disolitude said:
Here is why it isnt overpriced: 1. Its has the most powerful GPU found on a handheld device. It basically makes a year and change old PSVita and 99% of smartphones its bitch. 2. It has access to the largest mobile ecosystem on the planet which isnt limited to Sony/Nintendo spoon feeding you games and apps 3. Has built in PC streaming and TV miracast functionality. Playing pc games in bed alone makes this worthwhile for someone like me. 4. Its comfortable to hold and wont give my hands cramps. Has awesome screen and audio...quality device. Seriously though. Iphone Touch is $199 and Shield does pretty much everything itouch does and a plethora of other things you cant do anywhere else. Im not singling you out, but gamers lately have been pulling out the "overpriced" card very losely without looking at how much technology costs outside the gaming bubble. |
I guess I should have been clearer, it is too expensive for me given it's current utility. I am not much interested in the PC streaming (don't have a Kepler GPU anyway), and the android ecosystem doesn't have too much of interest to me. It does seem like a great emulation platform, tho the battery life could be better.
As it's so far sold out (tho they only managed to ship "a few thousand units" for launch) it clearly has a market that is more than willing to pay the price for it. A second generation of this device could be really interesting with Kepler based Project Logan and once they get more native games like HAWKEN out.
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