The Ouya has been on shelves for nearly a month now, and developers have had a chance to gauge initial sales numbers of their games. Gamasutra polled several developers on their earnings so far, and a handful obliged with straight sales numbers. Adam Spragg, creator of Hidden in Plain Sight – one of our favorite Ouya launch games – has brought in $4,381 on 1,900 purchases sold at a pay-what-you-want price (minimum $1). The port of Foddy's Get On Top has earned $728 off of 9,700 downloads and 520 purchases.
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.
Did they expect better for a clumsy cheap console amidst the consoles already in the maker. Ps2 is better than the ouya minus hd and priced equally.
Is this really all that surprising? expecting a home console that exclusive plays games designed for a mobile phone to be popular was kind of asking a bit much IMO.
Mobile gamers are a different breed from console gamers, they want a quick pick up and play option that they can work around their busy schedule, the Ouya is a neat idea but possibly a little ahead of it's time.
those numbers will drop when hackers figure out a way to download paid content off of the store for free.
who would play mobile game at a console in home?
i would rather play a real console device (ps3/360/wii)
at home
The OUYA seems like a decent idea, but I think for Android to really blossom and be taken seriously as a gaming platform, it should be available on current home consoles. What is stopping them from striking a deal with Nintendo to bring the Android game marketplace to the Wii U? Users would have the touch interface for all the games because of the Wii U gamepad and people who prefer physical controls would get their wish too. It would also solve Wii U's game drought. Since Square isnt releasing those sweet updated versions of FF games on home consoles, this would make sense in so many ways. Mobile games are becoming more and more popular, but to be embraced as a real, viable option for home use, it should be adopted to the current consoles already in the market.