How's the nvidia shield doing ?

[fatslob-:O]

zarx said:

fatslob-:O said:

The problem with the shield is that it has a really small selection of AAA home console/computer games. It's gimmick is to get people to be able to play these games but at the same time there are very little amount of them. The shield 2.0 will likely fail too with the rest of the nvidia tegra chipsets that are irrelevant. 

I think your problem is that you are thinking about it as a portable games console competing with the Vita and 3DS, it will never compete on those terms. Nvidia never intended the device to be competitive in that space. Nvidia never expected it to be a huge seller, and the device has actually been far more successful than they ever expected it too be. They only shipped a few thousand units at first for a reason, it surprised them that they sold out so fast and they had to ramp up production to meet demand. The gimmick is to be able to stream your PC games (if you have an Nvidia GPU) to a mobile device, that can also in tern display on a TV. Think of it more as a a remote play device that also allows you to play android games with physical controls, not as a dedicated gaming device as such.

For Nvidia The Sheild has already became a success. They sold out after all, despite being a niche device sold at a premium.

 

 

I think we can all agree with what the word "success" means on a sales site, right ? If it's not going to compete or more importantly start a huge market then why is nvidia even bothering ? I don't get why nvidia continues to sell the shield if it doesn't generate a sizable profit.