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Ouya looks pretty but lacks killer games so far (preview)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Ouya has begun shipping its $99 Android game console to consumers who pre-ordered the system and backed the company’s successful crowdfunding campaign.

Ouya console and controllerThe San Francisco company is celebrating the launch with a party Thursday evening near the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The event is the first time the company is inviting the full community of game developers to come out and celebrate the company’s attempt to disrupt the traditional game consoles with free-to-play mobile games on the TV.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.