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I know it's very possible for it to be made because $99 Android TV devices already exist including the new Google TVs and the tiny Android Mini PC. (I'm also a huge proponent of Android becoming the OS for everything: device, desktop, TV, cars, & appliances.)

Ouya is the 2nd $99 Android "TV device" I've seen pop up on Kickstarter. The first project was essentially a Mini PC re-branded for Americans (so I passed on it).

Ouya has two hurdles:

1) repackaging it in a new container and tossing in a controller all for the same price. Possible? Sure.

2) Android is such a fast moving platform that their device could be outdated/outclassed by the time they finish shipping. If Google had a clue, they'd repackage the Google TV as a gaming station before Xmas.



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