Nvidia Shield’s Second Screen Not Enough of a Selling Point, Didn’t Work for Nintendo
Nvidia has announced that pre-orders for its portable gaming device, Nvidia Shield, will start on May 20 and will cost $349 at Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center, Canada Computers, and Nvidia.com.
If you’re an eager beaver who can’t wait for May 20 to pre-order your hand-held gaming console, you can head to Nvidia’s “Notify me” page where you can sign up and be the first to know about Shield updates or be the first to pre-order the device.
Nvidia Shield was first introduced at CES 2013 and has seen a series of upgrades since then. It features a 5” 720 pixel retinal quality multi-touch display, custom 72 core Nvidia GeForce GPU, Quad core ARM A15 CPU, integrated speakers, 16GB Flash memory, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, mini HDMI output, micro USB 2.0, microSD storage slot, 3.5 mm headphone jack with mic support, 3-axis gyro, 3-axis accelerometer, 28.8 Watt hours battery, 802.11n 2×2 MIMO game-speed Wi-Fi, console-grade game controller, and runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. It weighs 579 grams and has the following dimensions: width 158mm x depth 135mm x height 57mm.
Stand-out features…or not?
Probably the most unique feature of the Shield is the ability to stream games from a nearby computer, but is it the best selling point of the device? Joining Winston Endmondson in this morning’s NewsDesk is NewsDesk Director of Production Mark Zamora to give his Breaking Analysis on Shield’s unique game streaming feature.
Zamora stated that streaming games from a nearby computer could in fact be the Shield’s selling point and added that, “another component of it is that if you’re on the same WiFI network as your gaming machine, and certain Nvidia enabled games will allow you to stream the games from the computer to the device’s 5” screen. That way, you can be on the couch playing games that are on Steam which expands their library even further, but that’s not something that you can access to on the go.”
But Zamora also stated that the second screen factor may not be enough to drive gamers to buy the Shield, especially when you look at the Nintendo Wii U which offers a second screen but sales are underwhelming.
For more of Zamora’s Breaking Analysis on Nvidia Shield, check out the NewsDesk video below:
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