There is a case to be made that mindshare and user culture matters more to long-term success than the actual product, assuming the product meets a minimum threshold of quality. (See: the Mac user-base from around 1995-2005).
If the OUYA succeeds, which admittedly looks like a long shot for all the reasons described here and elsewhere, it will be due to capturing hearts and minds of devs and power users for the years it will take to gestate into a profitable platform, and not because it's the best value prop for either users or devs on day 1.
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There is a case to be made that mindshare and user culture matters more to long-term success than the actual product, assuming the product meets a minimum threshold of quality. (See: the Mac user-base from around 1995-2005).
If the OUYA succeeds, which admittedly looks like a long shot for all the reasons described here and elsewhere, it will be due to capturing hearts and minds of devs and power users for the years it will take to gestate into a profitable platform, and not because it's the best value prop for either users or devs on day 1.