I found this earlier today.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

What it basically is, is a high end console that allows for anyone to develop for it. It is completely open to hacking, modding, development, and it even gives individuals the ability to make money from their work. The kickstarter started about two days ago, and within 7 hours they met their goal of $975,000... Now they're at $3,985,822 as of this posting.

It certainly is a promising console. Just thought I'd share this here.

Here is their developers forum.

http://www.ouyadevs.com/forums/index.php

Also note that games are tied to the store and can ONLY be sold through there. As far as I can tell, this is basically Steam with a dedicated, cheap, console and fewer games.

It's a shame: with better hardware, this might have had a shot. As it is, I'd say quite a few Kickstarter donors just wasted their money.

Well, it seems pretty interesting, might buy one. It may not be as powerful as the main 3 consoles, but at least it has the idea of openness, everything is rooted and you can make your own game for free while supporting indie game devs.

I don't know, there's quite a developer community already forming around it, including developers like Mojang. The kickstarter was actually announced yesterday, I learned, so I don't think the hardware is set in stone just yet. Beyond that, they're not really looking towards competing with modern consoles, but allowing developers to create games for consoles easier, without having to purchase licenses and SDK's.

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Also note that games are tied to the store and can ONLY be sold through there

Since any software could be deployed from the computer, there could be alternate online services that could distribute games. Also, all games are "Free to Play" as they put it, games may either offer a free demo, or entirely be free with additional content one could purchase.

Mojang said they would develop for it if it was a decent platform. Also, they don't really count, they already have Android ports of Minecraft out there.

Their store is far too restrictive to the seller, too. They'll never get a decent userbase if their store is so regulated. It doesn't really matter if it's free to develop and you can sideload any application you want if the main channels for content distribution suck. The open-source end user friendly philosophy is nice, but it's going to damage the platform more than help it.

There's also the fact that unless this gets some serious backing (Epic games, Sega, or the likes releasing games for it) it won't have any major titles coming out, and therefore won't be worth it to anyone.

1GB of ram I really hope they increase that. How do you aquire games for it? Via the internet or on disks/cartridges in stores?

That would be problematic for people such as Xeda112358 who got no regular Internet access at home. I hate how some companies and software developers always assume that every single people on the earth who got computer access also got full Internet access (eg when you buy a software, now the readme is no longer on the CD, but rather online somewhere)

Ok they have enough money to set up a small production line by now