There's still hope for Ouya
Ouya was supposed to shake up the game console market after a successful run on Kickstarter, but it just hasn't been able to gain much momentum. Now the company is for sale with Razer reportedly in advanced talks to acquire the microconsole maker.
According to GamesBeat, a division of VentureBeat, debt holders initiated the sale talks and would need in the neighborhood of $10 million to be bought out. At that price, it's a relatively low risk gamble for Razer, which would gain access to Ouya's storefront with 1,124 Android games, a lot of which are exclusive titles.
That would probably be Razer's main motivation for making the sale happen. Razer already has an Android console of its own in Forge TV, and adding all those Ouya titles to its library would help it compete with other microconsoles and set-top boxes on the market.
In a statement provided to GamesBeat, Razer said it "has always been supportive of Ouya, in particular, their work toward building an open platform for Android gaming in the living room and the empowerment of developers, especially the indie developers, all over the world." Unfortunately, Razer wouldn't go so far as to confirm or deny the rumor, though the fact that it said anything at all beyond a terse "no comment" suggests that there's validity to the story.
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