Kaboom: Nvidia Is Making Its Own Gaming System

[Squilliam]

zarx said:

Squilliam said:

zarx said:

Squilliam said:
The game console market has just got a heck of a lot more complicated than we imagined not long ago.

Not really it's basically a mini Android tablet with buttons and physical countols that can stream games from a PC.

It means that I don't need a gaming console if I have an nVidia GPU. This is pretty huge for the people who would otherwise go console + PC because I would no longer need a console to play games with, just my beast PC.

you could do pretty much the same thing by hooking up your PC to a TV with a long HDMI cable and using a wireless gamepad. Is doing it over Wi-Fi that much of a game changer? Sure your PC wouldn't need to be as close to the TV but still. 

I guess being able to continue playing while you go the the bathroom is kinda cool, and also kinda gross lol. 

Well HDMI cables get very technical with runs over 30ft with repeaters etc required. Also there is the nice thing about having a touch screen input right on the device to drive the computer whereas with a long HDMI cable run you'd also need to work out how to get at least a mouse hooked up as well. This device looks pretty neat and I am looking forward to perhaps a more open standard based on this kind of technology which is GPU agnostic with more options for end use devices.

Edit: It also has a USB port so you could probably use it as a hub to plug in a proper KB/M setup if you wanted.