Razer Acquires Ouya - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 July 2015 / 4,215 Views
Razer has finished its buy-out of the Android-based console maker Ouya. Ouya's developer relations and technical team will now join Razer.
However, Razer has no interest in the Ouya hardware. It will instead simply use the Ouya name when it publishes Android TV content and games.
The amount Ouya was acquired for was not disclosed in the press release, which said the following:
"In the near future, Razer will be providing existing Ouya users with a clear path of migration to the more advanced Forge TV micro-console and Serval controller bundle. Razer's intention is to allow Ouya users to bring their games, controllers, and accounts to the Cortex TV platform on the Forge microconsole, advancing the experience of Android gaming on TV that they have previously enjoyed.
Additionally, Razer is planning deep product discounts for incoming Ouya users to purchase Razer hardware, and a spate of freebies, giveaways, and promotions to enjoy on their new Forge consoles."
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How are they going to use the brand, if half of the gaming scene consider it a failure, and the other half doesn't even know it exists?
Such a bad company to waste money buying.
This thing still exists?
Lol. The OUYA brand is even worse than "Wii".
They bought ouya for the name? You mean that name that has been repeatedly mocked for being a joke and a failure? Who Ya? OUYA! Waste of cash, would be better to publish under razer name
