Consoles: A challenger has appeared!

[Novocaine]

Well, not really, but sort of; Android.

Spend $99 dollars on the box, and not a thing on the games.

Console makers are usually wary of giving the average consumer too much access to the inner workings of their hardware, but a new company has the intention of doing the opposite. Tech startup Ouya is intending to release a $99 Android game console with an open developer ecosystem and all its games free to play.

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... -a-Console

Should be interesting to see what comes of this. For $99 I'll probably pick one up just to **** around with.

[Bek]

Sounds interesting, but I'm guessing the games will be very simplistic / low budget. Could become popular, could fade into obscurity without making much impact.

[v4moose]

can't wait to play angry birds on my big screen

[Gotrek1966]

Where are the controllers, holes to plug anything in? Looks more like a table lamp with no wires.

[MunchY]

This seems like a really awesome idea for a bit of fun. I'll be keeping an eye out for how it goes before I pick one up though.
Haven't bought a console since my original xbox too, ha.