OUYA to Refresh Hardware Every Year

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Unlike Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, OUYA is planning to refresh their hardware on a yearly basis.

From Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/ouya-annual/

"Our strategy is very much similar to the mobile strategy," OUYA CEO Julie Uhrman told us in an interview this afternoon, following her DICE 2013 speech. "There will be a new OUYA every year. There will be an OUYA 2 and an OUYA 3," she added.

Assuming the OUYA makes it past its first 2 years, and assuming SoC's keep improving, the OUYA could grow to rival graphics on the more expensive consoles.

Cue the "it's going to fail. I'm not going to buy one" messages in 3...2...1... :P
 

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Oh, OUYA, you are a hoot.
 

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Android hardware just moves at such an astonishing rate that doing this is almost necessary if you want to keep up.
Especially when you want to make a low-cost device. In any case, if you want your Android-based gaming device to be competitive on the market, it pretty much requires hardware upgrades or even whole revamps on a yearly basis.
 

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Is that a joke? If not, with mobile hardware they going to do so?

This how it's going keep longevity overall by annually upgrading. One year is kind of short.
Should at least of been 2 years apart.

One year IS short, and they'd have to really sell me on the upgrade. If I'm using the box as a media consumer, and it's playing everything I throw at it, what is going to make me want to upgrade?

Plus, I definitely don't want to have to rebuy a new controller every year.

If they didn't upgrade every year, though, they wouldn't be able to keep up with the rest of the mobile market. Games would be released for Android that wouldn't work on the OUYA
 

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What.. is that feeling? Is the Ouya getting more and more unattractive by the second?
We knew from the start that by the time it came out, it will have been overtaken by cheap Android sticks. But having an upgrade option is not a bad idea. Now it all depends on how much the upgrade board will cost. $50 seems about right for that kind of thing.
 

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We knew from the start that by the time it came out, it will have been overtaken by cheap Android sticks. But having an upgrade option is not a bad idea. Now it all depends on how much the upgrade board will cost. $50 seems about right for that kind of thing.
The "upgrades" are probably full sets. Even if they sell just the new box, it'll be for around $69, or full set again for $99.
 
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We knew from the start that by the time it came out, it will have been overtaken by cheap Android sticks. But having an upgrade option is not a bad idea. Now it all depends on how much the upgrade board will cost. $50 seems about right for that kind of thing.
Make sense if you only pay 1/2 for a upgrade and full with your first Ouya.
Plus, I definitely don't want to have to rebuy a new controller every year.
I don't think they would update that much. Maybe add a better responsive touch pad or
a real touchscreen. Not something you can't use your old controller for.
 

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Assuming the OUYA makes it past its first 2 years, and assuming SoC's keep improving, the OUYA could grow to rival graphics on the more expensive consoles.
I didn't notice that part before.

Let me take a deep breath before I start laughing. About 5 minutes should be fine.
 

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The "upgrades" are probably full sets. They may sell just the new box for around $69, or full set again for $99.
Well that would just be silly. You the only thing you need to change is the board. They should give old users that option instead of forcing them to buy an entire new box if they want to upgrade.
 

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