Update 6: 2 For Friday: OnLive comes to OUYA, Controller Makes Full Frontal Debut · OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console

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Cracking open the last closed platform: the TV. A beautiful, affordable console -- built on Android, by the creator of Jambox.

63,416 backers pledged $8,596,474 to help bring this project to life.

OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console

by OUYA

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