OUYA Video Game Console - Fully Funded, More Units Still Available at $99

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Millenium said:

Slimebeast said:
I don't quite get it. Indie games are already thriving and freely available on a PC and everyone who are into indie games have a PC stronger than that $99 cube.

One of my bigger concerns about that thing, I don't need a extra box to either develop or distribute a free game if I already so desire...

And I really don't see it as a big concern for the "Big 3".

Really, though, its a rather genious hybridization of a home console and a smartphone.

The real key is the distribution platform - the Big 3 cannot compete with it, because they can't return to the Atari-era of game creation, which had no quality controls. It'd be disasterous for them. However, a console like this can take the risk, because the digital retail space has no limits to inventory, so no crash is fully possible (along with user voting to determine which products work well).

Throw in the fact that its only marginally more expensive than a Roku box or other TV-streaming devices, and it makes for a very good price proposition.