Anybody know what's going on with OUYA this week?

Honestly, probably nothing very positive. 

Almost everyone that has received an Ouya has been extremely disappointed. This article from Forbes sums things up pretty nicely, but essentially the system isn't really a system at all. It's a piece of plastic which feels cheap and might even fall apart when you're pulling it out of the box. The thing plays Android games that don't look very good on your television. It essentially has the same capabilities as a smartphone, but it's trying to display it on a larger picture. 

It's probably a good thing Microsoft has floundered as much as they have or Ouya might be classified as the biggest gaming disappointment of the year. 
 
I have heard bad things about it as well unfortunately. All sorts of problems with it right out of the box. I feel bad for all the disappointed kick starter backers. The concept was interesting and good but they messed up on the execution I guess.

I think this sums up how most people feel about it. http://imgur.com/64MZee6
 
Right now all the news people are focuses on the games inside, I'm sure by Thursday there will be something more on this.

Edit, apparently there not on good terms with the E3 people so they set up shop in the oppsite lot from E3 and well the police have been called on them:

http://kotaku.com/someone-called-the-cops-on-the-ouya-guys-512796268
 
OUYA has been a huge mess since the very beginning. I don't think anything changed.
I'm sure the guys making it had the best intentions in mind, but I think they are kind of lacking the skills necessary to pull this off. They have made so many mistakes so far and I think they're just realising now that it might be too much for them to handle. Too bad, the concept was kinda interesting.
 
Well Ouya really shouldn't have been there, but it makes me laugh that the people at E3 tried to stop them. I was never really sold on the idea of the Ouya and since it probably work out, many a kickstarter will be silently walking away with a good amount of money. 
 
I read on Engadget Hands-On article at ( http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/12/hands-on-with-ouya/ ) that Ouya listened to user feedback from the early testers, backers, and reviewers, and the Ouya's controller is improved because of improvement to the face plate design, and joysticks.

The Operating system's User interface on the Ouya is also a lot smoother, and faster.

All Games are still free to try before you decide if you want to buy the game or not. 

The Ouya will have a Retail Launch at Gamestop, Bestbuy, Amazon, and other stores at June 25, 2013
 
I've read somewhere that a person who donated a very large sum of money on Kickstarter didn't get his engraved edition of the Ouya, and the distributors refused to send him his personalized one in exchange for some mystical reason. Really disappointed with this console, I honestly thought it would revolutionize TV gaming, but all it is is just a tablet with no touch screen and an HDMI port.
 
I haven't really heard much about the Ouya recently either. It seems that the excitement has lowered now that the two big companies have released their consoles. It still seems like a great console though and I'd love to try one.
 
I read at ( http://www.tomshardware.com/news/OUYA-E3-2013-Jelly-Bean-Bard-s-Tale-android,23063.html ) that Ouya was handing out free beer at their outdoor booth which is open to anyone to try out the Ouya, and some of its games. Ouya also teamed up with TuneIn Radio which was handing out free T-shirts for guests.

There were also games for the general public to play for fee, and not just the Gaming Press to play.

The company's "OUYAPark" located across from the convention center during E3 2013 consisted of the demo trailer and five stations for developers showcasing games like Soul Fjord, Tower Fall, ChronoBlade, DubWars, Amazon Frog and a few others. Why setup outside the convention center? So that the general public can get excited too.
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The Bard's Tale also ran very smoothly and showed no signs of stuttering according to the reviewer.

I happened to play one of my favorites, Bard's Tale, which was extremely smooth in framerate and showed no stuttering.
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Well, i heard that some homeless people went there and started saying bad things about the console.
Damn, even Microsoft conference wasn't this bad.
 
It's unfortunate, as OUYA sounded pretty promising in the beginning.  I do still think there's hope for using it as an emulator to run old Nintendo 64 titles and such.
 
I think the Ouya won't be huge, but probably will attract enough casual, Indie, Alternative, and Retro/Emulator gamers that Ouya can continue making consoles, controllers, and to keep the online games store open.

The Ouya also will attract the modder and hacker crowd with its $99 price tag for a Rooted Nvidia Tegra 3 Android console with HDMI, USB an Ethernet Neworking port, Wi-Fi, a controller, and Bluetooth. The Ouya could be  turn into a $99 settop box for Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, and also to be used as a mini Android desktop computer when you connect a keyboard and mouse.

Also, I imagine people installing Ubuntu Mobile/Arm or Linux Mint onto it, and using it as a $99 desktop Mini-computer on a TV as the monitor.
 
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