Quote Originally Posted by Tanooki View Post
I agree with that. Sega's disgusting smear and lie campaign advertising against Nintendo back in the earlier 16bit era infuriated me enough I didn't play the thing for years even with it in the house (brother) and only bothered with Sega anything in the late 90s. It wasn't some pro-Nintendo thing though, sure it helped, but I've been that way with anyone who puts out scummy lie ads to slander another company or product to sell their own shit because I just see it as immature lies to cover up the failings of your own inferior garbage by using distraction and misdirection. I've done it with clothes, foods, and so on.


Griking said it well too, put the feelings in check and see what it is -- a stab at the full price rehash-o-rama in gaming we get of re-skinned me-too same garbage shoveled every year and getting tired of it. That's what the ad is even if it is done in a cheeseball crude way. If someone isn't sick of that type of gaming environment of course they'll get even more offended for having their precious Call of Duty/MOH/Halo/(insert rehash FPS) mocked for what it is.

The thing is, the ad is very effective. If it wasn't this topic and others like it elsewhere wouldn't exist either agreeing about it or bitching about it. An ad isn't as much meant to entertain but to cause awareness, and we're aware. Beyond that Ouya like it or hate it is delivering on what they said they would having free demos or outright free games for every title there, plus is also works as a superior form of what Roku and AppleTV currently do delivering all that streaming media format stuff they others do at the same price. But beyond that you get all the gaming goodies and you can since it's fairly open dump your own junk on there and use it as you like so it's not closed off like a big name console system. That's why I think it will last because it gives more choice even if it isn't the beefiest piece of hardware out there. They've taken a stab at the Roku market with this and its wannabes and does it better, so if you're needing a device even for that, this would be the logical choice since they all go for $99 and this does more.
Chromecast is $35, so this is not a logical choice if all you want is a streaming media adapter. While you're right that the gaming forums have been abuzz about this ad, most of the people on those forums are hyper aware of Ouya and every other niche device or console that is released. As such, this isn't a very effective ad, especially if those same people are offended.

Moreover, the message in the ad doesn't even make sense. This isn't some alternative to regular consoles or AAA games, it's a device that is designed to play smartphone and tablet style games on your TV. I doubt that gamers who are bored of the FPS sequels that come out like clockwork have been dreaming of a way to play smartphone and tablet style games on their TV. I suspect many of them, including myself, simply buy niche games on PS3 or Xbox 360 or PC or use XBL Arcade, Steam and PSN to fill the need for more obscure games. As such, I still have no idea who the Ouya is really targeted at as everyone I know who bought one just did it because it was cheap, messed around with it for a few hours and hasn't been back. Heck, Ouya's own data supports this as something like 73% of buyers haven't even purchased a single thing and only 8% of the people who download a free demo of a game end up buying it. That's pretty poor considering how cheap most of the games are to begin with.