DF reviews Nvidia Shield: The ultimate in Android and portable PC gaming?

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

vita is done

[QUOTE="loco145"]

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

Desmonic

meh android lol Nvidia shouldn't be wasting their money on this

[QUOTE="Desmonic"]

[QUOTE="loco145"]

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

SaltyMeatballs

Said it from the start. All the little cool kids said it would suck. God proved them wrong.

Could be more powerful than my PC, I still don't want or need one

looks pretty bulky/clunky for a mobile device

Still looks ugly, and big! Rather play those games on my phone!

So it steams the games I play on my PC, except without KB&M. No thanks! rjdofu

[QUOTE="Desmonic"]

[QUOTE="loco145"]

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

SaltyMeatballs

http://www.shacknews.com/article/80573/nvidia-claims-shield-sales-are-great-planning-to-ramp-production

It actually doing great beating nvidia expetations.  

This is 2013 not 2005 and while smartphone games library is still lacking compared to handhelds is getting better day by day, Games like riptide Gp2 and bards Tale are comparable to AAA games on handhelds. 

It can play remote play pc games now unlike Vita ( you know since Ps4 isnt yet out )

While i agree Psvita is better for gaming now the capabilities of Nvidia shield and the sheer power of hardware ( tegra 4 ) for $300 are not bad at all

It looks awful, like something from the 80s. Get that Razer tablet that has absurd specs or something if you want a portable "gaming" lol PC.

But honestly, it probably could give the gamegear a run for its money with that design.

looks pretty bulky/clunky for a mobile device

lostrib

It looks awful, like something from the 80s. Get that Razer tablet that has absurd specs or something if you want a portable "gaming" lol PC.

But honestly, it probably could give the gamegear a run for its money with that design.

Razor_defiace

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"]

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"] I think it will do a lot worse. Besides, it's a gimped Vita. Vita has better native games, and can remote play PS4 games. Shield has shit native games, and can remote play PC, and whilst PC has a big library of games the shield is limited by what is controller friendly on PC.Desmonic

http://www.shacknews.com/article/80573/nvidia-claims-shield-sales-are-great-planning-to-ramp-production

It actually doing great beating nvidia expetations.  

This is 2013 not 2005 and while smartphone games library is still lacking compared to handhelds is getting better day by day, Games like riptide Gp2 and bards Tale are comparable to AAA games on handhelds. 

It can play remote play pc games now unlike Vita ( you know since Ps4 isnt yet out )

While i agree Psvita is better for gaming now the capabilities of Nvidia shield and the sheer power of hardware ( tegra 4 ) for $300 are not bad at all

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"]

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"] I think it will do a lot worse. Besides, it's a gimped Vita. Vita has better native games, and can remote play PS4 games. Shield has shit native games, and can remote play PC, and whilst PC has a big library of games the shield is limited by what is controller friendly on PC.Desmonic

http://www.shacknews.com/article/80573/nvidia-claims-shield-sales-are-great-planning-to-ramp-production

It actually doing great beating nvidia expetations.  

This is 2013 not 2005 and while smartphone games library is still lacking compared to handhelds is getting better day by day, Games like riptide Gp2 and bards Tale are comparable to AAA games on handhelds. 

It can play remote play pc games now unlike Vita ( you know since Ps4 isnt yet out )

While i agree Psvita is better for gaming now the capabilities of Nvidia shield and the sheer power of hardware ( tegra 4 ) for $300 are not bad at all

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="Desmonic"] That's pretty relative to what Nvidia expected to sell in the first place. Selling 200k instead of a 100k for example is a huge increase, but nothing to brag about. And as others have pointed out, the PC streaming is heavily dependent on games which are controller friendly.

Desmonic

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

[QUOTE="loco145"]

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

Desmonic

Well, much like the Vita, the real draw of this thing is going to be its ability to stream games from a meatier device (a PC), which isn't heavily dependent on install base.

At the right price, even I might get one solely to stream PC games.

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

lx_theo

The issue here is that this thing looks un-appealing and that there are cheaper/more useful alternatives to portable gaming out there.

It's otherwise not a bad "first try" for Nvidia to enter the portable gaming/handheld console market and not a complete flop either. (200K units sold at launch is decent)

This market will certainly evolve further in the future and perhaps even start to rival home consoles.

but in many cases we can see that the games are not optimised for the platform, and that's a key disadvantage compared to dedicated mobile gaming platforms like the Nintendo 3DS or the PlayStation Vita.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

adamosmaki

"Let's cut straight to the chase: Nvidia Shield is a superb, state-of-the-art handheld product."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-shield-review

RIP, Vita.

loco145

how did vita fail? sales/games matter. however i'm happy it did well, more competition is better :)

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

lx_theo

Can you explain why it doesn't appeal to handheld or hermits?

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

TheFadeForever

Can you explain why it doesn't appeal to handheld or hermits?

The people it would appeal to would be people who actually prefer the handheld experience, but prefer the gaming scene on PC over handheld lineups. A specific, limited market.

Satisfied, local idiot hermit #2?

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

I can't imagine this being anything but a very limited market. Doesn't appeal to the handheld gamer. Doesn't appeal to the hermits who love their PC gaming experience. Doesn't appeal to a mobile gamer who already have their android or iOS phones/tablets. It appeals to those PC gamers that like the handheld experience enough to pull the trigger on a pretty high price point. Unless hermits do just burn away money (despite claims they don't), I could never imagine it appealing to anything but a limited market.

lx_theo

Can you explain why it doesn't appeal to handheld or hermits?

The people it would appeal to would be people who actually prefer the handheld experience, but prefer the gaming scene on PC over handheld lineups. A specific, limited market.

Satisfied, local idiot hermit #2?

Great calling me an idiot an idiot hermit thank you for the paragraph you wrote. You forget that a hermit could be interested in it and want to buy because it streams pc games using the Nvidia grid.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

 

Can you explain why it doesn't appeal to handheld or hermits?

TheFadeForever

The people it would appeal to would be people who actually prefer the handheld experience, but prefer the gaming scene on PC over handheld lineups. A specific, limited market.

Satisfied, local idiot hermit #2?

Great calling me an idiot an idiot hermit thank you for the paragraph you wrote. You forget that a hermit could be interested in it and want to buy because it streams pc games using the Nvidia grid.

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"] It won't have a dedicated handheld lineup (just mobile games and streaming). So handheld gamers won't find much point to owning one. A hermit is a person who prefers the PC gaming experiences already. They'd prefer being able to use keyboard and such over the handheld experience in the first place, so the only point to get one would be to say they are capable of doing it/the novelty factor and not using it almost ever. And if a person does that, then they'd just be an idiot who is burning away their money.

The people it would appeal to would be people who actually prefer the handheld experience, but prefer the gaming scene on PC over handheld lineups. A specific, limited market.

Satisfied, local idiot hermit #2?

lx_theo

Great calling me an idiot an idiot hermit thank you for the paragraph you wrote. You forget that a hermit could be interested in it and want to buy because it streams pc games using the Nvidia grid.

When did I say the shield is needed to use Nvidia Grid he can use the grid on the shield and play the games in different location on the go instead of relying on his pc at home which will require a certain Nvidia card to stream the game. Assuming that there aren't any hermits that doesn't like the handheld experience?

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

Great calling me an idiot an idiot hermit thank you for the paragraph you wrote. You forget that a hermit could be interested in it and want to buy because it streams pc games using the Nvidia grid.

TheFadeForever

When did I say the shield is needed to use Nvidia Grid he can use the grid on the shield and play the games in different location instead of relying on his pc at home which will require a certain Nvidia card to stream the game. Assuming that there aren't any hermits that doesn't like the handheld experience?

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"] Except, local idiot hermit #2, the Shield is not needed to use Nvidia Grid. Why would a hermit who doesn't prefer the handheld experience opt for said handheld experience when experiences nearer to PC gaming are available? Especially at that price.lx_theo

When did I say the shield is needed to use Nvidia Grid he can use the grid on the shield and play the games in different location instead of relying on his pc at home which will require a certain Nvidia card to stream the game. Assuming that there aren't any hermits that doesn't like the handheld experience?

Yea because my argument was stupid right?When it can stream pc games on the go and that its portable which can appeal to certain groups of people. Being a hermit doesn't mean he/she can't like the handheld experience especially when it is capable of streaming pc games on the go my friend is a hardcore pc gamer doesn't own any other gaming platform or like them and he pre order the shield.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

When did I say the shield is needed to use Nvidia Grid he can use the grid on the shield and play the games in different location instead of relying on his pc at home which will require a certain Nvidia card to stream the game. Assuming that there aren't any hermits that doesn't like the handheld experience?

TheFadeForever

Yea because my argument was stupid right?When it can stream pc games on the go and that its portable. Being a hermit doesn't mean he/she can't like the handheld experience especially when it can stream pc games on the go my friend is a hardcore pc gamer doesn't own any other gaming platform and he pre order the shield.

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"] I never said you said it was needed. Only that that fact makes your argument that much more stupid. And I must say again, a hermit is someone who prefers the PC gaming experience over the handheld gaming experience. When options are available to play in different locations that more closely match PC gaming experience, why would a person choose the handheld gaming experience over that? Especially at that price. It appeals to someone who really doesn't care for the PC gaming experience all that much, but like the gaming scene on it. That's not a hermit since they are just putting up with PC gaming because it has the games they want. Its almost like I've said this three times now. And you wonder why i call you local idiot hermit #2?lx_theo

Yea because my argument was stupid right?When it can stream pc games on the go and that its portable. Being a hermit doesn't mean he/she can't like the handheld experience especially when it can stream pc games on the go my friend is a hardcore pc gamer doesn't own any other gaming platform and he pre order the shield.

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

Yea because my argument was stupid right?When it can stream pc games on the go and that its portable. Being a hermit doesn't mean he/she can't like the handheld experience especially when it can stream pc games on the go my friend is a hardcore pc gamer doesn't own any other gaming platform and he pre order the shield.

DarthRamms

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

[QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

 

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

lx_theo

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

why should I to you :roll:

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

[QUOTE="TheFadeForever"]

Yea because my argument was stupid right?When it can stream pc games on the go and that its portable. Being a hermit doesn't mean he/she can't like the handheld experience especially when it can stream pc games on the go my friend is a hardcore pc gamer doesn't own any other gaming platform and he pre order the shield.

DarthRamms

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

all hermits have the same mindset and think alike :cool:

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

 

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

DarthRamms

why should I to you :roll:

[QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]

 

Again. Don't know if you're too stupid to understand it, or you're just ignoring it.

TheFadeForever

well the shield appeals to me an I'm a hermit :P

all hermits have the same mindset and think alike :cool:

the shield won't appeal to all hermits but its not every single one think the pc gaming is so god like they won't try anythign else

[QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"] And yet again a hermit who doesn't (or maybe even can't) explain why.lx_theo

why should I to you :roll:

ok here my reason I like the idea of streaming pc games since with the Grid it will be capable of streaming games I also used to play andriod games a lot so I'm quite interested in getting back to android gaming also I travel alot

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

 

why should I to you :roll:

DarthRamms

ok here my reason I like the idea of streaming pc games since with the Grid it will be capable of streaming games I also used to play andriod games a lot so I'm quite interested in getting back to android gaming also I travel alot

[QUOTE="DarthRamms"]

[QUOTE="lx_theo"] Because no other hermits have proposed a logical reason to demonstrate that hermits who it appeal to are actually hermits and not complete ignoramuses that burn through money. It seems your reluctance to even speak briefly on why would be fair enough reason to think you cannot think of any reason to defend it that can hold up to logical scrutiny. lx_theo

ok here my reason I like the idea of streaming pc games since with the Grid it will be capable of streaming games I also used to play andriod games a lot so I'm quite interested in getting back to android gaming also I travel alot

There are android games I can't play on my phone note the shield is using a powerful processor that can produce better looking game than your typical cell phone which nvidia said will have games titles that will use its power. I have a old labtop not comfortable for gaming many times when traveling I prefer it small and I really like the way they design it looks easy and comfortable to play games on than a cellphone.