Ouya to Launch Second Kickstarter Campaign for Games

[froggyboy604]

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ouya will be launching its second Kickstarter campaign in August. The goal is to jump start the development of games for the platform. As such, this Kickstarter is a little different from most. For one, Ouya isn't just asking fans for money. Instead, the company's million dollar campaign will match funds from developers. Ouya said that any dev pledging between $50,000 and $250,000 will have their funds matched by Ouya, and the highest pledging developer will receive an extra $100,000 from Ouya.

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This 2nd kickstarter for more Ouya games sounds like a good idea for Ouya to start funding new games for their console, so people have more games they can play on the Ouya in the next few months, and years.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Now the product is out, will people give money again?

 

[froggyboy604]

Yes, I think there will be people who will pay money for games with Kickstarter if the games from game makers for the Ouya are worth spending money on.

People are also not giving away money since they probably get a downloadable code for the game after if they gave money for a game. For people who give less money to the campaign, they may get their names in the ending credits section of the game which they are backing.

The second kickstarter is for funding games, and not for the actual console, so it can support smaller game makers, so they have enough money to hire staff, and other expenses needed to make games for Ouya.

 

[Shortie]

I think this is a great idea, with any new console people want new games so if something like this is released I do believe that they will give money to see the games made.

 

[froggyboy604]

Indeed, people buy consoles in hopes of new games to have fun with.

Most games on the Ouya are free or cost only a few dollars, so people won't need to give lots of money in hopes of getting a game after the game is made, and launched.  Game makers just need to make fun games which enough Ouya owners want to help fund.

I read online at http://gotgame.com/2013/07/18/the-last-of-us-tops-june-npd-numbers/ that "OUYA sold every unit available launch week and are currently still chasing demand." according to Ouya CEO's Jule Uhrman , so there are no shortage of people willing to give $1-15 dollars to kickstart a game in hopes of getting a download code for the game when they are done making the game.