Ouya has finally revealed its retail release date.
The gaming box will be available on June 4th for $99.99 at Amazon, Game, GameStop, Target and via the Ouya website.
Additionally, the company has begun shipping units to its Kickstarter backers, with a more full rollout over the coming weeks.
Ouya will be available initially in the U.S., Canada and the UK. For $99 you get a console, ... [ read the full article ]
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XBMC and flixter will be on it. Apparently, there are 104 published games already and 8 thousand developer accounts created.
As expected, we were asked for "feedback" leading toward the retail launch on June 4.
All I can say is that the games better be reasonably priced... it's been a concern for me.
Well, that HAS been the focus all along, Jemborg, so I imagine it won't be a problem. After all, many of the first titles are going to be (inexpensive) Android titles, ported to use the Ouya's controller, rather than touchscreen. No one is going to pay $30 for Angry Birds or the like ^^' ...
I think to get the momentum rolling, there wil be a time period where the games are going to be "reasonable". After thta time and market will tell what will take off and what will flop. Hopefully it will take off, like competition.
