[COMPARISON]Ouya vs. nVidia Shield vs. Game Stick

[brakke97]

What do you think it's the best?

Ouya specs:

- OS: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- System-on-chip: Nvidia Tegra 3 (T33) SoC
- CPU: 1.7 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A9
- Storage: 8 GB internal flash memory
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Display: HDMI (1080p, 1080i, 720p)
- Graphics: Nvidia ULP GeForce
- Input: USB 2.0, Micro USB (for connection to PC)
- Controller input: Wireless controller
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth LE 4.0, Ethernet port
- Dimensions: 75 mm (2.95 inch) cube

nVidia Shield specs:

- OS: Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
- System-on-chip: NVIDIA Tegra 4
- CPU: Quad-Core ARM Cortex A15 CPU
- Storage: MicroSD
- Display: 5-inch, 720p @ 294ppi, multi-touch touchscreen
- Graphics: Custom 72-core NVIDIA GeForce® GPU
- Sound: Custom, bass-reflex, tuned port audio system delivers fidelity and custom range
- Controller input: D-pad, 2 × Analog Sticks, L/R bumper and trigger buttons, X, Y, A, B buttons, NVIDIA Button, Volume buttons, Back button, Touchpad, Touchscreen
- Connectivity: IEEE 802.11n-2009 2 x 2 Wi-Fi, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Mini HDMI output, Micro USB
- Online services: NVIDIA TegraZone, Google Play, Steam

Game Stick Specs:

The development team has also delivered the official specifications for the new console, which will include: an Amlogic 8726-MX processor, 1 GB of DDR3 RAM memory and 8 GB of Flash storage, a Wi-Fi chip that enables 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth.

The controller, which is custom designed by the GameStick team, and gamers will also be able to connect a mouse and a keyboard to the new console.

The Jelly Bean version of Android will be supported at launch.

(More specs will be released.)

 

[rushless]

Kind of not apples to apples, as noted in other threads. Different market models:

Gametick = Non profit hardware driven by an exclusive-only app store revenue model. The weakness is the app storage, since not enough for a gaming device.

Ouya = Exact same points as Gamestick. Well, that and controllers.

Shield = Hardware profit model with some exclusive market content (though full Play support as well). Alternative goal is to get people to also buy Nvidia carded computers via the PC gaming.

From a hardware standpoint, the Gamestick is the weakest and Shield the obvious strongest.

The big weakness is again the small app storage space in the the Gamestick and Ouya, which depend on mainly gaming purchases to make money. Seems short sighted. The Shield will apparently have 32GB flash storage, but not for sure on this.


Added:

BTW, for folks only looking at device cost, that is just the tip of the cost iceberg: Dev/design costs, shipping costs, rent, employee staff, insurance, legal, marketing, tax etc.

 

[allopen]

I am going to get GAmestick and Ouya, when its available.

I will post soon. I hope.

 

[ooBONGoo]

I think specs are nice and all but it's pricing point that's really going to determine the android console winner (or leader, or whatever you wanna call this group in the niche android console market). The only thing I wish OUYA did is update the hardware to take advantage of the upcoming Tegra4 chip and the games that will follow. When OUYA was first announced, it seemed awesome because spec wise, it was comparable to the tech that was around, but now 1 year later and right before launch, the specs are already going to be outdated... =(

 

[bwild]

It' really not outdated. You can't get anything with a tegra 4 yet anyway. And ouya kinda had their prerelease in december for devs. To switch processors now would render that move pointless. For them to put a tegra 4 in ouya, it wouldn't be released till christmas.

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