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Ouya ( ), stylized OUYA, is an Android microconsole developed by Ouya Inc. (formerly Boxer8). Julie Uhrman founded the project in 2012. She brought in designer Yves Béhar to collaborate on the design of the project, and Muffi Al-Ghadiali as product manager to put together the engineering team. Development was funded via Kickstarter, raising $8.5 million and becoming the website's fifth-highest earning project in its history. Units started to ship to Kickstarter backers on March 28, 2013. The console was released to the general public on June 25, 2013, and features an exclusive Ouya store for applications and games designed specifically for the Ouya platform, of which the majority are casual games targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Out of the box, Ouya supports media apps such as TwitchTV and XBMC media player.〔 It runs a modified version of Android 4.1 ''Jelly Bean'', and is open to rooting without voiding the warranty (developer models ordered during the Kickstarter campaign for $699 or $1,337 come pre-rooted).〔 The console's hardware design allows it to be easily opened up, requiring only a standard screwdriver for easy modding and possible hardware addons. All systems can be used as development kits, allowing any Ouya owner to also be a developer, without the need for licensing fees. All games were initially required to have some kind of free-to-play aspect,〔 whether that be completely free, has a free trial, or has purchasable upgrades, levels, or other in-game items. This requirement has since been removed. The Ouya was released during the eighth generation of video game consoles, competing against the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U. Financial issues forced Ouya to wind down its business, and its software assets were sold to Razer Inc., who announced the discontinuation of the Ouya console on July 27, 2015. The technical team and developer relations personnel behind Ouya, formerly the leading Android game platform for the television, joined the software team of Razer, which is developing its own game platform called the Forge TV. 〔(Forge TV )〕〔(Ouya software for Razer Forge TV )〕〔(Razer acquiring Ouya software for Forge TV )〕〔()〕 ==History== Ouya was announced on July 3, 2012 as a new home video game console, led by the CEO of Boxer8, Julie Uhrman. On July 10, Ouya started a campaign to gauge how many people were interested in the project.〔 Boxer8 confirmed having a working prototype with in-progress software and user interface. It features an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip and a price tag of $99 ($95 for 1000 "early birds" to the Kickstarter campaign). The Kickstarter fundraising goal was raised within 8 hours. Funding continued to increase as more models were made available at various funding levels. According to Kickstarter, in reaching its goal, Ouya holds the record for best first day performance of any project hosted to date. Within the first 24 hours the project attracted one backer every 5.59 seconds. Ouya became the eighth project in Kickstarter history to raise more than a million dollars, and was the quickest project ever to do so.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gameverse.com/2012/07/11/ouya-game-console-kicks-off-strong/ )〕 The Kickstarter finished on August 9 291 with $8,596,475 at 904% of their goal. This made the Ouya Kickstarter the fifth-highest earning in the website's history. Ouya units for Kickstarter funders started to ship on March 28, 2013. On June 25, 2013, the Ouya was released to the public for on June 23rd for $99 Ouya announced the "Free the Games Fund" in July 2013 with the goal to support developers making games exclusively for their system with Ouya matching a Kickstarter's pledge dollar-for-dollar if a minimum of $50,000 is raised, but only if the game will be an Ouya exclusive for six months.〔 In October 2013, Uhrman stated that the company planned on releasing a new iteration of Ouya console sometime in 2014, with an improved controller, double storage space and better wi-fi.〔http://www.techhive.com/article/2093246/redesigned-16gb-ouya-console-is-the-most-modest-of-upgrades.html〕 On November 23, 2013, a limited edition white Ouya with double the storage of that to the original and new controller design was available for pre-order at $129.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wayback Machine;Official Ouya Store November 2013 )〕 As of January 1, 2014, the limited edition white Ouya went off sale and cannot be found on the official store, nor any official resellers. On January 31, 2014, new black version of Ouya was released with double storage and new controller design. In January 2015, Ouya received an investment of 10 million USD from Alibaba with the possibility of incorporating some of Ouya technologies into Alibaba’s set-top box. In April 2015, it was revealed that Ouya was trying to sell the company because it failed to renegotiate its debt. On July 27, 2015, it was announced that Razer Inc. had acquired Ouya's employees and content library, and that Ouya hardware was now discontinued. The deal does not include Ouya's hardware assets. Owners were encouraged to migrate to Razer's own Forge microconsole; Ouya's content library will be integrated into the Forge ecosystem, and "() Ouya brand name will live on as a standalone gaming publisher for Android TV and Android based TV consoles."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/07/so-long-ouya-razer-acquires-microconsoles-storefront-technical-team/ )〕 On the same day Uhrman stepped down as Ouya's CEO. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ouya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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