it deserved kinda, AND Esperanto!
Kato.
Towerfall absolutely deserves all the love. So glad it got a second chance off of the Ouya with Towerfall Ascension.
@@Gatorade69 Ovo.
I keep coming back to the "worst ever" series because your comedic timing is great
24:45 It gives me some "Stanley's Parable" vibes...
30:22 Wow! Takes a lot to make “Hard Drivin’” look like “F-Zero GX.”
This is the second time I've watch this Chanel, I'm surprised there isn't as much subscribers.