Possible new gaming machine Ouya

[toby2533]

http://thechive.com/2012/07/13/a-100-game-console-called-ouya-is-smashing-records-on-kickstarter-video/

[Mekanikol]

Could be awesome. Looking forward to more development news on this little item.

Sent with a coconut via swallow. Your arguments of weight ratios is invalid...

[iamthesgt]

Last I heard (I posted an article on the home page based on this), you could already pre-order them since they reached their funding goal. $99 delivers in March, or you can pay a little more for a pre-released development version releasing in December.

[ssandersjr]

The latest news coming out of the DICE Summit,


With Ouya's Tegra 3 processor already a generation behind the recently announced Tegra 4, the system will arrive this June (http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/05/ouya-android-console-coming-to-best-buy-and-gamestop-in-june) behind the curve, but according to CEO Julie Uhrman, the Android-based games console will receive refreshed hardware every year. Speaking at the DICE Summit and reported by SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/ouya-to-release-new-console-every-year-07268442/), Uhrman says that company will upgrade the system on an annual basis, taking advantage of faster and more powerful processors, all the while maintaining its $99 price point. Due to its Android-based OS, Uhrman assures that each new console will preserve backwards compatibility, though obviously older consoles may be unable to run more advanced 3D titles as time goes on. The consoles will also take on new naming conventions to reflect the annual refreshes, such as Ouya 2, Ouya 3, etc.
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2013/02/ouya-610x406.jpgWhile the prospect of having hardware outdated on a regular annual schedule may be a turn-off for some, the company seems to be banking on the system's low price and unified OS as a means of encouraging upgrade purchases and preventing fragmentation.
Ouya is set to arrive on store shelves this June for $99.

SOURCE http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/07/ouya-to-release-new-console-every-year

[iamthesgt]

Sweet. An interesting article I read stated that Android was the only thing that currently has the potential to overtake Microsoft (with more and more people using tablets and phones more than desktops and computers switching to metro-style apps). Could Android eventually overtake the current consoles? Doubtful, but it could happen in another 10 years or so.