New handheld Nvidia Project Shield....your thoughts? - General Discussion

#1 Posted by crush3x5 (39 posts) - 4 months, 14 days ago

Okay so a new video about this handheld was released. I was curious what the GB community thinks about this handheld. It definitely has so cool features to it. You can play PC games on this handheld. Here is a quote from their site

"Project SHIELD gives you the power to wirelessly access your GeForce GTX-powered computer from the comfort of your couch. Play your favorite PC games, including great titles from Steam, on a full-size game controller with ultra-low latency thanks to Project SHIELD's game-speed Wi-Fi and the fast performance of GeForce GTX 600 GPUs"

This being said I am not sure if I would want to play say skyrim or borderland 2 on a tiny little screen not mention the thing kind of looks weird to begin with. Here is a 1 min trailer showing what the thing is in a nut shell.

Well what are your thoughts on this new handheld? When I first saw it I was like cool pc graphics but now I am not so sure about it not to mention the price point will most likely be pretty steep.

#2 Posted by Kidavenger (2236 posts) - 4 months, 14 days ago

I think I've seen this thread before?

#3 Posted by Artso (63 posts) - 4 months, 14 days ago

The fact that you need to have a PC to get steam on it... why even bother? Just connect your PC to your TV and go.

#4 Posted by Rydemption (36 posts) - 4 months, 14 days ago

Yea not exactly sure about the purpose of cloud gaming when you have to be tethered to WiFi. would be awesome if 4g wasn't so limited. I guess this could be cool when i travel around, but I have to leave my PC on in order to cloud game right? only time I'm far from home, is for more then a week at a time. What happens if my PC restarts itself or what not. I think its a fine idea, but the limitations of networking and all that hinders this device.

But I guess I cant really say too much with out having hands on first...

#5 Posted by crush3x5 (39 posts) - 4 months, 14 days ago

Ya I mean if you cant take it anywhere and play steam games I dont see the appeal. Also if you can infact travel around then there is the issue of the PC rebooting and well there goes your game lol.