okay we'll dismiss it.. , and yes that site is an unknown, but one site I won't be remotely even interested reviewing this product is those clowns over at Euro Gamer..they are an online bias version of Edge magazine.

I do not have horse in the OUYA race. My lovely wife :21: :39:

Then reading his other articles he seems to be head over heels with the modern consoles.

He just seemed a little to excited talking about the Playstation 4  :7:

From the review: "It suffers from a terrible input lag which kicks in half the time when playing and that’s the worst thing a wireless controller can have."

I hope this isn't a hardware limitation...

From the review: "It suffers from a terrible input lag which kicks in half the time when playing and that’s the worst thing a wireless controller can have."

I hope this isn't a hardware limitation...

Won't be able to tell until I get mine.  I have used a wireless controller (Logitech) with my Transformer Prime and I've had no issues with lag. 

That Verge review appears to be a load of bollocks. This comment in particular had me very amused:

The buttons made me angriest, though. Instead of labeling them A, B, X, and Y, like every other manufacturer ever, Ouya went with O, U, Y, and A. The A button is where B should be, and O is where A typically is — so every time the Ouya said "press A to go back" I pressed O and went forward. Every. Single. Time.

Okay, sentence one: Not even true of 360/PS3/Wii generation - they're all different. In respect of the second sentence, O is where A is on the 360 controller. He'd have exactly the same problem if he switched to the Wii Classic Controller. Admittedly I myself find it awkward to migrate from the 360 controller but that's not the fault of the Dual Shock or the Wii CC. I just spend more time using the 360 controller, that's all, and if I levelled that criticism at the Dual Shock or Wii CC because of something as subjective as what I happen to be used to, I would be a twit.

To be fair, I've only skim read the review, but if the reviewer isn't capable of rewiring his one brain cell to cope with the different position of the buttons on a different machine for the purposes of producing an unbiased review, as he'd have to for any other different platform, I'm not convinced it's worth wasting any more time on.

Oh, I did read the breakdown of scores at the end:

Design 6/10
Software 3/10
Games Selection 3/10
Controls 6/10
Performance 7/10
Heat/Noise 9/10

So how does that end up being 3.5/10 overall? I know that it's not meant to be an average, but in the long term, surely the performance, controls and design have more weight? Especially since Software and Games Selection can, and will, be improved over the coming months.

I think these reviewers are choosing to ignore the fact that the console has not really been released yet.  By sending it to OUYA supporters by the promised time with unfinished software allows for those same supporters to give feedback over in the OUYA forums that should help make improvements before the commercial release.  To be critical of game selection and software at this point is ridiculous.  The system has not had an official commercial release yet. 

Plus TrekMD owns stock in OUYA

Plus TrekMD owns stock in OUYA :24:  Do I get some automatically for being a Kickstarter supporter? 

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I have to say, being able to see OUYA from the other side of the fence (more so than the public) that they are kind of scrambling around and dont know what they're doing...

they have crapped on a bunch of developers from what ive seen. Also it seems the patience is wearing off with developers and some are even removing projects from the store because they are fed up with OUYA, and it isnt even released yet...

its quite un-organized. i was thinking it would be pretty solid by now or a good foundation but infact its quite the opposite. Unfortunately id say those ratings are about right.... 

Hopefully OUYA can pull itself out of the dumpster and bring its ratings up by commercial launch and make good with developers that really are the backbone of that console during launch and getting it off the ground.

On a positive note, here are a few pics of the console itself...

I myself am unsure how it will turn out and i was pretty hopefull at first, but only time will tell. Hopefully the launch goes smoothly in june.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b215/ ... 730195.jpg

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New OUYA Games Announced: Silent Enemy, Hazelrun, Worm From Hell, Karmageddon Khaos, Odium & More

Silent Enemy
Set in a world of endless winter, and inspired by Minority Design Director Ruben Farrus’ experience with bullies and isolation growing up in a small town in Spain, Silent Enemy will require players to use shapeshifting abilities and the help of nature spirits on a quest to release spring back into the world. The game is currently in development for OUYA and tentatively planned for release in Q4, 2013.

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Hazelrun
Hazelrun puts the player in the skin of a squirrel which must pursue a hazelnuts owl-thief in a colourful and funny universe. The squirrel can roam indifferently on the bottom or the top of the screen and has to pass from one to another at the right time to avoid or destroy the enemies and the obstacles which show up on his passage.
Three gaming modes are available in Hazelrun: a story mode containing more than 10 levels, an infinite mode in which the player has to run as long as possible without being hit, and a multi-players mode.  This last mode proposes delirious bonus decorated races, decorated, up to 4 players on shared screen.

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Odium
This is a game recently announced for the OUYA, which has some amazingly stunning graphics. The basic synopsis is to control Odium as it tries to take over the heart. This game is not ordinary in any sense of the word. You will see this the moment you begin playing. The developer called the game "Backwards" and explains this by saying, "One or more aspects of the game works the opposite as would normally be expected: maybe the controller is reversed (left is right, right is left), maybe you win lives every time you die, maybe it scrolls to the left and your character moonwalks."

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Be sure to go to the link above for several more games...

Some cool looking games there, now if only my OUYA would arrive 

Here's another review with a video montage showing many of the games that are currently available:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/17/ouya- ... er-review/

Also, here's a list of the first batch of OUYA games:
http://30plusgamer.com/ouya-launch-games-list/

A couple of news:
Ouya Limited Edition units now fast tracked for shipping

The OUYA Has 10,000 Developers Worldwide

Good news about orders with spare controllers being spent out in order and not behind just console orders grrr!