Lots of excitement this evening as I unboxed my OUYA
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My web site: http://thesuese.com
OUYA Console Hardware:
- Worked perfectly.
- I like that it is relatively heavy.
- It sits nicely on the desk.
- Cables were a bit stiff, made the connections fall out when moving the console around.
OUYA Software:
- I was so surprised and very impressed to see a user interface and fully functioning OS out-of-the-box.
- I upgraded the firmware and the upgrade worked perfectly.
- Really smooth and high detail in 1080p
- Web browser works great
The Gamepad
- CRITICAL: Cannot remove batteries without a knife.
- The D-pad is awesome.
- The spring in the rear trigger is not very fluid. Makes it feel a bit hokey.
- The shape is something I'm not used to, I have small hands. I'm not used to holding it so high up, but holding it that high helps give access to the touch pad.
- The touch pad leaves a little to be desired. Not that I really care much for the feature in the first place.
- Could be a tad heavier towards the top. Centre of gravity was a little bit different for me.
Some bugs:
- I did upgrade the firmware.
- Experienced some synchronization glitches, had to press a second button after initial sync pre-firmware update.
- Flickering during on screen keyboard post-firmware update.
- Couldn't use directional pad for on screen keyboard. Made inputing password a bit weird.
- Touch pad cursor was really slow, taps weren't always registering.
- Crash on shut-down, won't shut down. Pressed power button, selected shut down on gamepad. Still animating 'shutting down' 20 minutes later. 7-second shut-off worked fine.
- Experienced a java error pop-up where the log-in prompt failed in an attempt to connect over a choppy wifi connection.
- No error message on log-in screen (no password).
Overall:
I'm impressed. Lots of people expressed scepticism this would even get this far. I'm floored and amazed the product has come so far in so little time.
I'll upload some videos of the unboxing session soon, but first I'm going to push some polygons through this baby.
My web site: http://thesuese.com
OUYA Console Hardware:
- Worked perfectly.
- I like that it is relatively heavy.
- It sits nicely on the desk.
- Cables were a bit stiff, made the connections fall out when moving the console around.
OUYA Software:
- I was so surprised and very impressed to see a user interface and fully functioning OS out-of-the-box.
- I upgraded the firmware and the upgrade worked perfectly.
- Really smooth and high detail in 1080p
- Web browser works great
The Gamepad
- CRITICAL: Cannot remove batteries without a knife.
- The D-pad is awesome.
- The spring in the rear trigger is not very fluid. Makes it feel a bit hokey.
- The shape is something I'm not used to, I have small hands. I'm not used to holding it so high up, but holding it that high helps give access to the touch pad.
- The touch pad leaves a little to be desired. Not that I really care much for the feature in the first place.
- Could be a tad heavier towards the top. Centre of gravity was a little bit different for me.
Some bugs:
- I did upgrade the firmware.
- Experienced some synchronization glitches, had to press a second button after initial sync pre-firmware update.
- Flickering during on screen keyboard post-firmware update.
- Couldn't use directional pad for on screen keyboard. Made inputing password a bit weird.
- Touch pad cursor was really slow, taps weren't always registering.
- Crash on shut-down, won't shut down. Pressed power button, selected shut down on gamepad. Still animating 'shutting down' 20 minutes later. 7-second shut-off worked fine.
- Experienced a java error pop-up where the log-in prompt failed in an attempt to connect over a choppy wifi connection.
- No error message on log-in screen (no password).
Overall:
I'm impressed. Lots of people expressed scepticism this would even get this far. I'm floored and amazed the product has come so far in so little time.
I'll upload some videos of the unboxing session soon, but first I'm going to push some polygons through this baby.