Ouya Pushing to be a Media Center Too

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The Ouya Android console will come packed with support for XBMC, iHeartRadio, VEVO and TuneIn Radio.

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  • Pennanen
    Better to buy this console. It will be like dreamcast. Something collectors keep because it killed a company and many people lost their job because of it.
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  • benikens
    PennanenBetter to buy this console. It will be like dreamcast. Something collectors keep because it killed a company and many people lost their job because of it.Because Sega doesn't exist anymore right?
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  • Pennanen
    benikensBecause Sega doesn't exist anymore right?And what is sega nowdays? 3d sonic games, thats pretty steep downhill.
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  • ltdementhial
    if i can attach an usb dvd (or even better BD) drive to this...i will buy it blindfolded...it plays games, runs on android, will have xbmc and mostly will be very affordable.

    i remember when i was very very little...18 years ago maybe...my dad used to be a DIY-geek he passed it on me...really those good ol' days making autorun.bat's and stuff like that on software and even having proyects involving "low" end pc as amstrad pc's...damn 20 years full of corporative products dependency and now we are back to those DIY solutions...and all started with the little spark that was the Raspberry...


    (excuse my inglish is not my main language)
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  • taurine
    PennanenAnd what is sega nowdays? 3d sonic games, thats pretty steep downhill.
    SEGA's published a TON of games. A search on steam gives you 187 results.
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  • killabanks
    taurineSEGA's published a TON of games. A search on steam gives you 187 results.Sega got screwed after dreamcast sorry to break it to you... even though in my opinion it was the best system at the time
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  • lpedraja2002
    I never thought of the OUYA as a home theater but given that the option is now available I can see it having a better chance in penetrating t he market. It would be an excellent competition device to the Roku and other similar devices, plus it can play games. I hope this thing does well.
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  • alidan
    PennanenBetter to buy this console. It will be like dreamcast. Something collectors keep because it killed a company and many people lost their job because of it.
    dreamcast didnt kill sega, they were making 8 systems concurrently world wide and not going for a unified front. it would be like if nintendo still made every system they ever made, and still pumped games out for each too, dreamcast didnt kill sega, management did.

    but beside that

    if this console can play a 1080p bluray rip encoded into mkv, without lagging the video, i will buy this for the living room. as it would be a decent access point to the internet, play my movies, and be a console that is fairly capable.
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  • This console is larger than a tablet,so they to put more power into it,like a hex core processor
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  • mmstick
    PennanenAnd what is sega nowdays? 3d sonic games, thats pretty steep downhill.
    Oh my god, have you not seen the Total War series!? One of the best game franchises on PC.
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