How is it that Sony does it worse than Nintendo and Mircrosoft?

Nintendo doesn't get E-stores
Microsoft had quality control issues with the 360
The main issue with the PS3, other than the cost, is that they ended some of the special features it had (like Linux support and backwards compatibility with PS2)

With its preorders it already got more success than most other open source console thingies but to thing that they will get anywhere near to a thread to the big three is delusional.

You know what'd be awesome? Counter-crowdsourcing. Imagine if you could donate negative dollars which would eliminate positive dollars 1-1. Donate the negative dollars to Childsplay. I might be on to something here...true capitalism!

The thing is to really shake things up they have to be competition for them otherwise they will only inspire them because they might see some way to make more money if they add something their consoles lack that the OUYA has and the only thing I can see there is a kind of open app store which most of them try to add anyway because Google and Apple had great success with theirs.

True, but I think the $8 Million they got from their kickstarter is enough to show their is some demand for a hacker friendly console. I think they really should be spending part of that money on advertising if they want a chance to succeed and I'm talking TV ads and game magazine ads. They need to get their name out there to the mainstream. If people don't even know the name then they are not likely to buy it and will by default only go with the big three without giving them a chance.

I think the bigger competition for the Ouya would be an Apple console/tv interface for the ipad/iphone if they ever made one. The target market for iOS games is more similar to what the system seems to be early on if it went for mainstream appeal beyond the type that would want an open source console.

Has anything been mentioned for the system regarding copy protection methods? I've heard piracy is fairly bad on Android devices, so theres a chance it could hit the Oyua too. However any kind of DRM may interfere with the open nature of the console depending how its implemented.

I was a bit disappointed to hear you can't use normal Android apps on it. If I got one the first thing I thought to do was get my Humble Android games and try them out first.

Wait,,, what ?

I am not sure if you comment was meant to be sarcastic, because Nintendo is extremely aggressive against hacker & mod chip / unofficial cartridge makers, even going as far as managing to make it illegal to even own a R4 cartridge (or equivalent) in some countries.

The "Open" part was because anybody would be able to develop for it, for free, not that DRM wouldn't or shouldn't be used.

That is exactly the reasons I won't buy a console.

I do like to see how a business works and competes against the bigger corporations. If the Ouya has Linux or some sort of operating system compatability, then it could make sense as a cheap computer.

Yeah, another casual gaming-focused tiny machine is ready to monetize "games" up your ass. The world is a better place now -_-"

It runs Android, so it's compatible (if nothing else, then through recompilation) but doesn't have an X server so normal GUI applications are out. Likely someone will make a Debian or Arch based distro for the thing. Personally though, for that purpose, I'd opt for a Raspberry Pi (then again, I already have two of those).

Heres your difference
Nintendo: "Hey your producing hardware to bypass our security and selling it for big bucks stop or we sue!"
Sony:"WTF DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE TINKERING WITH THE HARDWARE YOU BOUGHT?! YOU DIDN'T BUY THAT WE JUST RENT IT TO YOU! NOW STOP THAT AND HERES YOUR LAWSUIT STOPPING YOU GETTING ANYTHING FROM US IN THE FUTURE!!11"