Nvidia's Shield console gets price and release date

[Crimson Ghoul]

5" android tablet with a controller attached to it for $350?

nty

I'll just use my galaxy note 2 and my moga

 

[Coto]

I'd say pricey, but 4 cpu cores (though arm), and 72 gpu cores makes the console far from weak, but quite powerful. So yeah, I have mixed feelings about this one

 

[BrightNeko]

So what games does it have/can play?

 

[jomaper]

NINTENDO IS DOOMED

 

[gamefan5]

NINTENDO IS DOOMED

Let's get back on topic, shall we?

 

[dickfour]

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.

 

[pwsincd]

I cannot seem to get past the "child like design" of it to even contemplate the price .. man its ugly.

Looks like something v-tech would churn out.

 

[jomaper]

I think this is waaaay too overpriced.
I mean, you can't play crazy hd games but you can stream, ok, but in order to stream you need an even more expensive PC.
lol nvidia...

 

[IBNobody]

Catch up? do you mean get cheaper?
there are plenty of GPU's/setups that outperform the next gen already =/

Do tell. They need to actually beat the next-gen systems in order to handle sloppy ports.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

Way overpriced for what it is. You'd be better off getting a nexus and a cheap bluetooth controller since not many games are going to make use of the extra power.

 

[Foxi4]

As it stands today, the console's quite powerful but lacks the software to back up such a high price. I suppose it goes well with NVidia's previous statement about the PS4 being "netbook grade" in the sense that they're not pulling any punches with this one.

Unfortunately the only way I see this possibly working out as a genuine gaming system is a huge advertising campaign to draw in developers and get some TegraZone-exclusive software that really shows what the hardware is capable of... which isn't very likely to happen as developers will always opt to release their Android apps on the Play Store simultaneously with TegraZone given the chance, simply to attract more potential customers.

That, and I agree that the system looks hideous and in fact not very portable. Shape-wise it seems to be a flattened 360 controller with a screen - not something you'd carry around, at least not in your pocket... maybe in a bag/backpack or a special case.

 

[tbgtbg]

Only way this sells is if they get Dean Ambrose to be their spokesperson.

 

[Shoat]

Considering that nvidia products in general are very high priced (and that the thing is near-useless unless you have a super-kickass pc to stream stuff from, at which point you're easily rich enough to get this aswell), this is no surprise.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I lold

 

[Aeter]

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

 

[GeekyGuy]

I'd say pricey, but 4 cpu cores (though arm), and 72 gpu cores makes the console far from weak, but quite powerful. So yeah, I have mixed feelings about this one

Sounds like a lot of power...for such a small screen.

 

[Veho]

Sounds like a lot of power...for such a small screen.

It's not the size, it's how you use it It's 720p, so probably 1280 × 720, that's a lot of pixels. And it has HDMI-out, so I'm assuming it supports 1080p as well.

 

[TripleSMoon]

It's not the size, it's how you use it It's 720p, so probably 1280 × 720, that's a lot of pixels. And it has HDMI-out, so I'm assuming it supports 1080p as well.

HDMI doesn't automatically equal 1080p capability. Tons of flat screens that only go up to 720p have HDMI ports.

 

[mrtofu]

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[bowser]

At that price, it had better have something to do with S.H.I.E.L.D