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disolitude on 09 August 2013
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zarx said:
disolitude said:
zarx said:
Way overpriced IMO and I have no interest myself, but considering that it apparently sold out I guess they found their niche.

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.


Yeah that makes sense... It certanly isnt' for everyone. 

One neat thing about this is that you can literally build a 400 dollar PC and game on the Shield without much issues.

Something like an FM2 motherboard, Athlon X4 750k, 4 GB RAM, GTX 650 Boost, basic PSU and HDD will be able to play these games at 720p@60 fps no problem. If I find this streaming as awesome as it looks, I will prolly build a nini ITX PC that runs all day, streams games to Shield and isn't even seen aywhere in my appartment.