http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/07/nvidia-unveils-project-shield/
It's obvious that the industry is going through growing pains but it's ugly devices like this that worry me. I realize the real push here is mobile, cheaper games, and some sort of connectivity with the desktop but I'm just not sold.
I realize people want cheaper games and that hurts the 3DS and the VITA but I don't understand people wanting a tablet with a tacked on controller as opposed to an all in one device. It's just fugly.
With the boom of Android we are already getting Oouya, Gamestick, and I'm sure a slew of other "consoles" coming to TVs with the idea of bringing games to the TV. The problem though is not all but a majority of these games would be better left on mobile devices.
I'm not saying low cost games or even the ideas here are bad but I feel like we are headed backwards for now until this is sorted into something a bit more coherent.
It's obvious that the industry is going through growing pains but it's ugly devices like this that worry me. I realize the real push here is mobile, cheaper games, and some sort of connectivity with the desktop but I'm just not sold.
I realize people want cheaper games and that hurts the 3DS and the VITA but I don't understand people wanting a tablet with a tacked on controller as opposed to an all in one device. It's just fugly.
With the boom of Android we are already getting Oouya, Gamestick, and I'm sure a slew of other "consoles" coming to TVs with the idea of bringing games to the TV. The problem though is not all but a majority of these games would be better left on mobile devices.
I'm not saying low cost games or even the ideas here are bad but I feel like we are headed backwards for now until this is sorted into something a bit more coherent.
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