Many media outlets noticed yesterday that the Android TV-powered Razer Forge TV had disappeared from the Google Store. With no official word on whether it would be restocked or replaced, it was assumed that Razer‘s Android TV experiment had come to a close. As it turns out, it hasn’t, as engadget has received that not only is the Forge TV not dead, but Razer is “doubling-down on Android gaming”.
“Following our acquisition of OUYA, we’ve been focused on integrating the content we inherited and building a spiritual successor to OUYA with the Forge TV. We’re doubling-down on Android gaming in the living room and looking forward to producing the world’s largest library of Android TV games, from AAA to indie. Concurrently, we are working to ramp-up production to address present demand and should have more news to share soon.”
You’ll notice that Razer mentions Ouya, who they purchased earlier this year – note, however, that Razer only kept the software half of Ouya’s personnel so presumably most of the differences in any Forge TV follow-ups will be in the user interface, not the actual hardware. Let’s see what comes of this.
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Source: engadget
