UPDATE: $99 Android game console?

[I am Canadian]

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OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console

Judging by the backers this has so far on Kickstarter this thing maybe a hit.

44,747
backers
$5,740,033
pledged of $950,000 goal
10
days to go

Some new info... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

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Ouya: a $99 hackable Android game console designed by Yves Behar

 According to a posting on AngelList, Ouya has recruited the talents of Yves Behar to build a $99 Android game console that you can connect to a TV, with a high-concept developer ecosystem that's as free as can be. Any developer will be able to publish games, claims the listing, and all games will be free to play. Even the underlying hardware is "built to be hacked" — every customer who buys a retail box will get a dev kit in the bargain, the site claims.

As we alluded to earlier, though, it's not just Jawbone Jambox and One Laptop Per Child designer Yves Behar who's on board. The project's advisors also include Ed Fries of Xbox fame, Amol Sarva of Peek, Peter Pham of Color, and counts Julie Uhrman of IGN as its founder and CEO. There's also a gentleman named Muffi Ghadiali, who appears to be leaving Amazon's Lab126 where he helped ship Kindle.

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[Udder Juice]

I was just on my way to post about this.  Its a cool idea at a great price but I honetly don't know how much interest I have in playing android games on my TV.

[I am Canadian]

I was just on my way to post about this.  Its a cool idea at a great price but I honetly don't know how much interest I have in playing android games on my TV.

That's good point and kinda puts things in a better perspective. I hope they have something bigger planned than "playing android games on my TV"

[VanishedNine]

everyone seems to be trying to cash in on the streaming thing...most of the smart TV's have some sort of game type thing built in...and it will be interesting to see what Sony does, now that they have bought GaiKai(sp?).

[Udder Juice]

The console itself is pretty cool looking, but that's not going to be enough to get people to buy it lol!