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OUYA (pronounced ooo-yah) is an upcoming video game console, announced in July 2012 and expected in March 2013, that is built completely for open-source software and for anyone to develop their own games, along with modding it without voiding the warranty, allowing hackers to do whatever they want with the OUYA. The source below is their Kickstarter page (check out the video), which has a lot of info on this revolutionary game console. They have raised over $8.5 million, which is over 800% of what they were hoping to collect. All the games on this system are required to have some sort of free-to-play form, which lets you sample everything they have to offer. OUYA's games will be on its own online OUYA store, similar to the App store, which will have games and apps and possibly more. The console will have a cheap price tag of $99. Pre-orders are even available on their website. Below are a couple pictures of the console itself and its controller. (Notice the OUYA buttons, taken from their KS page, the other pic was from Google :p).

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And for you computer savvy's here are its specs:

- Tegra3 quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB of internal flash storage
- HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth LE 4.0
- USB 2.0 (one)
- Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad
- Android 4.0
- ETHERNET! (Announced by Muffi 7/18)


I just found out about this today and was amazed by how many gamers have donated to this project; A whopping 8.5 Million. It's not suppose to compete with current/next-gen consoles, but it's open for everybody to use, play, mod, etc. One downside is the games only being online-only from their store; I prefer having physical games (if available) and not having to go to the store to buy a top-up card. They'll probably be of crappy quality too.

What are your thoughts on this new, open-source game console?
 
Some dude probably was butthurt that his warranty was expired after he downloaded the Homebrew Channel and it broke his precious Wii so instead of sparing it with Nintendo he decided to take matters into his own hands by making a shitty console that will most likely only appeal to hipsters and people who distaste the government. I can easily get all of these indie games and hacks online so why the fuck would I buy a console to play them on.....for almost 100 bucks?
 
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It's pretty much an Android phone, and people are too stupid to realize it.
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Yeah, basically. It has a modified version of Android 4.0. XD

I'm not too interested in this console, mainly since it'll probably have the cheap, crappy games that have no depth to them. I'm not gonna waste time going to the store to buy top-ups for a digital game. I'm gonna stick with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo here. It's still hard to believe they've gotten over $8.5 million for the kickstart.

And thank God it's not going to compete with the current-gen, even though it couldn't, lol.
 
Chubzster said:
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It's pretty much an Android phone, and people are too stupid to realize it.
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Yeah, basically. It has a modified version of Android 4.0. XD

I'm not too interested in this console, mainly since it'll probably have the cheap, crappy games that have no depth to them. I'm not gonna waste time going to the store to buy top-ups for a digital game. I'm gonna stick with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo here. It's still hard to believe they've gotten over $8.5 million for the kickstart.

And thank God it's not going to compete with the current-gen, even though it couldn't, lol.
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It's just Reddit and the like pushing for it because HOLY SHIT IT'S SO INDIE OH MY GOOOOOD type of deal.
 
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