Ouya founder on unfulfilled Kickstarter orders: 'I am pissed'

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The Ouya launched for the public today, and things at retail appear to be going pretty well – Amazon, at least, sold out early on. But Ouya founder Julie Uhrman is "pissed" because some Kickstarter backers haven't yet received their consoles, and she promised they would arrive before the retail version went live.

Uhrman says she delivered the backers' consoles to her distribution partner in May, but some orders remain unfulfilled.

"I am pissed," Uhrman writes in a Kickstarter update locked to backers only, seen by Games Industry. "Some of you have not yet received your Ouya, and to you, I apologize. I did not promise to ship to most of you before we hit store shelves. I promised to ship to all of you. I've been reading your comments, and we are working to solve this."

Ouya Head of Operations Ken Stephens says backers should expect their Ouyas in 15 to 17 days, as they're shipped from Hong Kong.

Joystiq Reviews Editor Richard Mitchell got his hands on an Ouya Kickstarter model in April, and he found it to be worth the price – noting that it costs $99. He's now playing with the retail model, and he says it's an improvement on the initial version.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/25/ouya-founder-on-unfulfilled-kickstarter-orders-i-am-pissed/

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EulerPosted:

imgur
Reeve
BDB I might get this, looks different and I think its cool to have.


Me too, it's going to be different then other consoles.


Its meant for mini/arcade type games.


I still don't think it has that much credibility as a good console if I'm honest.

EulerPosted:

Katsumi
lel
BDB
lel the people who never got theirs aren't missing much...


Haha, how? Do you have one? I might get one of these :D


My friend has one. They are really stupid...


Apparently the Ouya had various problems on release and a lot of the promised big launch games where not actually released. Things are not looking good for the Ouya what so ever at the moment.


Yeah I really wouldn't bother getting one if I were you, lets say it's not the best console..

EulerPosted:

Fawk The Ouya just looks stupid and it probs is stupid


I agree, I think this console is just going to fail in sales so badly!

EulerPosted:

It just looks like they're trying to rip off a mixture of the PS3 and Xbox, failure of a console.

CokesPosted:

This does look really lame.

RuinsPosted:

The Ouya just looks stupid and it probs is stupid

KatsumiPosted:

lel
BDB
lel the people who never got theirs aren't missing much...


Haha, how? Do you have one? I might get one of these :D


My friend has one. They are really stupid...


Apparently the Ouya had various problems on release and a lot of the promised big launch games where not actually released. Things are not looking good for the Ouya what so ever at the moment.

KatsumiPosted:

imgur
lel the people who never got theirs aren't missing much...


They are cool consoles.


They're call in the perspective of how small they are and what they can do. Other than that the Ouya doesn't appeal to me what so ever

neboPosted:

BDB
lel the people who never got theirs aren't missing much...


Haha, how? Do you have one? I might get one of these :D


My friend has one. They are really stupid...

imgurPosted:

Reeve
BDB I might get this, looks different and I think its cool to have.


Me too, it's going to be different then other consoles.


Its meant for mini/arcade type games.