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>This changes gaming

Does it really? I think the failure of greatly hyped consoles like the Ooya have demonstrated that there isn't actually much of a market for this. Hardcore gamers already have fully-powered systems. Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV.

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Ouya was barely marketed, and had little software ready to go (and required the use of its own obscure app store with weird restrictions on devs). There are a lot of console and console-esque games already on iOS devices, many already with controller support, which could be ported over more or less on day one.

In my opinion Ouya was built for casual gamers but marketed towards hardcore gamers. Do you know any casual gamers that backed it? Even if you did, the execution of the hardware and production was poor. They had more than just market problems. So I really don't think Ouya is a good example of the idea that casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV.

Apple TV brings a different form factor to a marketplace that is already successful, just like the iPad did to the iPhone.

> Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV.

Is that really true though? Seems like an under serviced market to me.

Ouya and PS Vita TV were hardly huge succeses.

> Casual gamers don't care about playing on their TV.

Wii Sports says otherwise.

If you have small children that are constantly playing with your phone, being able to direct them at this other device could be a big win.

I'm looking forward to getting my phone back.

That other device is called an iPad :-). Easier to use in the car too.

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