Kickstarter Project: Android Game Console Draws $8.59 Million in Pledges
By Rob Scott
August 10, 2012
August 10, 2012
- Open-source game console Ouya, the $100 Android-based console that broke the single day Kickstarter record by reaching its $950,000 project goal in a mere 12 hours, is about to become a reality.
- Ouya’s Kickstarter campaign ended this week with a staggering $8.59 million pledged by more than 63,000 gamers.
- The console supports four wireless controllers and features a Tegra 3 processor, 8GB of internal storage, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, a single USB 2.0 port and an SD card slot.
- “Ouya is the creation of gaming start-up Boxer8, which is headed by Julie Uhrman, former vice president of digital distribution for IGN and GameFly, and a long-time gaming industry veteran,” reports Digital Trends. “Yves Behar, COO of mobile accessories company Jawbone, designed the Ouya. And former Xbox chief Ed Fries serves as an adviser to the project.”
- Developers who invested at least $699 will receive consoles in December, while those who pledged $95 or more will see units as early as March 2013.
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