Thursday, May 9, 2013

Ouya delays official Launch. Why?

Julie Urhman announced that Ouya has delayed the official launch until June 25th.  This begs the question if they are having problems meeting demands.  To bring even more suspicion she announced that they raised an additional $15 million stating "This is a really important step for the long haul." Does this mean there were doubts until they got money.  The answer is Obvious.
Urhman also said that this will NOT DELAY shipment to the backers. Which is really, really great news!  She continued to say that all backers should have their units before the end of May.
So what does this all mean?  Many have had sneaky suspicions that Urhman was hiding some details on the progress of the company.  Though she has no duty to report to fans and backers as if they are board members, it did cast a bad light on her and the company.  Many were wondering if Ouya was going to make it past the next several months, especially since Urhman announced that no launch units have been produced.
Most likely the delay is due to not being able to produce enough units for the official launch. This could be bad or good. But the real questions are: Will this hurt Ouya in the short run?  Can Ouya actually make it? and Where are the good games?

Have you gotten your Ouya email yet? Will Ouya meet their deadline?



Ouya has only 17 more business days to get all of their backer units to the people who financed their company.  I got my email today.  If you are wondering what it says, here it is:
"Yep...it’s true.

Your OUYA has arrived at our distribution center and we expect it to land on your doorstep within the next two weeks (give or take a day or two depending on your location).

Be on the lookout for a confirmation email that will follow once your shipment has been picked up for delivery and which will include your personalized tracking number.


The following items will be included in this shipment:

1 x Console+1Controller_NA 

This shipment will be sent to:

              (address)



Thank YOU once again for helping to make OUYA a reality and we look forward to hearing your feedback on how we can continue to improve the OUYA experience.

Game On!

Chad
Master Problem Solver (M.P.S.)
OUYA

www.ouya.tv/blog
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www.ouya.tv/support"

So according to this email it could take as long as two weeks for me to receive my Ouya.  That puts it around the 23rd of May.  That is around 7 business day before the official launch.  If they keep this schedule they will have to send out emails like this one to all backers by the 20th to beat the deadline.  Also, remember that according to Uhrman they haven't begun building the units for the official launch.  Will they be able to meet the deadline?  How many Ouyas will be available the day of the official launch?