15 hours and counting down

Ouya has made it, 30 days after it launched today it will close on 7.7 million dollars. That is an incredible amount of money raised through crowd sourcing, though it is very far from that crazy estimate i gave in my original post. We have all been watching the Ouya's progress and over the past month a ton of updates about the console have been made available.

Here is a breakdown of some of the major ones.

1. Size: last week or so we actually got a size comparison for how large the device actually is. And as you can see, the thing is small. The Ouya is ridiculously portable.


2. The console now has four controller support. Originally it only had two, which now make it a real contender for multiplayer games.


3. The device is a media box, thus far two major platforms for music/video/photos, XBMC and PLEX have signed on to add their software.


4. And lastly, the games. Final Fantasy 3 will launch on the device, proving that Square Enix is willing to go out on a limb, Namco Bandai, the owners of Pac-man, Galaga, and other classic games are interested in porting over their collection as well.

The impact this device could have on the industry is unknown. With Microsoft gearing up for the new generation of consoles, it could leave the Ouya behind in the dust, yet 57,000 games/developers/fans have backed this project. With the enormous letdown that the WiiU is, I believe that this open source console will find a niche and grow to become a major player in the industry. Only time will tell and we are all watching to see its effect.