You really need to stop sipping the kool-aid and believing the hype you see on tv. The average gamer is 30 and they have a job. I consider myself to be a hardcore gamer, yet I only play for about ten hours a week. Why? Because I have a life, I attend college, have a job, and hang out with my friends. There is nothing socially awkward about me or my friends, some of which are also gamers, we go to party just like the other students. You simply talk about stereotypes that you have no way of validating.
Its not about time its about the experience. I will not berate mobile gaming like the guy in the first post as I understand its value. There has been many times where my lovely HTC One has saved me from complete boredom. However, its only for passing the time and nothing more. They do not have the same gameplay, graphics, AI, etc as the higher budget games on consoles or PC have.

It seems that it has become a divide of hardcore and casuals with no set standard of which is which. I have even been called a casual gamer before by more “hardcore” gamers. You talk of casuals not having the time to spend in front of a tv but that is exactly what the ouya requires and no more than a console. In the review, the author says be prepared to spend time getting the thing set up not including the time spent trying to find games.
My response is getting too long and am going to try to sum things up. What incentive outside of cash is there for a “casual” to buy the ouya over consoles or PC. There isn’t one. If mobile gaming satisfy your gaming needs than nothing more is needed. Why would you spend a hundred bucks for something you already have on your phone? People over value this so called casual gamer. 1mil core gamers vs 5m casuals lets pretend for a moment this was the ratio for last gen, and its not, 1mil core gamers are more valuable. Why? Because they will spend the cash not the casuals. If casuals are so indifferent towards gaming why would they spend the hundreds of bucks that core gamers will? I spend around $300- $400 a year on games not something a casual would get close to. More in the range of $20, which is why games on iOS and Android are not priced high.
lastly, I am personally smarter than most but then again I am majoring in Aerospace Engineering. I just hope this will help open your eyes a bit.

I’d argue that the people that play mobile games, which is a large share of people, play these games because they don’t have the free time that hardcore gamers have. These are people typically with full-time jobs, with a family, or have other errands and mobile games deliver a quick gaming experience for them.

Ouya does have potential if the game quality improves as a casual pick up and play device on your TV. Again, it’s for those people (yes, they’re educated Tom), that do not have hours on hours to spend in front of a TV.

Hardcore gamers are not smarter, and I would argue that the majority of them of socially awkward because they spend so much time in front of the big screen instead of real life.