Nvidia just announced a handheld game console with Tegra 4

http://live.theverge.com/live-from-nvidia-ces-2013/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3845282/nvidia-announces-project-shield-handheld-gaming-system

not expected.

They arent even playing the same game as Sony, and its for their benefit. Android isnt going anywhere. Its a thriving ecosystem that will only continue to grow. Nvidia doesnt have to spend a dime promoting this. Vita has no games, this will games by the hundreds coming out every month (Even if most arent a top quality). Plus it runs every Android app out there.

Nvidia immediately has a much stronger and supported ecosystem they dont have to do a thing to support. As long as Nvidia can sell the system at a profit they are golden, no matter how many they sell. Likewise as the consumer, if you buy it you dont have to worry about it flopping or failing. The ecosystem you just bought into isny in question and youll keep getting the games.

Really the thing cant lose. Its just a question of how much it will succeed.

Introduced with in engine Unreal Engine 4 demo

Good bit more powerful than Vita

Runs Android - including all apps

CAN STREAM STEAM GAMES TO EITHER DEVICE OR TV AS A STEAMBOX IF PC HAS NVIDIA GPU

Tegra 4 can decode 4K video

No proprietary jacks on this handheld system, says Jen-Hsun.

5-inch 720p "Retinal" display with multi-touch.

USB, micro SD, mini HDMI port and headphone jack up front.

Two analog joysticks, 4 bumpers, d-pad

38Wh battery!! That's almost as much battery capacity as an iPad!

5 - 10 hours of gameplay

24 hours of HD video playback

"It takes advantage of the elasticity of the air..." comparable to the sound of an HP Beats laptop or a Jawbone Jambox, he says.

"Okay, we take that back. He's holding a real system. The screen is just so crisp that from here we mistook it for a sheet of paper."

Did NVIDIA just build a portable Xbox RT before Microsoft?

Does it have Zelda and Bravely Default ?

Nope, so i think i will stick to my 3DS

Nvidia has to understand that not everything is about graphics

Now Vita is trully totally obsolete in a vast way

Sony should just stop production and get it over with

I like the design of it

Does it have Zelda and Bravely Default ?

Nope, so i think i will stick to my 3DS

Nvidia has to understand that not everything is about graphics

loosingENDS

I'll remember this post just in case they ever release any games on it in the future that you might praise.

Why do we even need another handheld system? The market can BARELY support the 3DS and Vita as it is.charizard1605

3DS has 25 million sales in a extremly short ammount of time

That is called "barely supported" ????

dafuq

Gotta say, that looks sexy.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Why do we even need another handheld system? The market can BARELY support the 3DS and Vita as it is.loosingENDS

3DS has 25 million sales in a extremly short ammount of time

That is called "barely supported" ????

Gotta say, that looks sexy.

jethrovegas

I actually gotta agree on this one

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Why do we even need another handheld system? The market can BARELY support the 3DS and Vita as it is.charizard1605

3DS has 25 million sales in a extremly short ammount of time

That is called "barely supported" ????

4 million i think

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

3DS has 25 million sales in a extremly short ammount of time

That is called "barely supported" ????

loosingENDS

4 million i think

Streams PC games. SAGE_OF_FIRE

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"]Streams PC games. MFDOOM1983

This will fail. How many times do these ultra powerful handhelds have to fail before these companies realize that the handheld market isn't about power! It's about portability. That's why Nintendo has been winning for the past 20+ years.

By the way... that's one ugly looking thing. It's absurd. I hope the final product doesn't resemble that.

If this portable is running AC3 in 4K,whats that say for PS4/720 ? :pkillzowned24

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] How many sales does the Vita have?charizard1605

4 million i think

[QUOTE="killzowned24"]If this portable is running AC3 in 4K,whats that say for PS4/720 ? :pMFDOOM1983

Who the heck would buy that?

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] How many sales does the Vita have?charizard1605

4 million i think

Which is ?

cool but, have no plans getting one... i do have to see good they but a hdmi output on itk2theswiss

What on Earth is that ugly thing? I think Nvidia is getting crazy and/or desperate.

This will fail. How many times do these ultra powerful handhelds have to fail before these companies realize that the handheld market isn't about power! It's about portability. That's why Nintendo has been winning for the past 20+ years.

By the way... that's one ugly looking thing. It's absurd. I hope the final product doesn't resemble that.

zenogandia

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

4 million i think

loosingENDS

Which is ?

What on Earth is that ugly thing? I think Nvidia is getting crazy and/or desperate.

Teufelhuhn

cool but, have no plans getting one... i do have to see good they but a hdmi output on itk2theswiss

[QUOTE="zenogandia"]

This will fail. How many times do these ultra powerful handhelds have to fail before these companies realize that the handheld market isn't about power! It's about portability. That's why Nintendo has been winning for the past 20+ years.

By the way... that's one ugly looking thing. It's absurd. I hope the final product doesn't resemble that.

k2theswiss

Plus, times have changed. It's harder for other companies to do well in the market with the introduction of smartphones. Nintendo is the only one surviving (again) like they have been for 20 years.

I won't be impressed until they announce the price

WHAT, what is this, am I going crazy or is Nvidia?

wat was that some lame wii hate joke kid get lost , a handheld cant compete with a full fledge console , and you know it ,

and with the vita struggling i highly doubt this will be any different

Gotta say, that looks sexy.

jethrovegas

I doubt this device will be priced lower than $300, and at that price it will likely fail.

I doubt this device will be priced lower than $300, and at that price it will likely fail.

DarkGamer007

Hard to say, just have to wait and see.

wat was that some lame wii hate joke kid get lost , a handheld cant compete with a full fledge console , and you know it ,

and with the vita struggling i highly doubt this will be any different

mariokart64fan

[QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

wat was that some lame wii hate joke kid get lost , a handheld cant compete with a full fledge console , and you know it ,

and with the vita struggling i highly doubt this will be any different

charizard1605

He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

wat was that some lame wii hate joke kid get lost , a handheld cant compete with a full fledge console , and you know it ,

and with the vita struggling i highly doubt this will be any different

PhazonBlazer

He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...

So nvidia is asking me to pay possibly $200 to do what I could do with a $5 HDMI cable?(not to mention the lack of lag and better A/V quality with HDMI)