Nvidia's Shield console gets price and release date

[Deleted-236924]

I might buy it but that depends on what it offers that no other handheld has. Shit, if someone came up with a GameCube emulator that worked well I'd fork over the cash.

Well you could stream Dolphin from your PC.

 

[raulpica]

Archos GamePad looks better and more comfortable and costs less than half of this monstrosity and I wouldn't even buy that.

Too bad that the Archos Gamepad is total ass, at least from every review I've read on it out there.

 

[heartgold]

Is it powerful enough to emulate GC and Wii games at playable speed? Just curious.

Something I might pick up at a latter date if ever possible.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Is it powerful enough to emulate GC and Wii games at playable speed?

Heheh...

Ha

Ho ho ho...

AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Yeah I know you were just curious. But still funny. it has a cutting edge mobile processor, dude... You need something pretty hefty that's not mobile to near-perfectly emulate GCN/Wii games

 

[Aeter]

Too bad that the Archos Gamepad is total ass, at least from every review I've read on it out there.

Funny, one of the first reviews I found by googling the device gave it an 8/10, didn't read the review though and don't know how good wired is as a review website for android gaming devices.
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/03/archos-gamepad/

 

[ilman]

Well, the developer of the Android version of Dolphin did say that the Tegra 4 should run GC games at playable speeds. But, then again, I wouldn't want to be seen with this monstrosity in public, which defeats the purpose.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Well, the developer of the Android version of Dolphin did say that the Tegra 4 should run GC games at playable speeds. But, then again, I wouldn't want to be seen with this monstrosity in public, which defeats the purpose.

Wait a minute... There's an Android version of Dolphin?

This is news to me... :eek:

 

[dickfour]

The new JXD quad core handhelds might be a more digestible price

 

[heartgold]

Wait a minute... There's an Android version of Dolphin?

This is news to me... :eek:

Ha yes.
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Threa...ead-donations-for-dolphin-android-development

Consider Nvidia Shield has a monster GPU compared to S4 and co. There's a chance it could emulate slightly better. Quad A15 isn't the bottleneck, more than good enough, but mobile GPU isn't good in today's phones for this emulation.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Ha yes.
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Threa...ead-donations-for-dolphin-android-development

Consider Nvidia Shield has a monster GPU compared to S4 and co. There's a chance it could emulate slightly better. Quad A15 isn't the bottleneck, more than good enough, but mobile GPU isn't good in today's phones for this emulation.

Except the official Google play store description says that it's completely unplayable beyond 1 frame per second, even with the "most powerful android device in the world". Sounds like the actual progress on the app is what's causing the current performance, not necessarily the devices themselves.

 

[The Milkman]

This would have been worth money if it had a x86 processor instead of this Tegra crap. It could have used a custom build of Android x86 and also some other OS (Like Win 7/8) rather then just be an over-priced Xperia Play 2.

 

[Tokiopop]

It it me or its just damn ugly?
NVIDIA should have inspired their design from the pandora console adding a physical keyboard it would be much more attractive to me.

Hopefully they don't get inspired by OpenPandoras refund and pre-order design.

Pre-order = waiting years and still not getting it, despite them sending them out to people who didn't even pre-order
Refunds = 9 months of waiting for a cheque which is still yet to arrive.

 

[Bladexdsl]

LMAO this won't last long!
shield meet the virtual boy you'll soon be joining it

 

[notmeanymore]

I'm really considering this thing. Gotta get a nice Nvidia in this computer first though. And by that point, maybe it'll go down in price to that "just right" level.

 

[Tokiopop]

LMAO this won't last long!
shield meet the virtual boy you'll soon be joining it

Just because something is niche doesn't mean it's bad. Sure, it doesn't look great but if it's comfortable and plays well I'm all for it since I don't spend my time with a console looking at its aesthetics.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I can go buy an android tablet with a tegra 3 chip cheaper than this thing and it will be almost the same minus a bluetooth analog controller which is EASY to add!

 

[KingVamp]

This would have been worth money if it had a x86 processor instead of this Tegra crap. It could have used a custom build of Android x86 and also some other OS (Like Win 7/8) rather then just be an over-priced Xperia Play 2.

Except the people who made the device is the same people who made Tegra and Intel is just starting to come out with chips to even compete in the moblie space. Link

As a bonus. Link


This is nothing like the Xperia Play.

 

[Bobbyloujo]

It it me or its just damn ugly?
NVIDIA should have inspired their design from the pandora console adding a physical keyboard it would be much more attractive to me.

It looks marvelous to me. I'm kinda tired of thin, brick-shaped handhelds. It may not fit in your pocket but at least it won't give you hand cramps.

I would buy one of these if it wasn't $350. I'd be playin' FPse on this thing allll day. It would also be nice if it had a 1080p display but that's not really a huge deal.

 

[the_randomizer]

Well, the developer of the Android version of Dolphin did say that the Tegra 4 should run GC games at playable speeds. But, then again, I wouldn't want to be seen with this monstrosity in public, which defeats the purpose.

I'd imagine the heat from that device under heavy CPU/GPU load would deep fry your legs.

 

[The Milkman]

Except the people who made the device is the same people who made Tegra and Intel is just starting to come out with chips to even compete in the moblie space. Link

As a bonus. Link


This is nothing like the Xperia Play.

Your right, its worse and more expensive.

It doesn't matter if Intel's chips cant compete with Tegras, the use of x86 structure over the basic ARM everyone and their mum is using gives them a massive advantage. Hell, add a inch or so and stuff a Atom in there.

Better yet, Razer was selling plans and designs of the Switchblade prototype out, a WORKING prototype. You're not going to tell me a hardware giant like Nvidia can't drop a few bucks to make something worth selling, rather then just another device that's been done, and only contends to a niche market.

And also while we're at it, can someone tell me what the hell having a certain model of graphics card has to do with whether I can stream or not?