Wow, the Ouya Console is Tiny

Amidst all the talk of the fancy new Ouya console, and all its promise and possibilities, the more specific, physical aspects of the machine have gone largely unnoticed.

Which is weird, because the design of the console itself is the thing I find most interesting. Especially when you consider its size.

While looking at press images of the machine would understandably have you thinking it's about the size of Nintendo's old GameCube, the fact is the design team is thinking smaller. A lot smaller.

[Relientk77]

Wow thats impressive. I assumed it was around the size of the GameCube

[LackTrue4K]

Well when you really think about it it's pretty much a cell phone without the screen and battery. So this console is actually kind of big.

[miyamoto]

Well at least it is very "portable gaming machine." but you still need a TV screen for it.

Ouya should have had a screen and buttons and marketed as a handheld/home console just like the PSP3000.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

This is such a good idea, too! I'd love to take my Minecraft: Pocket Edition save and play it on my TV. ^_^ I've done more work on it than anyone I know has on a PC Minecraft save.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Also, her face is hard to look at...

http://www.kickstarter.com/...

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

wonder if it would be smaller than the Onlive microconsole. You can fit that thing in your pocket.

[MasterCornholio]

So when will apple copy Android and create their own version of the Ouya?

Lol I kid but this device seems like a great idea.

XperiaRay

[r21]

just found images of the console and its impressive. he aint lying when he says its bout the size of a rubiks cube.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www....

[Skateboard]

Go get them little guy.

[ziggurcat]

lol @ you people getting suckered into this garbage.

1. games won't be free-to-play (as it's been advertised). it's the demos that will be free-to-play... or at least it'll just be the demos until some idiot figures out a way to bypass the store's security to download all content for free.

2. this thing isn't any more powerful than a mid-range cellphone. you think X360 "has no games"? good luck playing anything decent on this thing other than the crap you see in LIVE's indie game section in the marketplace.

3. since it's hackable, it's only going to ruin it for everyone. multiplayer will be garbage because everyone will be cheating their ***es off, people will find ways to steal content, people will (for whatever stupid reason) start clamouring over being able to run a ****ty emulator to play their ****ty 30-40 year old games, etc... sure, there might be one or two people who do something semi-interesting with the device, but don't fool yourself into thinking that hackable = utopia.