Nvidia Shield - Really, who's going to buy this thing?

What is Nvidia smoking?

I love the concept behind Shield, especially its ability to stream PC games. But $350 is a lot of money - especially for an Android device that is unwieldy as anything other than a pure gaming device. If it were $250 or less, I would consider getting one, but given that you need a 600-series GPU from Nvidia to even take advantage of the streaming, you have lost a lot of the PC gaming market right there. I'm still running a GTX 560 Ti, for example, and I would buy a new graphics card before I get one of these things. 

Nvidia should have allowed any Android device to use their streaming technology from Nvidia GPUs... but no... They had to make everything proprietary, and charge people an arm and a leg for it. I hope that whoever greenlighted this project at Nvidia gets fired - this isn't what PC gaming needs right now. 

Nvidia should have allowed any Android device to use their streaming technology from Nvidia GPUs... but no... They had to make everything proprietary, and charge people an arm and a leg for it. I hope that whoever greenlighted this project at Nvidia gets fired - this isn't what PC gaming needs right now. 

The_Capitalist

Did you ever stop to think that they integrated technology into Tegra 4 and GTX 600+  to handle the fast encoding and decoding over wi-fi networks that's required for an insanely good video stream? This ain't what PC gaming needs? PC is all about options. It's an optional product that in no way is needed for anything. It's for those who might want an Android tablet and they throw in some unique features to make it appealing and stand out in the crowd, such as physical controls (because touchscreen only is f*cking awful) and the PC streaming.

Wish people would stop getting so anal over things they never planned to buy in the first place and act as if everything needs to cater to them only.

The reason that the game streaming tech couldn't ever be just applied across the board to any android device is that 90%+ of any games besides mobile-specific games would be damn near impossible, if not actually impossible, to control with a touch screen. So there's that. Expecting them to just make that some universal feature for android is beyond asinine. The shield has a gamepad, designed to replicate a 360 controller, which  does  work for the vast majority of PC games.

Not me.

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Bikouchu35

Winning.

nvidia shield - shielding nerds' virginity 4ever....

I'm not buying it.

It's a gimmick and I have no idea why Nvidia is doing this...

:lol:

Bikouchu35

Now if they can get the stupid batteries in the phones lasting a lot longer life..Id be ok with gaming on the go..Freakin batteries are a joke at this point..This really needs to change in order for the phones to be serious for gaming on the go..It drains batteries so quick..I like the attatchment for the phone though..See your using a galaxy love mind lol..

Now if they can get the stupid batteries in the phones lasting a lot longer life..Id be ok with gaming on the go..Freakin batteries are a joke at this point..This really needs to change in order for the phones to be serious for gaming on the go..It drains batteries so quick..I like the attatchment for the phone though..See your using a galaxy love mind lol..

Gladestone1

Yeah, the battery does suck, esp. a smartphone is suppose to be all in one, so if it dies you are screwed as in you can't call, text, the basics as oppose to a regular gaming device which matters less if it dies. Sadly I don't have a galaxy or android which the gameklip thing only supports and not iphone, I already got it to work, but their website insist is not compatible so they don't carry any I think.