Ouya
HardwareUSAClosed 2015
Total Raised
$33M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2015
Business model
Low-cost, open Android-based gaming console sold direct to consumers.
In brief
Launched via one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of its time, promising an affordable, open gaming console for independent developers to reach TV screens. The console's hardware quickly fell behind more powerful competitors, its software store struggled to attract ma…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2012
- Closed
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, USA
- Industry
- Hardware
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Julie Uhrman
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Often compared with: Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck.