It depends on the game type. If you are simply simulating a controller on screen, then switching to a physical controller is a simple task. However, if you have a touch-interface game (lets use a very very very simple example of "chess") switching t…
A better question is whether there is evidence of a problem that needs to be solved. If that can be identified, maybe a policy is a better preventative than a dollar amount. Particularly if the dollar amount is so small as to be "nominal", and an Ou…
Probably some sort of bias in there, but the reality is, it's far more informative than nothing at all... and it's what Ouya prefers the community to do over being part of the community, so meh.
Well, look like somebody is setting up http://isouyashipping.com/ based on community feedback.
I suppose if Ouya wanted to avoid public numbers, they are going to have to deal with this sort of speculation, which will get public attention as well. …
stormhunter said:
So far, a total of 6 units confirmed as received. Less than 1/day. Lovely.
I wouldn't read it that way... I'd read it as 1.7% have been shipped (this is only a "random" sample after all)
From that we can extrapolate …
I doubt that's the case. I think what happened is they probably realized by rolling it all into one production schedule, rather than 2 discrete ones (kickstarters and retail), they could save a lot of money... so they willingly took the risk of sacr…
I'd just let it go. You aren't going to get straight answers on this one, and there's a weird sort of hate-storm for anyone who dissents.
The salient thing to know is you should have it by the end of May, per Ouya's response. Just plan around that …
Dreamwriter said:
They didn't say it would take 8 weeks for delivery, they said their final delivery would be May - that could mean May 1 or May 31, but it didn't say 8 weeks. And how is the fact that they are going to start using more compa…
I'm just happy to get SOME information. I don't like that their post was mostly non information like "we've brought on new vendors who will make things go faster, but we won't sacrifice speed for quality!"... what a meaningless thing to say.
They h…
Is anyone else disturbed that we're a week after the "big day" and there's no new information? Few people reporting anything? I'm telling you... something. is. up. This is getting weird.
Well there are two answers... one, yes I believe they have run into problems... this is confirmed by their pointing out the holidays have mucked things a bit in china.
There are also a lot of indicators something is being withheld because of bad ne…
I'm chilled. I'm relaxed. But I want better communication (and others do too by appearances).
Incidentally, what happened when the Oculus rift ran into problems? They let their backers know ( Including a gannt chart detailing the steps in productio…
ItsJustAC said:
Volte6 said:
Actually per their responses it's easy to derive that they actually haven't produced all units, so literally cannot be shipping them out.
Volte6 said:
They literally cannot ship the units if th…
But why the tight lipped nature around how many units are being shipped daily, or how many so far? It doesn't make sense. We know how many were ordered, we're not asking trade secrets...
Or at least, is it fair to assume you're saying all units will…
Actually per their responses it's easy to derive that they actually haven't produced all units, so literally cannot be shipping them out. That's a deceptive lie and wordplay meant to "CYA" so when people say "wait a minute!" they can just say "well …
Actually it's expected to see information on shipping on anything internet based nowadays. Kickstarter in particular requires project owners to keep backers abreast, it's even in their FAQ:
What should creators do if they're having problems complet…
Even 20 people is actually quite a few, but I guess what I meant was more that companies get big money from kickstarters and then don't hold up their end. They act as though delivering the console is the full extent of a kickstarter agreement, and i…
That's true. I think there will be a reasonable shit storm though if they used an obscure technical usage of "few" to trick everyone into being okay with it. I really, really want to believe they want to be honest and upfront. I just don't get why t…
"It could take a few weeks before every OUYA makes it home."
That says a few weeks is a possibility, but it doesn't say "more than a few weeks", so if they are being honest I think we can feel that it's an official answer.
Looks like after reviewing their numbers they aren't going to give us any solid numbers or anything, but they've committed to having all units shipped within 3 weeks, which I think is reasonable:
https://www.facebook.com/ouyas/posts/273173419483817
So far, from what I've personally pieced together, it seems to be a production bottleneck, although why they wouldn't just say that if it's true, is a bit beyond me.
I did confirm that #27 hasn't received his shipping email yet, though, and one use…
@HeadClot - Yeah, that's where I'm getting the backer numbers of people who say they have gotten nothing... even the early backer #27, for example.
I'm not asking to look at their books... but I think even if they said "we got 100 units out as of th…
Dreamwriter said:
So because you can only find five people on the internet that claim to have received an email or a unit, that means they only shipped a handful? Man you sure seem to be a pessimist or in a bad mood :P You know what you wou…
Engadget is a priority shipment... as for #249 that's promising... but only totals to maybe 5 people who can confirm anything (including priority media professionals)
All I want is a little honesty and transparency about how many are shipping a day…
Ayrik, that's true. But we all can get behind honesty and transparency... this is going to boil over as more and more people get irritated by being "managed" by Ouya. If the reality is we won't be getting them until May or June, they should be upfro…
Ayrik said:
JonAbrams said:
Units are indeed shipping out, but it takes time to ramp up the speed of production. We've always said that we'll start shipping March 28 and continue getting all the Kickstarter units out through April.
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Bishop, as far as I can tell, those on Reddit who have posted their shipping confirmations were misunderstood and not actually posting shipping confirmations, but when they got their backer number/username email sent back last year. Can you point to…
Why does it seem mysterious as to how many are being shipped per day? This information seems to be deliberately withheld, even though it's absolutely critical in understanding when units will get out.
"Units are indeed shipping out" could be 2 unit…
There's only one reasonable explanation for this, and it's that Ouya units aren't actually shipping yet. I think they are probably still in production/transport to whatever shipping service that will be used, or something. A few units have been conf…
