Why Ouya isn't going to work
blog.thirdyearmba.com
blog.thirdyearmba.com
There is no science to the knockdown - it's just naysaying.
It's not like they're raising to build something really crazy like a space vehicle that docks with ISS.
Many developers/startup community have to deal with naysayers all week - and come here to get away from it - to talk/think/discuss about possibilities and innovation.
This is first article I've ever flagged.
That being said, I still think Google turning Google TV into a "console platform" and actually pushing it as such, would be even more disruptive, and with a higher chance of success than any single $99 device running Android as a console platform. It would be very similar to how Android won the market share game through an aggregate of devices, instead of trying to get any single device to sell more than the iPhone.
The author does not talk about needing to compete with XBox360 or PS3 or anything like that. The author's objection is basically that the people on the project appear to have underestimated the practical aspects of actually producing the device in quantity.
Without having to embed a display on the device, I really don't find the price point of $100 outrageous -- aggressive, absolutely... but I am thinking they can probably make the lowest of the double digit margins on it.