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meh, my PC outperforms this.



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Captain_Yuri said:
This is quite interesting. I wonder how much support this will have! Also, 1080p 60fps cloud subscription service. How interesting that Nvidia is doing this too

It's the only way they can get AAA 8th gen games to run on this system. Obviously the system is not designed to hold a lot of downloaded content with only 16GB built in memory and only upgradeable to 128. Though if they support external HDD then that's a different matter. I already have my 8th gen console, but I am more than willing to consider going with something other than the big 3 for 9th gen. Though if we have steambox then that might be more my thing.

I dunno why people are surprised at Android being able to run games, it's basically a Linux distro. 



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I wonder how much internet download/upload speed requirement for streaming...



So are those 50 games on Android? Will I be able to play them on different android devices?



Playstation TV is only $75, seems it gives you more bang for your buck.



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Intrinsic said:
So the company that talks about how crap consoles are and how weak the PS4 is make a gaming device that they say will change the face of the gaming industry.

And guess what, its a console marginally on par with the weakest console out there (assuming cpus don't exist since they want us to believe that an arm CPU is on par with an X64 CPU) and that can stream games.

Oh nvidia.

Yeah I found that pretty funny, claims "consoles are weak and dead", releases a console more or less on par with the weakest of the 3 consoles that's supposed to revolutionize the industry.

That green guy...

 

This is going to bomb just like the Shield Tablet, the market for these things is very small. Next time Nvidia shoul just offer a good deal  to the real platform holders on their gpus instead of trying to do so many different things just to get a share of the console space. It feels like they're trying to compensate for not having supplied hardware on the new consoles. They're even more salty because PS4 is the fastest selling console, combined with Xbone that's +30,000,000 gpu's in the first year alone that could've been theirs.



Why are people so confused..

1) This is an Android TV device. It has access to all that Android TV offers (movies, apps, music) which includes Android Games..
2) Nvidia is working directly with developers to EASILY port over X360 games to the Android. They NEED the Tegra X1 to do this and these ports wont work on ALL Android devices. They are LEADING the charge to IMPROVE the quality of ANDROID games. Crysis 3, Borderlands Pre-Sequel, Doom 3 will ALL BE RUNNING DIRECTLY ON THE DEVICE. NOT STREAMING. NOT BOGUS.. The Tegra X1 makes the device about as powerful as the Wii U.. That is why it is VERY easy to port over X360 games..
3). The NEW titles (Next-Gen) are all done through the streaming service called GRID.. Which has been around for over a year they are for free on the SHIELD portable and tablet.. They are making it a REAL service and charging for it.. It is NOT like PS Now.. As PS NOW is OLD PS3 titles only curerntly.. this will be NEW PC titles on Grid (along with a back catalog.).. ALSO.. With each PURCHASE of a BRAND NEW GAME.. you get a STEAM KEY for it.. so you DONT just have it on GRID.. You also get the physical STEAM key for your PC.
4) This also can STREAM PC games from your PC to your TV if you have the right nVidia CARD..

This is not on OUYA in the least.. and considering nVidia is getting actual games on the device.. and not just "Android phone games".. it is a HUGE difference..

That all being said... This is likely NOT for everyone.. And I feel $99 (w/remote) for the device and $50 for the controller would have been a better price.. $199 for the console with controller, and then more for a remote is a bit much..



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shikamaru317 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Streaming? I don't think so. We aren't ready for streaming, no matter what they tell us. Until streaming games has the exact same response time as a game played locally, I'm gonna pass.

150ms latency according to Nvidia. I'd call that playable, but far from ideal. I'd personally like to see streaming under 50ms before this gen is over. Maybe one day Google Fiber will be rolled out in my area and then I can enjoy game streaming like this, lol.


Yeah, imagine trying to play an online FPS lol. And considering that online FPS are the biggest franchises right now, I just don't see this taking off until those times come WAY down.