Haha! You think thins kind of stuff is new? Ever since 2009, China has been churning out Tablets, Phones, consoles, and TV boxes all running android. I would love to show you some of the earlier examples on www.shanzai.com, but they closed down two years ago without a word (I tweeted at them a lot with no response) IT WAS MY FAVORITE WEBSITE! But sadly all great things must come to an end. It was this American guy living in China that reviewd Chinese electronics. Lol, I think I was their only active reader. Most of their articles only got 20 clicks (they all had counters at the bottom) and I don't think many of those were "avid" readers of the site like myself. Gawd I wish I could get in contact with them and get that site up and running again.
Anyway, just so we're clear, this is not a new thing, it's only new here in the western world. Up until now, all the devices have been very slow and limited to China. Now, Joe-Blow the Canadian/American/British 25y/o hipster with an uncalledfor small business loan can make a Kickstarter and make a console even though Android still isn't ready for that kind of thing. It may be new for white people to make them, but this is by far not a new thing.