Report: Ouya gets $10 million investment from Alibaba
Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman would not confirm Alibaba's investment, but did tell Engadget that the company has "been working with partners to bring our platform and games library to their devices." She said that Ouya is "live with Madcatz in the US and working with Xiaomi in China. There are a number of others in the works, with our focus outside the US because there is where we see the most opportunity and growth. Sometimes new markets leapfrog the established ones -- this may be one of those cases."
The Chinese government lifted its 14-year ban on foreign consoles and video games just over one year ago, issuing a new set of content restrictions for manufacturers this past April. Reports from December found that gaming revenues in the country grew 38 percent year-over-year. The other major console manufacturers are poised to enter the emerging market: While Sony delayed the launch of the PS4 in China earlier this month, Microsoft already reportedly sold over 100,000 Xbox One systems in its introductory week back in October. Nintendo revealed plans in May to approach emerging markets such as China with new hardware this year.
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fexPosted:
I was one of the very first Backers for the Ouya. Never bought one. Waste of time and money
StonerzardPosted:
attackedheartProJimmyRustlerHyBridZxDemonSurferTSA If they spend all there money on this it will still be a Wii at best. No way consumers are switching from the big consoles.
You mean "Wii" as in the best selling console ever? in the entire history of gaming? ever?
the playstation 2 is the best selling console with 155 million units sold, the wii has 101 million
That may be true, but the Wii was the fastest selling. PS2 had a much longer rein then the Wii. It also went through atleast 3 major model revisions.
I'm pretty sure there was only the ps2 and ps2 slim, what's this 3rd one you speak of?
PS2 and the Wii both had 2 different models. Both of them had a slim version, but still the pair are from different generations. The Ouya isn't supposed to take down the big 3, but give out a different and easy style of gaming. I think it's worth looking into, especially seeing how cheap it is. Think of all the people that paid like $60 when it was on Kickstarter, they're getting a f*cking great deal
attackedheartPosted:
ProJimmyRustlerHyBridZxDemonSurferTSA If they spend all there money on this it will still be a Wii at best. No way consumers are switching from the big consoles.
You mean "Wii" as in the best selling console ever? in the entire history of gaming? ever?
the playstation 2 is the best selling console with 155 million units sold, the wii has 101 million
That may be true, but the Wii was the fastest selling. PS2 had a much longer rein then the Wii. It also went through atleast 3 major model revisions.
I'm pretty sure there was only the ps2 and ps2 slim, what's this 3rd one you speak of?
NeeksRoyalPosted:
Only 10m is not that great there are games on other consoles that have more money to invest into the current systems.
Evo8Posted:
I don't think this will catch on, at least someone is trying to dethrone Sony and Microsoft.
KatsumiChanPosted:
NovhEdgy Wow what is this weird system i remember hearing about this like 3 years ago.
Me too. Heard about it once then never again.
It was actually one of the top running Kickstarters, then it died.
NovhPosted:
Edgy Wow what is this weird system i remember hearing about this like 3 years ago.
Me too. Heard about it once then never again.
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