Google Going into Gaming
When the vision of a low-cost, flexible gaming console open to anyone who with a dream of developing, a large number of people flocked to stand behind it. It brought about the birth of the Ouya, the Android-based, hackable bit of hand-sized hardware that was released this week with reasonable success. Though the Ouya itself still has quirks to be worked out, its story alone ought to have reminded the corporate world of those things which the core of the gaming crowd has always supported – the freedom for anyone to choose and create. However, the Ouya might not be the sole Android console on the market for too long. In a Wall Street Journal report it has been revealed that Google is developing an Android-based gaming console of its own. Google’s Android has been long marked as the more free-for-development of the two major portable-device operating systems on the market as it sports far fewer release restrictions than Apple’s iOS. With the giant’s knack for innovation and penchant for