disolitude on 14 August 2013
| Scisca said: Quoting doesn't work for me :/ disolitude wrote: Yeah ok... It has a better controller layout, better screen, more comfortable grip, better speakers and makes Vita its bitch in terms of processing specs. It also drops stupid gimmicks like back touch pannel and offers emulator, OnLive PC and Android gaming on the go...and true PC gaming from home. That's so not close to Vita and being spoon fed by Sony with select few titles each month. I am not telling people to skip on Vita or 3DS. Get all consoles...its good for the economy. But all I know is that within 2 hours of owning the Shield, I had PC game streaming set up, many free or dirt cheap android games set up that are on par with 3DS and PS Vita games and a single emulator installed that plays PS1, n64, snes, nes, genesis, neo geo, all classic arcade games and many more... You wanna talk about value for your dollar? I write: The specs really don't matter. Vita is so much more powerful than 3DS and which one dominates? I couldn't care less about OnLive (does it even exist in Europe?) and Android games, really. Can't even remember the last time I've thought about playing an Android game. If they are so awesome, then why is Ouya such a bust? Streaming PC games vs. Streaming PS4 games? I haven't got a gaming PC and won't have one, but I will have a PS4, so it's an easy win for Vita in my case. And, you know, it has those exclusive games like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Killzone, etc. that are actually worth playing. The only advantage would be the emulator, but if I wanted a portable emulator I'd just get a PSP for next to nothing. The thing that makes Shield ridiculous is the price. If Sony cuts the price of Vita soon, you will probably be able to get a Vita and a 3DS for the price of Shield if you search around a bit. So yeah, the value of Shield really isn't that high and it doesn't come close to what you can get from competition. It's actually a mobile Ouya for a ridiculous price. And it will fail just like Ouya did. |
Let's recap, your arguments here are:
- I don't care about Onlive
- I don't think about Android gaming so it must not be good
- Emulators are cool but I can do them for cheap by hacking a different portable console
- Price price price!
- This will fail FUD
Nothing about other features that come with Nvidia Shield, like a full blown file system/OS, wireless streaming to TV and access 800,000 apps
Nothing about the sublime screen, controller, speakers and hardware.
Nothing about local PC streaming.
Lots of cherrypicking but that is fine.
The hillarous part is the "this will fail" FUD. How is it going to fail? It has Android and amazing specs. Nvidia doesn't have to support this device with games, only with features. Do you actually think Android and iOS are going to fail as a gaming platform and won't be a viable gaming alternative to home consoles in 3-4 years time? Wake up and smell the roses... Android already offers compelling games for home or on the go, some of which are listed above and its only going to grow 10 fold.
Here are the latest smartphone worldwide sales trends btw:
