OUYA Kickstarter Update #2

The OUYA team just released update #2 on their Kickstarter page. There were a few announcements made, addressing some of the concerns that people have had over the project.

The first big concern people had is over the OUYA controller: the prototype image showing each of the 4 buttons as a “circle” of a different color. This raised some concerns as it could be confusing to players and also posed a problem to those with color-blindness. The OUYA team promises to address this issue, and it’s likely that the images shown at this point are just mockups.

They also addressed the issue of whether or not the OUYA will have an ethernet port. So far nothing has been announced, but it seems that there has been a lot of public demand for one so far, and the OUYA team says that there will be future news on the subject.

Possible Early OUYA Units For Developers

The OUYA team is considering a Kickstarter donation tier for developers that would get them an early circuit board prototype for the purposes of getting a head start on development. While this isn’t set in stone yet, they’re looking for feedback.

Things are looking pretty good for the OUYA project so far. Let’s hope that the upcoming Kickstarter stretch goals are interesting, and that more developers hop onto the OUYA train!

 

OUYA Raises Kickstarter’s Fastest Ever $1,000,000

According to Kickstarter, the OUYA has shattered previous records and hit a total of $1,000,000 in funds raised in just 8 hours and 22 minutes. The previous record-holder was the Double Fine Adventure, which hit that goal in 17 hours and 30 minutes, over double the time it took OUYA.

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The other eight million dollar projects, and the time needed to hit that goal.

As of right now, the OUYA Kickstarter is at  $4,215,895, and well on its way to being the most successful Kickstarter project ever!

OUYA also broke another Kickstarter record, raising by far the most money in a 24-hour period: an amazing $2,589,687.77 compared to Double Fine Adventure’s $1,064,652.05.

It’s safe to say that a lot of people are excited about the OUYA!

If you haven’t made a pledge toward the OUYA project yet—and a $99 pledge gets you an OUYA system—be sure to head over to their Kickstarter page here and make a pledge right away. There are currently just over 50,000 OUYA units left available, so if you want to preorder one for the special $99 price, you’d better hurry up and do so now before they’re gone!