Ouya drops the free trial requirements

Turns out some devs had difficulties with Ouya's approach,
Text: Bengt Lemne
Published 2014-03-25

CVG reports that Ouya are dropping the requirement that all games on the platform need a demo or free version.

"Free to Try seemed like an obvious choice for an open platform", said Ouya's Bob Mills. "We knew it appealed to gamers, but it turned out many devs had trouble meeting the requirement, didn't want to make a demo, or weren't sure how to monetize their game."

"So we found ourselves weighing one good thing against another. Do we support the awesome feeling of getting to try anything before you buy it, or do we make the pathway to publishing on the TV even easier for devs? It was a difficult choice."

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