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> bring gaming back to the couch in a way that the Steam Link didn't succeed at.

Also in the way that the Ouya didn’t succeed at - their kickstarter tagline was “Cracking open the last closed platform: the TV”. I actually had completely forgotten about the Ouya, but the wording of your comment made me go look it up.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of...

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Oh god I bought one of these. It was so terrible. Valve is definitely the right company (private) to pull this off. Gabe just needs to own a foundry and they’ll be set.

i got it because it was sold as an alternative to the steam link, but it's just an android phone that connects to your tv - with a market for games.

I bought a steam link shortly after, and it still worked the last time i used it.

I've still got my ouya, wonder if it still works.

It was a fun idea, even though I mostly just used it as an emulator box.

The controllers were neat but a bit janky, I always had issues w/ the batteries.

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