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Ouya founder and CEO Julie Uhrman hinted at her plan to bring Ouya games to television sets that aren't connected to Ouya hardware.
Soon enough, though, you shouldn’t need an Ouya console to play Ouya games. Later this week, Uhrman plans to announce “Ouya Everywhere,” an initiative to bring Ouya games to television sets that aren’t connected to Ouya hardware.
As a company, Ouya remains vague about just how Ouya Everywhere will work; but in an interview with Slashdot, Uhrman provided a rough idea of what to expect: “Right now, our growth is limited by how quickly we can make a box and put it into market… We know that our demand far exceeds our ability to do that.”
So what does “Everywhere” mean?
“It could be another set-top [box],” she said. “It could be the TV itself. There’s a number of different ways that games can be played on the television, and we’re actively exploring all of them.” (If Ouya is looking for a partner to help it build an Android set-top box, Amazon could prove an ideal option, as the e-commerce giant is rumored to be releasing one this month.)
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Ouya Everywhere kind of sounds like Steam OS where PC Gamers can buy a Steambox from a PC maker, or build their own.
I think this is a good plan since it lets people have more choices in devices to play their Ouya games instead of being forced to buy the Ouya to play Ouya games. Plus, Ouya game makers, and Ouya can reach more gamers by making it available to other devices like PC, Alternative consoles, smart tvs, and settop boxes.
It would be cool if the Ouya games store comes to other Android consoles like the Nvidia Shield, Madcatz Mojo, PC, and Amazon's settop box.
Soon enough, though, you shouldn’t need an Ouya console to play Ouya games. Later this week, Uhrman plans to announce “Ouya Everywhere,” an initiative to bring Ouya games to television sets that aren’t connected to Ouya hardware.
As a company, Ouya remains vague about just how Ouya Everywhere will work; but in an interview with Slashdot, Uhrman provided a rough idea of what to expect: “Right now, our growth is limited by how quickly we can make a box and put it into market… We know that our demand far exceeds our ability to do that.”
So what does “Everywhere” mean?
“It could be another set-top [box],” she said. “It could be the TV itself. There’s a number of different ways that games can be played on the television, and we’re actively exploring all of them.” (If Ouya is looking for a partner to help it build an Android set-top box, Amazon could prove an ideal option, as the e-commerce giant is rumored to be releasing one this month.)
Read More
Ouya Everywhere kind of sounds like Steam OS where PC Gamers can buy a Steambox from a PC maker, or build their own.
I think this is a good plan since it lets people have more choices in devices to play their Ouya games instead of being forced to buy the Ouya to play Ouya games. Plus, Ouya game makers, and Ouya can reach more gamers by making it available to other devices like PC, Alternative consoles, smart tvs, and settop boxes.
It would be cool if the Ouya games store comes to other Android consoles like the Nvidia Shield, Madcatz Mojo, PC, and Amazon's settop box.