What could be Ouya's Killer App?

I'm cautiously optimistic about the Ouya. I'd love to be able to put Energy Hook on the big screen in my livingroom without having to jump through endless TCR or being tied to XNA. 

I think the 'killer app' thing is something of a myth - people say that GTA3 sold the PS2, for example, but at the time I checked the data there were 20 times as many PS2's out there as GTA3's. People go a little crazy and they just buy the shiny new console even if they don't know what they're going to play on it. The amount of funding the Ouya kickstarter has already raised is kind of proof of that - people don't even know what they're going to be playing on this thing and already they're lining up to buy one.

But me, there's some game I want to play that makes me buy a console. With the Xbox 360 it was Chromehounds (and what a disappointment that was - my 360 ended up being a Geometry Wars server for the longest time) ... with the PS2 it was Ico ... 

What about you? Is there a game that's currently available on Mac or PC - or coming soon - but not on one of your consoles that would make you say, "Yeah, I'll drop $100 so I can play that on the big screen."

Comments

[Jarvis Crofts]

Professor Layton For Nintendo DS. Recently too ive been very close to grabbing a PS3 for Journey, Ni No Kuni and The Last Of Us...

As far as Ouya's success: I'm curious as to whether there would be such thing as a killer app for this console, as unlike the PS2, X360 and previous consoles there is no isolated ecosystem or exclusivity clause. If the game was great on Ouya it would be immediately pushed onto Android and iOS smartphones and tablets as theyre much bigger audiences (revenue).

If Ouya is extremely lucky and does see a successful exclusive it wont be exclusive for long enough to boost the console much...

[Jamie Fristrom]

It's not clear to me there won't be Ouya exclusives. They could offer various incentives (advances or just straight cash) to get games that are exclusive for some amount of time. Google did it with the Chrome Web Store; doesn't make the CWS any less open.

[Peter Saumur]

There will be only one killer app for the Ouya - XBMC. A 99 dollar set-top box that can play/record TV/Movies in HDMI is going to sell like nothing else.

[Jeffool]

Way late to the party, but if OnLive comes through in offering support, that could help them both out immensely.