Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a close

Re:Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a... by tomflack on Thursday August 09, 2012 @12:16PM (#4361750)

That's exactly what I don't want to see. Yet another device tied in to Google. For me, all the promise of the Ouya is in doing things independently, not tied to the mission of a corporate behemoth.

If corporate behemoths want in, they can do the same thing as everyone else and write SN app for it.

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Re:Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a... by xam on Thursday August 09, 2012 @10:36PM (#4364553)

I understand what you're saying, but I don't think Google would do much of anything to tie the Ouya to its 'corporate behemoth' mission. Besides, I believe that Google's immense power could improve Ouya's standing by backing it thoroughly.

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Re:Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a... by tomflack on Friday August 10, 2012 @01:16PM (#4367146)

They would, 100% absolutely try and make it the new Google TV.

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Re:Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a... by surgeterrix on Friday August 10, 2012 @12:06PM (#4366758)

Well, if Ouya is successful, they will eventually become a corporate behemoth too.

What was it, maybe 7-8 years ago Google was still a scrappy start up sticking it to MS and AOL?

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Re:Ouya tops $8.5 million as Kickstarter campaign comes to a... by tomflack on Friday August 10, 2012 @01:23PM (#4367179)

Then they'd be a new corporate behemoth, introducing variety. If these guys entertain a Google acquisition at all, I am out.

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