OUYA Videogame Console Announced. Android-Based Hacker-Friendly Open-Source Indie Haven That Doubles As A Development System So You Can Make Your Own Games

OUYA Android Videogame System is a new kind of videogame console, funded in part by Kickstarter! The project has raised $1.5 million dollars so far and still has 29 days to go!

This videogame system will be open-source and open to any person who wants to make videogames for it. Meaning that the console itself doubles as a OUYA Development Kit, meaning that built into the system itself are the tools for anyone to create a game and sell it on the Android platform.

Because of this, the OUYA promises to be the most Indie-friendly console of all time! And the features that make this console unique don't stop there!

* OUYA is a high-tech videogame console to be plugged into a TV, with its own unique controller.
* Open-source and hacker-friendly, anyone can easily open the system and mod it, update it, change it, add your own hardware or do whatever they want to the customize the system to their liking.
* It runs on Android 4.0, giving access to any and all Android Apps and Games that want to join in on the OUYA fun.
* Inexpensive at around $100.
* Every game is FREE-TO-PLAY in some form. Whether its a demo or the ability to play the whole game with microtransactions available to those who want to pay for upgraded abilities or whatnot.
* Developers will set their own prices.
* No hopes to jump through to get your games published on the platform, OUYA is completely Indie developer-friendly. No need to purchase a license or an expensive SDK. It's built on Android, so developers already know how it works. Anyone can make a game for OUYA.
*  Hacker-friendly with Hacking encouraged. Want to open the system up and modify it? Feel free. This will not void your warranty and is in fact encouraged. The more you can do to improve OUYA for yourself to customize it to your liking, the better.
* Twitch.tv supported out-of-the-box.
* First-Party games along with untold amounts of Indie games and AAA third-party games are being pursued.

<u>OUYA Technical Specifications Include:</u>
Specifications:

• Tegra3 quad-core processor 
• 1GB RAM 
• 8GB of internal flash storage
• HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD 
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n 
• Bluetooth LE 4.0 
• USB 2.0 (one) 
• Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad 
• Android 4.0