Gaming Out of All Ouya Owners, 27 Percent Have Paid for a Game

[David Sanchez]

So the Ouya, am I right? Things aren't exactly looking amazing for the tiny Android-based console. We previously got software sales figures for games on the Ouya, and now we've gotten word (courtesy of Polygon) that only 27 percent of Ouya owners have actually bought games.

While I personally don't think 27 percent is a massive number, Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman says sales figures will increase.

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[Abe Froeman]

Are there free games on the marketplace?

Edit - I'm a retard.

 

[Biggy204]

Wait people actually bought a Ouya?

 

[x3sphere]

I honestly think a lot of people bought it just as a cheap plug and play emulation device. They even advertised it as being hackable, so yeah.

 

[FrozenIpaq]

I honestly think a lot of people bought it just as a cheap plug and play emulation device. They even advertised it as being hackable, so yeah.

I can confirm I purchased (backed originally on Kickstarter) mine in hopes of hacking it and not for the games or the experience they promised. It makes a great emulation machine and hopefully one day a multi-media machine (haven't checked out XMBC's progress on it much yet). I also got it because of the bluetooth controller - although had issues using it on my PC successfully.