OUYA (store) to start embedding in other hardware

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Google Play is actually pretty bad as a store. Curation is non-existent. Even if GP was to add in a "controller compatible" tickbox for developers when submitting their games to the store, there wouldn't be any enforcement. Some devs might tick it, even though their games don't work with controllers.

So actually, OUYA Store solves a number of problems that gamers face, and isn't a useless middleman.

I think it'd be limited to specific hardware where OUYA has arranged with the manufacturer to have OUYA store come pre-installed on it. I'd personally like to see OUYA Store on other Android microconsoles, like NVidia Shield and Madcatz Mojo. But also embedded into TVs. So when you buy your LG or Panasonic TV, it comes with OUYA store pre-installed (won't be Samsung since they're too big and already doing their own thing, and definitely won't be Sony).

Don't get me wrong. I completely agree that Ouya has actually found a great niche: android games MADE for console gaming that actually work on said system. My point was that a lot of people seem to disregard this and look at Ouya as some kind of attempt to sell people games made for phones on different piece of hardware, which we know is not the case (for the most part). As a result, the idea of Ouya going to a software-only model seems risky to me as it will seem even more like a 'barrier' to the so-called 'freedom' of the Play store.

Ouya has faced a difficult time shedding this image. I'm just not sure nixing the in-house hardware is the way to go.

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I rather suspect OUYA, as well as seeing the opportunity to ship with other hardware come sooner than they anticipated, also see Amazon and Google in their rear view mirror, and need to take the jump now

There's a cynical part of me that has always wondered if 'Plan B' all along was that if Ouya fails as a piece of technology, they would then move to develop and sell the intellectual property to someone like Google or Amazon. Not sure if that was the intent since day one, but it seems like a possibility going forward.

Since the games on both of those stores are so badly curated, Ouya could become a way to distinguish a brand made purely for gaming with a physical gamepad. Kind of like how Google purchased YouTube, why bother making your own when someone else has done it for you?

I'm calling it: here comes 'Gooya' (or is it 'Amazouya'?).

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