First look at the OUYA controller. Makes 360's d-pad look amazing

*vomits*

I'm trying very hard to disagree with you and it isn't working.

EDIT: Wait a fecking minute...is this all one big ploy to get people to hook up an OnLive box to their TVs?

That's a fucking terrible controller.

Yay, OnLive!

Oh wait, it doesn't work in most of the world.

I can't wait for the shitstorm when this thing crashes and burns.

@Cincaid said:

I kinda wish they had stuck with that design (at least as a secondary option) because I fucking HATE the Dualshock design. My hands cramp after using it for about a half hour without fail. It's one of the main reasons I favor the 360 so much.

As for the Ouya controller, it looks fine. D-pad design has only been a factor for me when I played fighting games. And since I don't really play fighting games anymore it doesn't matter in the slightest.

Terrible. Aside from the shape, and the terrible d-pad, who thought up the names of those face buttons? 'To sprint, press O, to reload, press O, to switch weapons, press O, to bring up the system menu, press O'. Will be unusable for colour-blind people, and ridiculous for the rest of us.

Considering the people involved, it's astonishing they're making basic mistakes like that.

@deerokus said:

Terrible. Aside from the shape, and the terrible d-pad, who thought up the names of those face buttons? 'To sprint, press O, to reload, press O, to switch weapons, press O, to bring up the system menu, press O'. Will be unusable for colour-blind people, and ridiculous for the rest of us.

Considering the people involved, it's astonishing they're making basic mistakes like that.

If you read the update on Kickstarter they state the O's are only a placeholder, as they haven't decided what they're using on their facebuttons yet.

You don't really have to use this controller. If you own a USB or Bluetooth controller (of course you do), you can use that.

They should have came up with an updated version of the genesis six button controller. OH WELL TOO LATE

The close up of the buttons looks really good, but I don't know about the wings. Of course I thought 360 controllers were huge and goofy as fuck as well. I thought the original PS1 controller was ridiculous when I first touched it. Now that controller has pretty much inspired all controller design after it.

Really with any controller it's more about the throw on the buttons than the shape.

Ohhh boy. My faith in OUYA is fairly low as is, and this doesn't help. For their sake, I hope it sees some revisions before launch. And, y'know, it probably will. Controllers tend to go through a lot of redesigns before they hit the shelves.

@Cincaid said:

That is a wonderful design, and this is why:

Sony totally should have stuck to their guns and not caved in to pressure from internet know-it-all's who hadn't even held the controller. Just because it looks weird and different, doesn't mean it's uncomfortable and rubbish. The Ouya controller doesn't look great, and they don't have the budget of Sony behind them so I doubt they've made amazing changes to controller ergonomics, but I'll reserve judgement until I've actually held one.

I hope Ouya tanks.

Then people will finally realize that Android is a great platform for phones and for tablets, and not necessarily the best "console".

In fact, what makes Ouya different than a tablet/phone hooked up to a tv via hdmi? The controller? Rather use a dualshock 3 instead...

Guys dont worry the console is never coming out

Didn't they say that they aim to put the entire power of the console into a cube the size of a rubix cube? That means the controller will be bigger than the console!

As for the actual controller; I don't really care about the asthetic for it so that doesn't bother me - but I like to use the "claw" way of holding them so my thumb can be on the right stick with my index finger able to press some of the four buttons (this way I can move the camera while running in games like Assassin's Creed) and this controller seems to make it even harder to do that with the arms of it sticking out more and the flat edge in the middle restricting the thumb more.

In any case though, there should be the option to use other controllers so this is really a non-issue, and there is so many other things to be questioning than the controller.

@MattyFTM said:

@Cincaid said:

That is a wonderful design, and this is why:

Sony totally should have stuck to their guns and not caved in to pressure from internet know-it-all's who hadn't even held the controller. Just because it looks weird and different, doesn't mean it's uncomfortable and rubbish. The Ouya controller doesn't look great, and they don't have the budget of Sony behind them so I doubt they've made amazing changes to controller ergonomics, but I'll reserve judgement until I've actually held one.

I can't say that I entirely agree with either of you, but I can't help but feel like it would have been interesting to see the Boomerang controller and actually use it for a little while. It doesn't look horribly uncomfortable.

Still, the 360 controller is the best I've ever used. Perfect weight, perfect triggers, perfect design, and best of all, no bloody motion controls at all.

@MattyFTM: Was mostly making fun about the look of it. But point taken! :)

We all know the Dreamcast had the best controller...

Or at least the best VMU.

@Jams said:

They should have came up with an updated version of the genesis six button controller. OH WELL TOO LATE

They did. It was released with the Saturn a few years later. The model 2 version, not the model 1.

@MattyFTM said:

I'll reserve judgement until I've actually held one.

But we're on the internets. Snap-judgments based on zero personal experience is how we roll.

@bemusedchunk said:

Rather use a dualshock 3 instead...

As I understand it, you can. You could even use a DualShock 3 controller on Android right now if you really wanted to.

@LordAndrew: That's what I was trying to say...albeit in a roundabout way...

@KaneRobot said:

@Jams said:

They should have came up with an updated version of the genesis six button controller. OH WELL TOO LATE

They did. It was released with the Saturn a few years later. The model 2 version, not the model 1.

they = ouya;

Three analog sticks?! Ouya says up yours Nintendo! =P

Looks cheap and like its going to easily break when you throw it as delicate as a smart phone.

Burn the abomination!

@bemusedchunk said:

We all know the Dreamcast had the best controller...

Or at least the best VMU.

Oh man. I'd love a Dreamcast controller with an extra analog stick and two extra shoulder buttons. Besides the Duke, the Dreamcast controller was the most comfortable for me. The VMU was/is awesome too. They should totally bring that back. USB flash drives with a little LED screen on it that plugs into a controller.

The fuck? What's with the asymmetrical analogue sticks?

Boy, that sure looks like a CG mock-up that won't end up being what the final product looks like.

The hate for this device continues to be really weird and reactionary. 
 
Also the controller doesn't really look that bad. But okay, it's the worst thing ever designed in the history of man.

@Marokai said:

The hate for this device continues to be really weird and reactionary. Also the controller doesn't really look that bad. But okay, it's the worst thing ever designed in the history of man.

isn't 99.99% of all hate on the internet weird and reactionary.

It's a Cylon fighter!

The hate for this device continues to be really weird and reactionary.  Also the controller doesn't really look that bad. But okay, it's the worst thing ever designed in the history of man.

@Marokai said:

The hate for this device continues to be really weird and reactionary.  Also the controller doesn't really look that bad. But okay, it's the worst thing ever designed in the history of man.

Well, it gets hate because they took over 5 million dollars and all we've gotten is renders of what it might be. Of course people are going to be skeptical. And that d-pad looks shocking.

@Cincaid said:

haha I saw that originally and thought it was the actual controller PS3 ended up shipping with, until a while later I played my friend's. It sucked ass obviously, but it's not like the same old thing was spectacular either.

Look and feel is not the same thing.

There is nothing wrong with how the controller looks. By the way what video card is in this this console? I did a google search but it didn't lead me to any useful results. I can't imagine the card is all that powerful if the console is only 100 bucks.

Speaking of chitty controllers I advise every one not to get a Afterglow controller.

I had 2 controllers break on me after maybe 25 hours of use.

I should have paid the extra 10$ for a real Xbox controller.

Really ugly.

@Ravenlight said:

@MattyFTM said:

I'll reserve judgement until I've actually held one.

But we're on the internets. Snap-judgments based on zero personal experience is how we roll.

exactly. No one is more invested in the fate of this console than the naysayers.

It's an android device. I'm sure you can plug in your 360 controller and have it work fine.

I'm just curious (as I'm not a backer of this kickstarter), but haven't they said there will be some sort of touch-control on the controller as well, so you'll be able to play a lot of smartphone games? Or am I pulling that out from thin air?

@MattyFTM said:

@Cincaid said:

That is a wonderful design, and this is why:

Sony totally should have stuck to their guns and not caved in to pressure from internet know-it-all's who hadn't even held the controller. Just because it looks weird and different, doesn't mean it's uncomfortable and rubbish. The Ouya controller doesn't look great, and they don't have the budget of Sony behind them so I doubt they've made amazing changes to controller ergonomics, but I'll reserve judgement until I've actually held one.

Dat Spider-Man font.

@Gahzoo said:

*vomits*

Damn, first reply nailed it.

What's with all that wasted space in the middle?

@Cincaid: They did. Supposedly its that black portion on the upper part of the controller

@mtcantor said:

What's with all that wasted space in the middle?

I assume that is a really awful touch pad.