OUYA is a video game console running on Android operating system (A gaming console that runs on android? Sounds cool!! ). With second highest earning project in Kickstarter, OUYA is going to be the new buzz in the gaming future. This gaming console will go retail on June 25th with a highly affordable price tag of $99. Tech experts say that this can be a dawn of gaming console revolution.
OUYA makers have built a unique Ouya platform modifying the Android operating system which features an “increasing” amount of apps and games.
Hardware
OUYA is like open source hardware. Yes!! Hardware, you are open to unscrew it and see what’s inside easily with a screw driver. They have built this in such sense that it should be open and can be developed by anyone.
Console’s design looks cool and innovative which is almost like a 3-inch cube. It’s like the The Nintendo GameCube of modern Android era.
The smooth plastic design and the rounded corners at the bottom give it a good finish.The controller of this android gaming console stay the old style and the keys are marked as O,U,Y and A.
This gaming console comes with a 1.7 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and 1 GB DDR3-1600 SDRAM. It’s something like a high end android Smartphone which is just built for games. With HDMI ports at the side you can easily plug your displays and start gaming.
Games
Presently (when this post is written) there are 151 games for OUYA platform and they are expected to increase in a tremendous way in coming few months.
After the OUYA boots and starts, you can discover games in various genres such as hooters, action adventures, RPGs and puzzles. Every game you find in OUYA is free to try and unless you like something too badly inside the game, you will purchase it. Until then everything is like a free fresh air of fun.
All included
The 1080p fun of this cool device doesn’t stop at only gaming but OUYA’s partnership with Twitch.tv, Crunchyroll, iheartradio, TuneIn, XBMC, Plex and Flixster will allow you to catch your favorite videos. That implies you can play games, watch movies, listen to music and stream videos via this device making it a complete killer media device at a $99 price tag.
Technical Specifications of OUYA
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