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Interesting business model. It's like a limited offer PS+ with all games on the machine. I wonder how devs get paid ...
inb4 troll comments about nothing to play
edit: It seems Ouya did not notify developers about this beforehand:
edit #2:
Ouya wants to give you unlimited access to all of its games if you have $60.
The Android microconsole company is now selling an All-Access Pass for its Discover app store. People who buy the pass, which is $60, will get access to every Ouya game for a year. The company claims this includes over 800 games at a value of more than $2,000. You can get it now from Ouya’s online store and use it immediately to download any game for the system. That includes the four-player fighting game Towerfall, which is the system’s biggest hit, and developer Double Fine’s Kickstarter adventure Broken Age.
Ouya’s site notes that the All-Access Pass is only on sale for a limited time. It also claims that it will only sell a finite amount. GamesBeat reached out to the company for more details, and we’ll update this post with new information when we have it.
Premium Ouya games range in price from $1 to $20. The aforementioned Towerfall sells for $15 on Ouya Discover, so you could easily spend $60 on just a few Ouya games, so this is potentially a pretty good deal — as long as you remember to actually play the games you download.
Interesting business model. It's like a limited offer PS+ with all games on the machine. I wonder how devs get paid ...
inb4 troll comments about nothing to play
edit: It seems Ouya did not notify developers about this beforehand:
edit #2:
It doesn't seem they're screwing devs.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/219939/Ouya_tests_allyoucaneat_subscription_program.php
A developer has provided Gamasutra with an email from Ouya's developer relations team that explains the new pilot program -- a which it calls a "very limited test" of "an all-you-can-eat, everything-is-free, 12-month game subscription." Another Ouya developer confirmed to us that they got the same email.
According to the email, developers will be compensated as normal when these "all-you-can-eat" users "purchase" their games; the wording suggests that in-app purchases of consumable items are not included as free "purchases" during this test-run. There is no information in the email about the price of the subscription to the Ouya owners who take part in it, nor how widespread the test will be.