Futuremark Publishes OUYA Console Dev Kit Benchmark

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The OUYA dev kit under-performs many current-generation Android smartphones.

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[unknown9122]

I hope they upgrade the Tegra 3 1GB of RAM to a Tegra 4 2GB of RAM for the final release.

 

[therabiddeer]

So it isnt even released and smartphones already beat it in performance. Tell me again why I shouldnt just get a controller for the phone and plug the phone into my TV? Why buy this separate console? If it is already behind current gen I can just upgrade my phone every couple years with a new contract for the same price and not pay the extra $100 for a new console.

 

[therabiddeer]

So it isnt even released and smartphones already beat it in performance. Tell me again why I shouldnt just get a controller for the phone and plug the phone into my TV? Why buy this separate console? If it is already behind current gen I can just upgrade my phone every couple years with a new contract for the same price and not pay the extra $100 for a new console.

 

[therabiddeer]

Note to self: Hitting f5 will repost your comment.

 

[unknown9122]

I hope they upgrade the Tegra 3 1GB of RAM to a Tegra 4 2GB of RAM for the final release.

 

[dsigned]

Your used smartphone + controller likely still costs more than this thing, and also doesn't come with cables, and won't be optimized for a big screen. Plus, not everyone's phone is in the best of shape at the end of their contract. Plus it's a consistent set of hardware to develop for, which means that it will likely have better support for controller based games as well.

I think for the price, the (supposed) reliability, and the "togetherness" of it, it's a totally reasonable price. It's going to have to really hit it out of the park for me to buy one, but I'm not opposed to it in principle.

 

[therabiddeer]

@dsigned (no quote system... and adding comment field is at the top ><)
The Galaxy S3 is $50 with an upgrade 2 year contract. The Galaxy S3 ranks better in performance than the Ouya (S3 is 58th). You can easily get a wickedly good controller for under $50. They are both android platform with similar hardware so you wont see a difference in performance because of that. Even the hardware on the Ouya will be changing annually so that is no more consistent than the smartphones.

If your phone isnt in good shape somehow, then treat your phone better. The console is set at the right price, but it is unnecessary for anybody that has a smart phone every 2 years. Which is a huge number of people. Well beyond half of people that have a mobile phone use a smartphone.

This console might be a decent addition for kids (pending the games released) but for anybody else it is not needed.

PS: An error has occurred.
Wish it would tell me what kind of error.

 

[Gundam288]

I would be willing to use an OUYA as my main console if Toms fix the comments system. (or at least rolls it back to the old style as that seem to work better than this...)

 

[Branden]

hitting F5 reposts your comment?

 

[Branden]

hitting F5 reposts your comment?

 

[Branden]

huh, well there's a glitch tom's needs to fix.

 

[bustapr]

very nice thg, this new comments system isnt buggy at all. I just wonder what this "an error has occured." message that appears every time I try to post a longish comment. -_-

 

[ojas]

@dsigned (no quote system... and adding comment field is at the top ><)

There is 😛

 

[heero yuy]

phones beat it yes
but remember that the hardware will be the same across all ouya units (kind of like a console you know?) meaning developers can code for that hardware and get more performance out of it meaning games will be able to look better as they get to grips with what they are working with (you know like how every console ever has done? compare the first 360 games with the ones coming out these days)

 

[therabiddeer]

@dsigned (no quote system... and adding comment field is at the top ><)

There is 😛

No quote button. And not knowing the syntax makes it even more difficult to work in a quote (I am doing this via the forum instead of the comment section).

phones beat it yes
but remember that the hardware will be the same across all ouya units (kind of like a console you know?) meaning developers can code for that hardware and get more performance out of it meaning games will be able to look better as they get to grips with what they are working with (you know like how every console ever has done? compare the first 360 games with the ones coming out these days)

Consoles get that benefit because they use the same hardware/os for 6+ years. The Ouya is getting new hardware every year since they plan to have an annual release. There will be no time to do the same type of "console optimization". They will likely also upgrade their OS, and droid OS upgrades seem to be different than MS updates (though I could be wrong here). It is no different than phone hardware in regards to anything though.

 

[heero yuy]

@dsigned (no quote system... and adding comment field is at the top ><)

There is 😛

No quote button. And not knowing the syntax makes it even more difficult to work in a quote (I am doing this via the forum instead of the comment section).

phones beat it yes
but remember that the hardware will be the same across all ouya units (kind of like a console you know?) meaning developers can code for that hardware and get more performance out of it meaning games will be able to look better as they get to grips with what they are working with (you know like how every console ever has done? compare the first 360 games with the ones coming out these days)

Consoles get that benefit because they use the same hardware/os for 6+ years. The Ouya is getting new hardware every year since they plan to have an annual release. There will be no time to do the same type of "console optimization". They will likely also upgrade their OS, and droid OS upgrades seem to be different than MS updates (though I could be wrong here). It is no different than phone hardware in regards to anything though.

the yearly release thing was set in stone? the only thing I heard about it was that they were thinking about it still its like $90? (last time I looked) so about £50 a year for an open source console that should have a lot of indie devs and the yearly hardware refresh should stop stagnation (also I heard something about that theres going to be something so that devs can make their own attachment/controller for it but that was months ago and I forget where I heard it)

 

[therabiddeer]

@dsigned (no quote system... and adding comment field is at the top ><)

There is 😛

No quote button. And not knowing the syntax makes it even more difficult to work in a quote (I am doing this via the forum instead of the comment section).

phones beat it yes
but remember that the hardware will be the same across all ouya units (kind of like a console you know?) meaning developers can code for that hardware and get more performance out of it meaning games will be able to look better as they get to grips with what they are working with (you know like how every console ever has done? compare the first 360 games with the ones coming out these days)

Consoles get that benefit because they use the same hardware/os for 6+ years. The Ouya is getting new hardware every year since they plan to have an annual release. There will be no time to do the same type of "console optimization". They will likely also upgrade their OS, and droid OS upgrades seem to be different than MS updates (though I could be wrong here). It is no different than phone hardware in regards to anything though.

the yearly release thing was set in stone? the only thing I heard about it was that they were thinking about it still its like $90? (last time I looked) so about £50 a year for an open source console that should have a lot of indie devs and the yearly hardware refresh should stop stagnation (also I heard something about that theres going to be something so that devs can make their own attachment/controller for it but that was months ago and I forget where I heard it)

Yea, annual release for $99. Which means it isnt a typical console that has 6 years of optimizations. New cellphones are using the same hardware and nearly the same OS so games should work on the phones too. Additionally, phones typically release once per year too. So right now, for $50 and a 2 year contract that you are going to use anyway you have a phone that is slightly more powerful than the Ouya (the galaxy S3). Two years later, you can do the same thing for another $50 (some companies may offer upgrade options every year, I dont bother so I havent looked into it).

So:
Ouya and Smartphones have:
The exact same hardware
Almost the exact same OS
Both hook up to a TV
Both have controllers available

Or, everything is the same as a smartphone except the Ouya is a "console". So, like I say... unnecessary for everybody except people that have younger kids (I say younger, because most every teen has a smartphone too these days)