Android-operating system open source host Ouya, not only many supporters on Kickstarter, many supporters of open source object of attention, and even rumored Google also pay close attention to the object, because the equivalent is to help Google's Android platform into the console market , if Ouya success allows Google effortlessly automatically become the latest player game console market.
So Ouya on June 25 officially listed, how well has it?
On the hardware itself, it seems lackluster, market research firm NPD said Ouya sales "inadequate for the Road", it seems that $ 99 is still no way cheap grab City will soon enter the mass market. But Ouya in futures on Kickstarter has over 60,000 units, which is its basic user base, then the sales of game software and how it?
Ouya's CEO Julie Uhrman interview revealed that only 27% of Ouya owners have to spend money to buy the game, but his optimism that sales of the top 20 game, there are 13 sales rate (sales divided by the number of hosts ) 8%, just offering his opinion on the host is considered acceptable soon, he also said there are currently 20,000 1,000 game developers in contact with Ouya than last March when 8,000 has increased enormously.
On the other hand, the game developers have also revealed the respective sales data:
- TowerFall, priced $ 15, sold 2,000 units. Developers that counted sell very well.
- Nimble Quest, downloaded 6,508 times, only 122 to pay for, get $ 427 revenue.Developers urged others in the industry, although Ouya may not bring a lot of revenue, but it is truly open source host, if you want to have more open source host, then, is worthy of support.
- Red, selling less than 400 units, but only took two weeks half hit level development costs. Developers think Ouya hosts are not many state after one year would be more clear.
- Organ Trail, downloaded 13,112 times, only 501 to pay for the purchase rate of 3.8%, on all platforms, Ouya sales accounted for only 0.1% (Organ Trail whole platform to sell more than 400,000 units), the developer is very disappointed because only they expected lower sales volume less than half the developers even feel that the resulting revenue even tie revised labor costs are not enough.
It seems Ouya performance can not be considered too prominent, perhaps Google may consider themselves to launch Android games the hardware.
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