Ouya

"”OUYA was a once in a lifetime experience. Now, I'm off to find the next...stay tuned!” - Julie confirms that the Ouya is a failure."

The Ouya is a Kickstarter Console that was made in 2013. The Ouya Kickstarter was launched on July 12, 2012 by Julie Uhrman.

Background
The console was supposed to be an Android based micro-console where you can play video games for free. The Ouya supported hackers and moderators to tweak to console to “make it their own”. The Kickstarter costed 950,000 dollars and it made back 8,596,474, being the 8th highest earning Kickstarter of all time.

Reception
When the console came out, it received positive reviews, but a couples of days later, the reviews became negative. Critics and audiences criticized the game for its controller, such as the analog stick lacking precision, buttons that got stuck, and the batteries were not fun to put back in. There weren’t many console exclusive games either, making the console sort of useless. The WiFi, lack of support, UI, false advertising, and controller connectivity were also the reasons this console horribly failed.. PC Magazine’s Sascha Segan ran an op-ed called “Why Kickstarter’s Ouya Looks Like A Scam” while Unreality Magazine defended the Ouya.

Sales
In the first month, it underperformed in sales, and in 2014, their most popular game, TowerFall, only sold 7,000 copies. The company was sold to Razer and Julie Uhrman signed off Twitter, saying ”OUYA was a once in a lifetime experience. Now, I'm off to find the next...stay tuned!“

Links
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console/updates

https://www.thegamer.com/15-gaming-consoles-that-failed-miserably/

https://www.thegamer.com/failure-to-launch-the-15-biggest-kickstarter-fails/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya

https://www.reddit.com/r/ouya/comments/34a9da/why_ouya_failed_a_list_of_the_top_reasons_why/

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ways-ouya-console-failed,review-1881.html