We knew that Razer was buying the software and team of OUYA, since the peripheral company announced the acquisition in July. I don't think we did a post on it at the time, mostly because Windows 10 was launching two days later and a couple of DirectX 12 editorials kept my attention. At the time, the press release mentioned that the OUYA store would be “re-launched” as Cortex for Android TV, and that users would be able to bring their games, controllers, and accounts over. They would end support for OUYA's weaker hardware, though. Current owners of OUYA would receive “deep discounts” instead.
Now, several months later, Cortex has relaunched. It has over 240 titles, many of which from the OUYA store, including Sonic CD and Machinarium. This doesn't have the same punch as, for instance, when NVIDIA ported several Valve games to SHIELD, and it's a far cry from what's available to a Windows-based PC. On the other hand, the Forge TV is just $99.99, or $149.99 with a controller.
As far as I can tell, Razer hasn't updated their comment (from the July press release) about controller support and hardware discounts for OUYA customers. It might be coming, or maybe they reached out to OUYA customers privately and we've just missed it. No idea.
Whatever happened to the
Whatever happened to the Razer PC to box streaming? Did they ever release it?
Nope. More fog selling like
Nope. More fog selling like with Project Christine.
While I’m pretty willing to
While I’m pretty willing to stand in line to bust up Razer, they’ve freely admitted that Christine was an impractical concept.
I don’t see anything since
I don’t see anything since the Aug 1 email about the aquisition. That said, I already get a bunch of emails from NZXT who resells Razer equipment. But there isn’t anything in there that looks like the old Ouya weekly emails.
Thanks! So you’re an existing
Thanks! So you're an existing OUYA customer / backer?
I was not part of the
I was not part of the Kickstarter. I bought my Ouya console at the local BestBuy and registered through the normal consumer process.
So, yes to customer, no to backer. I really liked the box. There were some issues with the dpad (left), but other than that, it was a great little box. I may have to convert it to a Kodi player or something. As much as I hate randomly shaped A/V boxes, it was a good size and shape.
I wish they could have kept up with the “use whatever SoC is cheap and make a new console every year” business model. 🙁
Ah. Thanks for your
Ah. Thanks for your experiences!
Did they ever fix the issues
Did they ever fix the issues with this system? Id like one for running emulators (GBA, SNES, etc.). Also did they ever add netflix support for it? I know on release it didnt support it
I am also an owner.
I am also an owner. Purchased it after the kickstarter. I have really only used it for Kodi/TVMC. To go over version 14.2 (Kodi) you will have to root the device to get a newer version of Android on it. I have heard nothing about a discount for the new Razr hardware.