The Ouya Android game console is a phenomenon on Kickstarter, raising roughly $5 million in a very short period of time. However, Ouya founder Julie Uhrman says that outside funding with still be necessary and that the console will help address the gap between the core and casual gamer world.
“We have a lot of support from the investor and entrepreneur community. We raised money initially from individual investors,” said Uhrman. “This is a really big undertaking and it’s going to be expensive. We’re looking for additional funds of money but more importantly we wanted to take it to Kickstarter regardless.”
“[Developers and gamers are] switching focus from TV to mobile platforms,” Uhrman added. “Gamers find hardware and software still to be super expensive and developers feel that it is still complicated and expensive to bring games to the living room.”
Source: Develop
