Razer acquires OUYA and Founder Julie Uhrman Leaves [confirmed]

[SnakeDrone]

This has been rumored for a while, but now it's final ... Razer acquires OUYA console developer.
 
"While Razer is not retaining interest in OUYA hardware or related other assets, it does plan to publish Android TV content and Android-based TV console games under the OUYA moniker as a separate interest."

- Razer Acquires OUYA Software Assets / Press Release
 

[C0LL0SS0S]

inb4 OUYA Chroma edition

[eric95204]

Inb4 $3000 Ouya blade 3k 2015

[marldorthegreat]

Does this mean a razer console?????? 

[qwertywarrior]

haha did they buy it for 5$

[Orblivion]

Does this mean a razer console?????? 

They kinda already have one, their ForgeTV is an android based console same as the Ouya.

[Xorbot]

As easy as it is to mock Ouya for being a bad console with a bad name, to this day it is still a wildly more popular brand than Razer's console.

 

...Oh, what's that? You never heard of Razer's Android console?  Exactly.

[Orblivion]

As easy as it is to mock Ouya for being a bad console with a bad name, to this day it is still a wildly more popular brand than Razer's console.

 

...Oh, what's that? You never heard of Razer's Android console?  Exactly.

 

This seems like an odd comparison to make, considering Razer's console launched barely a few months ago.  Unless they had a prior one I'm not aware of?

[n3m4c]

As easy as it is to mock Ouya for being a bad console with a bad name, to this day it is still a wildly more popular brand than Razer's console.

 

...Oh, what's that? You never heard of Razer's Android console?  Exactly.

And that's probably why they bought it...

[dalekphalm]

Does this mean a razer console?????? 

You mean a Razer Android TV Console? Yawn. I guess it'll give NVIDIA Shield Console a bit of competition.

[dalekphalm]

This seems like an odd comparison to make, considering Razer's console launched barely a few months ago.  Unless they had a prior one I'm not aware of?

And?

 

When the OUYA launched, everyone and their mother new about it.

 

When the PlayStation launched, everyone knew.

 

When the NVIDIA Shield launched, everyone knew.

 

See the theme?

 

Just because it's a few months old is no excuse - in fact, it's quite the opposite. Their launch should have been the biggest part, the most interesting, with the most amount of news coverage. I didn't even know they had one until this thread.

[Ashley]

Today Razer has acquired not all but some of Ouya. Ouya, commonly known for its 2012 Kickstarter campaign for an Android-powered non-streaming gaming box was not as big of a success as people had hoped.

 

Razer's CEO posted the following on Facebook announcing the purchase:

 

Further Min-Liang Tan said "Ouya's work with game developers, both triple A and indies, went a long way in bringing Android games to the living room and Razer intends to further that work." As some may recall from the Ouya Kickstarter days. Many devs from Square Enix to Mojang promised to bring games to this new Android device. Whether or not the device itself was successful it was a definite step forward in the development of Android as a gaming platform.

 

Sources

https://www.facebook.com/minliangtan/photos/a.116842955040162.11402.113306788727112/916396088418174/?type=1&theater

http://www.pcgamer.com/razer-confirms-ouya-acquisition/

http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/7/27/9046895/razer-hopes-ouya-acquistion-will-fuel-an-android-powered-revolution

[Tim Drake]

Isn't it against the rules to post and then edit it later?

[Crowes]

Isn't it against the rules to post and then edit it later?

Perhaps he wanted to post it first... I hope he's editing it right now.

[Tim Drake]

Perhaps he wanted to post it first... I hope he's editing it right now.

He is but I thought it was against the rules to do that

[Avericious]

Isn't it against the rules to post and then edit it later?

Not specifically. But the article should have been quoted at least to some extent and at least the minimum amount of original input should have been included. That is what it seems like to me in any case: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

[Ashley]

Isn't it against the rules to post and then edit it later?

I wanted to write more than one line, but often people who do get beat to the news post by people who don't editorialize it.

 

Didn't realize that was a rule. Sorry Mods.

[Tim Drake]

I wanted to write more than one line, but often people who do get beat to the news post by people who don't editorialize it.

 

Didn't realize that was a rule. Sorry Mods.

I'm probably wrong, didn't mean any harm. Just genuine curiosity.

[Avericious]

I wanted to write more than one line, but often people who do get beat to the news post by people who don't editorialize it.

 

Didn't realize that was a rule. Sorry Mods.

I shouldn't think it is too much of an issue, since you were so quick with following up with edits.

[Ashley]

Perhaps he wanted to post it first... I hope he's editing it right now.

She*

And did.

 

I shouldn't think it is too much of an issue, since you were so quick with following up with edits.

I knew that it would piss off the forum if I left it without edits for too long. So I acted swiftly.

[Crowes]

She*

And did.

 

I knew that it would piss off the forum if I left it without edits for too long. So I acted swiftly.

 

I have a male friend who's name is Ashley, sorry. You get used to it after a while. 

[TopWargamer]

I wanted to write more than one line, but often people who do get beat to the news post by people who don't editorialize it.

 

Didn't realize that was a rule. Sorry Mods.

It's not necessarily a rule, but a rule of thumb and a courtesy gesture. You should have most or all of the article written before you post it. 

[Ashley]

I have a male friend who's name is Ashley, sorry. You get used to it after a while. 

I work with a guy who goes by Ash.

 

It's not necessarily a rule, but a rule of thumb and a courtesy gesture. You should have most or all of the article written before you post it. 

Will keep that in mind.

[Crowes]

I work with a guy who goes by Ash.

 

They tend to prefer it. Ash for masculinity and Ashley for feminism, I guess. Never really stuck by it, though.

 

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Ouya will be interesting as an aquisition. I'll look forward to what it brings to the table.

 

*cough*better razer synapse*cough*

[Ashley]

They tend to prefer it. Ash for masculinity and Ashley for feminism, I guess. Never really stuck by it, though.

 

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Ouya will be interesting as an aquisition. I'll look forward to what it brings to the table.

 

*cough*better razer synapse*cough*

Is Synapse even on their console? I thought that was their cloud sync thing.