Shipping problems and controller issues left many with a bad taste in their mouths when the Ouya first released in June 2013. A relative weak launch line-up led to a paltry 27 percent of owners purchasing a game in its first month of availability. We can’t forget about that weird Ouya commercial that made matters even worse. Combine that with a lack of must-play titles, and the Ouya is in trouble of losing whatever credibility and goodwill remains.
Hoping to turn the company’s fortunes around, Uhrman is looking to free the Ouya from the shackles of its current, small physical box. She recently told Slashdot the company will soon announce “Ouya Everywhere,” which will theoretically embed the Ouya operating system in TVs, mobile phones and possibly even PCs, drastically increasing the amount of people who have access to its games and apps. Ouya would become a software service instead of a $99 console.
So far, details are sparse, but Uhrman reveals the company has already signed a deal with an unnamed company.
While some may think this new direction flies in the face of Ouya’s original vision of bringing PC and mobile-style games to the TV and played with a controller, Uhrman believes this isn’t the case and has previously said it has an Ouya 2 in development.
Of course, Ouya Everywhere won’t be the first time a company integrated its console technology into other devices. For example, OnLive did just that in 2012 when it was made available in a line of VIZIO smart TVs and on some Android-based tablets.
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Source: Slashdot
