Second, there's the issue of piracy. Android is plagued by rampant piracy, and the issue has even driven some developers to just . The piracy problem might scare developers off of creating bigger and better TV-optimized games for the Android platform.

Having OnLive on board is great, but without developers on board the Ouya isn't much more than a glorified Apple TV for gamers. Streaming games in our living room is great, but it doesn't fix some of the more pressing issues.

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