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[Uncle Ben]

http://www.ign.com/a...edly-uses-linux

Looks like the console industry may be getting a fourth competitor. Your thoughts??

[Teirusu]

Maybe with this one.

Nvidia has annunced that they will enter in the world of the portable consoles with the called "Project Shield", showed on the Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Like the image shows, you can see that the controller is the same that a no-portable console with a screen of 5"".

The Console will run with the OS Android, 2 analogic sticks, one slot HDMI and MicroSD. Have a processor Tegra 4 that will allow play 5~10h in full charge

This device will have his own games and also will allow play streaming PC games, according from Wall Street Journal.

Right now there is no more details, like the price of the release date

Fuente: Siliconera | Vía Blog is War

I have to go to School. When I back I will translate. I just will say is a Nvidia console with Tegra 4, Android that allow play PC videogames

Already translated

[Jman1236]

Yeah I could of figured Value would go this route after the big picture mode was added to steam but the bigger question is whether gamers would be willing to play PC games on their HDTVs or in there living rooms. Now making PC games use gamepads would work in theory but then they would have a massive backlash from the PC hardcore gamers and bringing keyboards and mice into the living room would only scare away the console and casual gamers that a steam-box would be marketed towards.

As for becoming a 4th console.....I wouldn't go that far yet and if anything with sony tanking like it is it may be a 3rd console by the time it comes out.

[Uncle Ben]

Nintendo is tanking too

[RedAuthar]

Though Nintendo's consoles are not doing as well, the Mario series itself makes more money then the other companies systems. In fact Halo doesn't make 1/4th as much money as Mario, so I don't think Nintendo is going out yet.

As for a new system...not really interested. I dislike having to buy 3 different companies systems to play all the games I wanna play. I don't buy games to play the system but rather the game. I care little about system wars.

[Uncle Ben]

Well what Valve will do will be interesting...

[RedAuthar]

Not really. Technically back in the Nintendo 64 days I could hook up my N64 to a computer monitor (which I did for a long time cuz I had no tv in my room) and my computer to a TV screen.

Valve's idea basically is just another system to buy or reason to buy an HD TV. So while it's concept is cool, it's still more money out of my pocket to buy a console just so I can buy a game.

[ILOVEVHS]

A Valve console?!?!?

FINALLY I SHALL KNOW THE TRUE JOY ON SONIC GENERATIONS AND PORTAL!!!!

[Jman1236]

Nintendo is tanking too

No not with the 3DS selling like crazy and the Wii U will pick up once more games come out. Sony is in a different boat, they were recently downgraded to junk bonds and the Vita is not selling. On top of that they still have not regained the trust from there users after the 2011 PSN hacking, I Honestly wouldn't be suprised to see SCEI going third-party.

[Uncle Ben]

Well 3DS sales will pick up with Pokemon X and Y. And WII U will have some good titles out this year

[RedAuthar]

And again, you can't judge the Wii U until the new Zelda comes out on it.


I'm a bit worried about XBox being left behind on the portable console genre. They still have no such console. At least Sony has two systems out.

[Uncle Ben]

Microsoft said that at this point they will not enter the Handheld industry just yet

[Janus]

Was that a screen coming out of the controller? Seems a bit too similar to the Wii U though. Valve's console sounds interesting, but I've never actually used Linux.