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John Romero's Doomy View On Android and Ouya

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-that's-not-hypey-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Romero is willing to give Ouya the benefit of the doubt, but he sees it filling a niche for neither gamers nor developers. 'I think it's cool that they're making a platform, but it's not really the answer that's coming from Apple about the next generation of consoles. Developers really want to invoke the spirit of the Apple II, Android isn't the operating system with which to do it,' Romero said. 'There are two platforms: [iOS] makes money [and] is still very programmable, like the Apple II, and then the other is Android, which is a piracy platform, and you're not doing anything new with it.'"

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  1. John Romero? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh that's cool, maybe next we can get Rico Suave's view on current music trends as well...

  2. I can already see the marketing slogan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "John Romero's About To Make Ouya His Bitch"

  3. Re:FUD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    (like if i was duct taped to a gorilla).

    Why on earth would you want to develop for Microsoft phones?

  4. Re:Bullshit by Denihil · · Score: 3, Funny

    hey man, daikatana was a great game. /snicker never gonna let him live that one down.

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  5. Re:FUD by NemoinSpace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear mods, This whole thread was much more entertaining than the stream of 0's it currently has. Even the insults traded back and forth remained on topic. Although I admit, I wouldn't let any of these guys in my production department.

  6. Re:Bullshit by MrNiceguy_KS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alternate headline for the article: John Romero Makes Ouya His Bitch

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