Ouya's E3 presence will be open to the public, as it plans to show off games for its console in a parking lot down the street from the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 will be held in June.
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Virtual Boy, Sega Nomad, Ouya and the other troubled game systems that nobody bought.
How has this article missed out Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo's Wii U, two consoles that were actually superb devices in their own right, but were seen as failed due to lacklustre sales at the time of release?
Wonder how long before Stadia appears on the list surprised the Ngage is not on that list
Talk about a blast to the past.......I remember trying the virtual boy at Toy R Us and it was cool but I did feel slightly disoriented afterwards......good article.
The Ouya, a failed Android gaming console from early in this generation, is getting a second lease on life thanks to Internet archivists and some new software.
That's pretty cool they were able to bring it back. It sucks when something online only gets killed.
I got mine when it first launched, however it wasn't good for anything other than retro emulation. I couldn't sell the thing fast enough. Managed to get almost all my money back selling it on eBay.
I guess the Stadia launch is bringing back memories of other failed consoles/services.
Thats a smart move but the question is, would ppl stop there to check the Ouya out or will they rather go inside e3? I guess it works both ways because the ppl leaving e3 can also check it out.
Skarlett's message is just an ignorant comment by someone who thinks Nintendo is dead and that PS4 and 720 will be the be all and end all of gaming's future. Whether or not it's the Wii U or PC is irrelevant to fans of Sony and MS.
I got the Ouya and I have no idea why. It doesn't do anything special at all.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
lol good luck.
The way i see it, if you already happen to own a smartphone or a tablet then there is no need for this system in your life, because all it will do is play the same games found on those other devices you might already own?
Now if this was a system running on a completely different os and releasing with its own marquee games like the big 3 have then i could see them mattering, but until then i feel this thing is a waste of 99 bucks.
@Smashbro29 cant say i blame you for feeling like that.