Oh dang, it was my media PC until 2017, when the switch took over its role, IIRC. Definitely got my money’s worth out of it even if there were no games lmao
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P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have an Ouya. It’s embarrassing, I feel shame for purchasing it, but I keep it as a reminder of how fucking dumb I can be.
marzhall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
_Nico198X_@europe.pub 2 months ago
you dared to dream, and i applaud you for that.
nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I remember when it was on kickstarter. I went back and forth about backing, I ended up pulling my pledge just before it was funded. So glad I did.
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I went all in on it… I fully drank that Koolaid and was an early backer, got an extra controller and really thought it was going to be amazing. But their whole launch was so bungled that by the time I actually got it I was so disillusioned with the whole company that I couldn’t enjoy it. It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered. I had mine for a couple of months before reselling it at a loss.
Several years later when Stadia was announced I felt that little familiar glimmer of hope pop up, but I didn’t let myself get too excited for it. I did eventually get a couple of Stadia controllers and really enjoyed that service (and I still use those controllers today).
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I went all in on it… I fully drank that Koolaid and was an early backer, got an extra controller and really thought it was going to be amazing.
Are you me? I was backer 4 🤦♂️
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered.
Shit, I didn’t realize it got that bad. I’m honestly surprised I didn’t hear more rage about that online at the time.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Ouya wasn’t all bad though! Some great games came out of it.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fair. I did use it for emulating NES and SNES, but the controller connection was horrible, so I found it easier to use the Raspberry Pi.
Now it’s in my shelf along with my other consoles: C64, PS1-4 (5 is in the living room), PSP, DS and gaming stuff and collectibles. People usually ask about it, lol.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The controller was absolute garbage! The analog sticks would get snagged where the battery covers splits. Batteries on the front for who knows why.
Lol mines living in the closet now and thankfully all those games have released for the
PCGabecubefoxymulder@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
my controllers pinched my hands constantly where the metal meets the plastic shell
towerfall on ouya was pretty frikkin teriffic as the killer app though
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
it’s a little ARM box running Android, right?
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yup. Controller was shit.
elvith@feddit.org 2 months ago
I didn’t get mine to have less than about a second latency LOL
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 months ago
Yeah I had one too. Ultimate reminder to never pre-order.
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The thing is, there is nothing super wrong with the idea, it just didn’t pan out.
We can see from the existence of nintendo consoles, that graphics don’t mean the world.
Malix@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
heh, I have Superbook for the exact same purpose! (for the uninitated: it was a “laptop” which used your phone/tablet/etc as the tech, it was basically just a 1080p screen and keyboard for a phone).
Mine took 3-4 factory resets and firmware flashes to get working, and then the damn thing gave up the ghost the same night and hasn’t worked since… not that it has any real use anyway. Good buy /s
Krudler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hey now. Its ok we all make booboos. I bought a Game Gear.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The name if pretty whimsical tho wich seems like a big plus.
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 2 months ago
I wanted to buy one when I saw it in target years ago for dumb reasons, now I want to biy one to tinker with.
Album@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This is my biggest regret purchase lmao. Which is good. But yeah I basically never used it. Very unlike me because I would rather eat my bad decision. But it’s was so laggy I turned it off and waited for updates that never came. Took me years to finally throw it away.
Tahl_eN@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I loved mine! Did exactly what I bought it for, emulation on my TV and playing media from my server. Replaced it with a Shield eventually, but don’t regret backing it on Kickstarter.