Side Quest, Episode 61: RIP Ouya (2012-2019) (Patreon)

RIP Ouya (2012-2019)

A history of death in slow motion. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to Sacred Symbols, CLS' PlayStation podcast (also available on podcast services and here on YouTube): https://open.spotify.com/show/1GKTOA7ZhIfrxIxSR0rg25 Listen to the eclectic interview podcast, Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the retro and nostalgia podcast, KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 This video's thumbnail was created using an image by artist conrado, garnered via a licensed Shutterstock account. Additional Shutterstock imagery used in the video comes from Konstantin Savusia (via license). Other imagery found in this episode of Side Quest was acquired from the following sources: B&H, Design World, Fandom, IGN, Know Your Meme, Logok, Moby Games, Ouya Forum, NicePNG, PlusPNG, PNG Mart, The Verge, Video Game Console Library, WebWire, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia. The following videos were used, in part, in the creation of this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdUshWn8uM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-V2uxz_4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUI0smiApYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJEaUUgwIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc_SJ5de1zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuW5lA96B8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgpJUj7GUFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZfSNYq3mhs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bylV128wCvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1FUcNkaLPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qMEc32nLUA The following is a partial list of sources used in the writing of this episode of Side Quest (YouTube's character limit stops us from sharing all 50+ sources, though we've done our best to represent all outlets): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console/description https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/7/13/3157140/ouya-faces-challenges https://www.crunchbase.com/person/julie-uhrman#section-overview https://www.fastcompany.com/90222019/not-another-yves-behar-profile https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/07/24/robert-bowling-gives-ouya-its-first-exclusive-title/#5764aacd3bb8 https://www.forevergeek.com/another-for-ouya-final-fantasy-iii/ https://www.forevergeek.com/ouya-gains-traction-teams-with-onlive/ https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/233342290733711361 https://www.dualshockers.com/ouya-gets-namco-bandaiplex-and-four-controller-support/ https://blog.producthype.co/all-time-most-funded-kickstarter-projects/ https://www.polygon.com/2013/10/22/4867030/ouya-ceo-julie-uhrman-sounds-off-on-consoles-early-mistakes https://www.pcmag.com/news/300212/why-kickstarters-ouya-looks-like-a-scam https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/28/ouya-ships-1200-development-consoles-shows-off-its-pre-release-android-gaming-hardware-on-video/ https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/19/ouya-10-new-games/ https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/5/3953686/ouya-retail-availability-and-price https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/25/ouya-founder-pissed-about-delayed-shipments?abthid=51c9cc69e195010f20000007 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2013/12/03/julie-uhrmans-ouya-out-to-disrupt-70-billion-gaming-business/#761832813c3c https://venturebeat.com/community/2013/10/15/why-the-ouya-is-worth-100-with-the-next-gen-looming/ https://kotaku.com/ouya-the-kotaku-review-659671543 https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/23/4549332/ouya-review https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/26/ouya-review https://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/games-consoles/ouya-1141503/review https://www.gamespot.com/articles/towerfall-sold-better-on-ps4-than-pc-ouya-version-trails-behind/1100-6419269/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/ouya-developers-report-poor-to-middling-sales-figures-for-early-games/ https://gamerant.com/bad-ouya-video-ad/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/03/ouya-everywhere-initiative-promises-more-indie-games-on-more-devices/ https://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/ouya-changes-policy-games-no-longer-need-free-demos/ https://www.cnet.com/news/ouya-offers-all-access-pass-to-800-games-for-59-99/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-videogames-china-xiaomi-exclusive/exclusive-ouya-scores-xiaomi-partnership-to-take-games-to-china-idUSKBN0GL25H20140821 https://www.wired.com/2013/05/ouya-delayed-retail/ https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/184465/2013_The_year_of_the_microconsole.php https://www.vox.com/2014/9/2/11630432/android-game-console-maker-ouya-in-sale-talks-with-chinese-internet https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/29/alibaba-breathes-new-life-into-game-console-maker-ouya/