Would You Buy a $100, Open Source, Android Gaming Console Designed by Yves Behar?

PublishedJuly 3, 2012

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The Ouya is a concept for a completely open sourced and hackable Android game console designed by Yves Behar (the guy who designed the Jambox and OLPC). When it arrives (if ever), $100 will buy you the box, a developer's kit, and all the free games you can play.

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The vision is that any developer will be able to publish their games on the platform, free of charge, but all the games will be free to play as well. I have a difficult time seeing how this could possibly work out but I'd love to be convinced otherwise. What say you? [via The Verge]