OUYA beaten by phones in benchmark tests
OUYA was among a variety of Android devices in benchmark testing, and finished behind several existing Android devices.
OUYA consoles have been shipping to Kickstarter backers, giving tech fans a chance to try it out for themselves. And what's one of the first things people do with new gadgets? Benchmarks, of course. Pitted against other Android devices, it came in strong for the price but finished behind some existing phones and tablets.
FutureMark (via GI.biz) rated various Android devices, including smartphones, tablets, and the OUYA console. Of the 258 devices it rated, the OUYA came in at 73rd. That puts it behind many newer devices like the HTC One, LG Nexus 4, some Samsung Galaxy, and Sony Xperia devices. However, do note that the device is only $99, while most phones go for more than six times as much when unlocked and unsubsidized. With its ARM A9 chip, it's on par with the similarly equipped HTC One X+.
The console recently met with some criticism upon reaching Kickstarter backers. It is set to launch formally on June 4.
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replySteve Watts posted a new article, OUYA beaten by phones in benchmark tests.
OUYA was among a variety of Android devices in benchmark testing, and finished behind several existing Android devices.-
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They were claiming that the device would run faster than most devices on the market because they would be able to "overclock" the arm processor since they didn't have to worry about battery life. There was a lot of false claims mostly made by the fans and some by the manufacture themselves.
That said there is room for underpowered consoles if there are quality games. There as of this moment hardly any Ouya exclusives or enhanced games. Most of which are games you can get on any Android phone/tablet. That is partially why the hardware is getting reviewed. If they had exclusives that were good people wouldn't care about the specs.
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This isn't bad news, this is just news made to look like bad news. It's a Tegra 3 chipset. It's faster than the Tegra 3 chipset in the Nexus 7 and Asus Transformer, which is what it was supposed to do. On top of this it's A) proprietary, so software can be optimized specifically for the ouya hardware, and B) the OS still has a huge way to go before it's optimized properly. I'm not an ouya fanboy by any means, and don't really want one, but don't be calling out the whole "well, that new EVO is not quite as fast as the new PORCHE" aregument.
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How much do those phones cost?
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Several times what the Ouya costs, but that's not exactly the point, there's a lot of other stuff going against it as well.
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Gaming news websites coverage of these stories have been embarrassing. I mean for the journalists/sites, not for the OUYA. An insane lack of knowledge is apparent from all the major gaming sites. How long until we actually have a mature gaming media that have a clue what they're talking about??
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How so? Any reviewer worth his salt will evaluate the device as a console gaming medium in comparison to existing products. That means it will be compared to the xbox 360 and PS3. A consumer doesn't think to himself "Wow! This thing sucks. But it has a Tegra 3 GPU so I guess it's awesome after all!"
The end user does not give a fuck about what's inside of it, they only care about the experience. Apparently, that experience is not going to be a good one.-
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Again, why the fuck should a reviewer or end-user care about the hardware? Or the software creation process? An end user doesn't automatically give a console device leeway just because it has a weak processor. Similarly, an end user doesn't forgive a game for being bad because of a convoluted software creation process. They only care about the end result.
They care about the experience and nothing else. Period. If the tegra 3 isn't up to snuff to provide a good gaming experience, Ouya's creators should have had the foresight to use something better.-
They are doing annual releases with updated hardware, so why should they? This is a budget console with backwards compatibility of the game library.
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They should've never even talked about Tegra 3, Tegra 4 should've been it for this thing when it was announced.
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Not that bizarre when the Ouya always came across like just another commodity y Android pump and dump scam on Kickstarter (of which there had been several). Any Tegra always seemed like a bad choice for anything that was seriously about games. Their GPUs have, ironically, always been far worse than contemporary devices using Mali or PowerVR tech. So Tegra 3 seemed pretty crap a year ago, it's not surprising it gets blown away a year later once they've actually started shipping hardware.
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If they don't care about hardware why are they reporting on benchmarks?
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Penny Arcade Report does a fair number of them, I would say Gamasutra probably does too but I'm not sure that counts as much.
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I never really found a real niche for this to pique my interests. It's a novel idea but has found no place in the market to settle.
I think at best I might use it as a XMBC media player. That's a big maybe for me though. -
lol at people who expected anything better than this
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I don't get it. People pay 60 bucks a year for Xbox live. What if Microsoft offered a subscription model for a console where you get a new console every year with updated hardware? Now on top of it being 100 bucks a year, all/most games bought in the eco system would work on newer models. This thing is competing with a set top box and a cell phone graphic power-wise / life cycle-wise for way less than the price of a cell phone. How could any gamer not be excited for that? I'm just excited to play indie casual games on a big screen from my couch without hooking up a dedicated PC that costs several times more.
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I'd rather have the dedicated PC that costs more and not get a new model every year and play AAA games as well as Indy games.
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So you'd rather buy a new graphic card every year or every couple of years that also costs more?
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When you sell the old card and get a new one it doesn't add up to all that much.
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I dunno, because they have a cell phone and get the new ones anyway, and because they also have a PC?
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It's been hilarious following the terrible launch of this piece of shit on the something awful boards.
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Someone created a game entirely out of stolen assets and submitted it to the OUYA store and it was approved.
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