Expect a new Ouya console every year

Yearly incremental updates are on the cards for the Yves Behar-designed Android gaming console

Yesterday brought with it the newsOuya will finally hit retailin June of this year. But don’t get too comfortable with your new Android console – there are already plans in the pipeline for annual hardware updates.

In an interview with gadget websiteEngadget, Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman said: “Our strategy is very much similar to the mobile strategy. There will be a new Ouya every year. There will be an Ouya 2 and an Ouya 3.”

Although it like a sure fire way to upset the many people who invested in thehighly successful Kickstarter campaign, there’s method to the madness. Knowing the rate of progress in mobile (increasingly fast processors, cheaper memory) it makes sense for the Ouya 2 to make use ofNvidia’s shiny new Tegra 4chip. Either that, or the hardware will limit the console’s potential game catalogue – and no one wants that, do they?

The Ouya console, which will ensure all games you download are backwards compatible, will set you back £65 if you pre-order from the US today. Or you can wait for Amazon and other big retailers to stock the console. Extra controllers cost £32 each, if you crave some multiplayer shenanigans.

[viaEngadget]

Expect a new Ouya console every year#

Expect a new Ouya console every year