Nvidia : Next-gen Shield TV box (console) soon, pics leak.

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torok said:
Well, they don't know when to quit, do they? Both the Shield portable and Shield consoles were ridiculous flops (Nvidia didn't released sales figures, so they clearly are not good). Slapping last gen titles and decade old ports plus all crappy mobile games out there didn't worked very well.

It's too weak to get current gen ports and last gen ports won't cut it because you can simply get a 360 or PS3 and play way more titles. The whole concept of creating a cheaper alternative to current gen consoles is flawed because you can simply get a last gen console that will slaughter the library of any mini-console.

Shield TV had Crysis 3 (PS360 have 1 to 3), Metal Gear Rising (also on PS360) and other older ports. Why would you buy it instead of getting an old console that would have thousands of games? Dozens of 90+ meta games? If you want to game, these mini-consoles are useless.

If you want to consume media, then they are even more useless. Supposing you don't like gaming, why would you bother? All modern TVs are smart TVs. I have a Samsung one that has Netflix, WWE Network, HBO Plus, YouTube, anything. I can mirror the screen of my Android phone and it also plays any video format with subtitles from a flash drive. Why would I expend more money to get a poor-mans console that won't do much more than my TV already does?

At least Roku and Chromecast are dirty cheap. So they can add functionality that people do care with a good C/B. They will all be dead in a few years as soon as all TVs incorporate all media functions.

Yep, the Shield family of devices are basically in no man's land. People who play mobile games do that on the phones/tablets they already own and console gamers aren't looking to buy a device so they can play late PS3/360 ports that they likely already played and most people have multiple media devices already whether its a phone, tablet, laptop, PC, console, streaming box, smart TV, smart Blu-ray player, etc.

If the Shield family had its own exclusive software than maybe it could carve out a niche for itself but without that they are mostly pointless devices.