So who's getting an NVida Shield?

[Hidavi]

$350 NVidia Shield coming out in less than 30 days. It looks like it COULD be better than the Vita, but lets be honest; this is just a fancy way to play your Android games...

Still, I'm drawn to its cool-looking design. I'll wait 6 months to see how it goes and if I want to get one.

[wc326]

it is running android lol, i dont' expect many games on it.

[t0adp1p3]

it is running android lol, i dont' expect many games on it.

Not sure who the market is for this, people without cell phones? This is going to fail miserably. A handheld that plays android games, you can already play on a android phone, where do I sign up?

[Mangler]

Don't forget that you can also play pc games with input lag on it!

[The Luggage]

I don't see the point of this device, especially at the price they're asking.

[Rambozo]

Don't forget that you can also play pc games with input lag on it!

why do you assume that there will be input lag?

I'm seriously considering this thing, though I think it's expensive for what it is.

I would like a WiiU experience on PC, though I expect that it simply wont be. Hell, PC hardly has gamepad support. PC is the slowest to evolve.

I will probably hold out. Perhaps the Wii U pad will be hacked on PC. There is progress there. I'm trying not to hold my breath.

If only the games would come to Wii U, I would be happy.

[Mangler]

Well, it had input lag in the videos they have up demonstrating the thing, so I'm not really assuming anything.

[Rambozo]

Well, it had input lag in the videos they have up demonstrating the thing, so I'm not really assuming anything.

oh, perhaps have wait for reviews. A shoehorn none the less though, which is too bad.

[Hyrax]

This will fail terribly. They should of made shield an android app and sell the controller dock separately. You can play PC games now with practically any device using streaming software.

They should focus on refining the software to perfectly sync audio/video/input.

[Sound_Card]

is all I got to say.

[skyguy]

I might buy it. But then, this is how I calculate if it's worth it. I can buy this for $350 or at $5 a game on Amazon or Steam, I could have a new collection of 70 games for the same price. Hmm, what shall I choose? That would be my biggest record of buying games in one calendar year. Tough choice.

[wc326]

so people actually consider buying this to stream their pc gam,e??

[Hidavi]

Youre all right but it makes me mad. This looks so cool and I wish it would succeed

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[Qb2k5]

If they sold a tegra4-less version for $200 cheaper I may bite. As of right now I think I will pass.

[wc326]

with a system like that it is laughable.
a gaming device, with actually no support by any game developer company lol.

even vita with support by sony and other company does not even have many games.

so look out, you are simply buying something that will get replaced within 6 months or a year

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i am not sure what is the point of this system lol.......

[skyguy]

That video shows some good reasons not to buy it.

You have apps that rotate vertically and its not easy to hold the controller sideways.

I like to swipe commands by typing and the layout is inconvenient to hold the gamepad in one hand and swipe with the other. What if I want to just hold the screen, the weight from the controller will make it hard to use my left hand thumb to do anything.

Reading any websites looks like a pain because the vertical axis is constrained by the screen height.

After watching this video, they should of just made a tablet and gamepad separate somehow and let me use it naturally.

I'm sorry to say, that video convinced me not to buy. If Nvidia could fix these problems, then it would actually be useful for my needs.

It definitely looked interesting, but just usability went out the window for me. I was planning on using it for beyond gaming.

[wc326]

you just made the most valid point.

the rotation of this device will suck, its big, it is in weired shape

[OzzieBloke]

I've never had a hand-held gaming device of any sort. I've played friends' Gameboys, Atari Lynx, PSPs, and Vitas, and all I can say is: Meh.

This monstrosity?

Megameh.

[aviphysics]

They should of just made a tablet and gamepad separate somehow and let me use it naturally.

Basically this. If it was a 7" tablet with attachable game pad, it would have made a lot more sense.

As it, it is a joke.

[wc326]

0 vs 30 lol

nvidia should take a look at this thread

[Dungeoncrawler]

I've had my fill of android-based tech.

[Sound_Card]

In my opinion, I think its a product to test their name in the waters. Quite honestly, I think they are under the assumption gamers will eat up anything with their name on it. Some of them even on this very forum. But as the product stands, fortunately, people realize it is a over sized android device that cost $350.

[Progression]

Quite honestly, I think they are under the assumption gamers will eat up anything with their name on it. Some of them even on this very forum.

Yeah, the votes totally prove your point.

[Skynet]

Yeah, the votes totally prove your point.

They have not yet arrived.

I'm going to go ahead and assume JHH is trolling us, this has to be one of the dumbest products I have ever seen. Why Nvidia, you generally make good products.

[aviphysics]

I would bet dollars to donuts that this thing will eventually pop up in a sci-fi TV-show/movie as some kind of futuristic tricorder type device. That might even be the primary market for this ridiculous device.

[skyguy]

For those that already have a tablet, when you install Splashtop HD on your android device, you can run your pc games fullscreen with a NVidia card and a tegra as long as you keep the resolution down to 1280x720.

I kept having problems getting the error the program cannot work in fullscreen until I changed the resolution away from 1920x1080.

Shield totally unnecessary for me now.

[KAC]

Definitely purchasing this...











... Never

[Perky McGiggles]

I just don't get it... it plays Android games. It's basically a cell phone with a mounted controller. Most of us have cell phones capable of playing these games, and if we needed to there are ways to use a controller with our cell phones currently.

So... I'm just not sure why they did this.

[wc326]

THEY DON'T even show you what android game you can play lol

instead streaming pc game is the only way to go

[Ub3r_n00b]

Its like... nVidia gets shut out of the console market, so they said "**** you guys, we'll make our own", and thus this unwanted bastard child was born.

[KAC]

This is quite possibly the stupidest product I have seen. I will love to be convinced otherwise but seriously, controller for Android is pretty frickin' stupid and streaming PC games? Seriously, why?

[ragewars_sc]

I think i will need to preorder this since the demand is so high... )))))))

[wc326]

hahahah

sony require developer to get remote play on their ps4 game.

you know why?

[Hyrax]

How does a company get away with this getting as far as it did with this piece of crap?

Only thing I could think of is that this is one of those things that the CEO pusehed for, and be damned what everyone else thinks. I could see people being fired over this.

[jimmt]

Wow Hyrax you are mean lol. Not much for innovation/gambling? Personally the idea on the device is pretty neat. I like the idea of streaming my steam library to a handheld or to my TV. I could see myself enjoying my Steam games in my bed late at night or when I want to do big screen gaming instead of lugging my PC out of my office to connect to my 60inch I could just connect this bad boy. My only gripe is cost. It's too expensive for it's limited use. The android stuff doesn't' interest me and for android gaming I would go with a more Android built console.

I would pay $99 for this, but I am cheap...

[KAC]

NVidia should have run this poll prior to developing the product lol

[Eisberg]

Awesome, I bet this will be just as successful as Logitech Revue.

[wc326]

it would be much better system if it runs windows 8 touch. with x86

a protable x86 gaming device, which i do want..

[wc326]

shouldn't nvidia, just create their own smartphone with tegra4..
that should at least have some uses

[Hidavi]

They should have made this a kind of device where the "screen" portion can be unhitched from the rest of the body and used as a regular smartphone, but even then most Android games wouldn't be able to use the gamepad.