Nvidia announces portable Android-powered console

I see that the industry going with AMD HAS indeed effected Nvidia.

So they've made a chunky, yet portable Ouya. Not convinced these Android systems will be anything special. Sadly no worth while games comes to mind where the tech isn't better elsewhere besides basic touchscreen stuff. Seems like a waste of money to me.

This one is good, but, not even good to be called 'portable' i preferred touch tabs than bringing something with a huge controller.. it wont fit on my bag pack xD. But, let's not judge this one, let's just watch if it will fail or not.

Nvidia has a highly paid and qualified market analysis and engineering teams. I'm sure they can handle something like this without being "fail."

Those saying Nvidia is going to fail are ridiculous.

Don't you know they're powering the next xbox and PS consoles?  WTF is wrong with you people?

Nice this greedy company will fail , great news :D ... ni ine going to buy this crap if u can play everything on mobile phone, even nvidia locked games, nvidia graphic cards not better then any other around, they just using locks for games, i never going support thes liars!

"Project Fail"

Android games are ok to pass a few minutes in a waiting room somewhere, but they definitely aren't worth buying a separate console just to play.  If there is no specific content for this console (better than the stuff that's available at Play Store) this is a total waste of money. 

Thanks but no thanks. Gonna pass on this one....

A controller with a built in screen and streaming game video - seems like the Nintendo cloning is starting early this year. Maybe it's a glimpse into what other companies' controllers will look like (@ Sony and Microsoft). But of course none of you here will believe it until you see it. So let's just wait until E3.

It looks interesting, not sure how well it will work however. I'd need to know more details and what it's truly capable of.

e.g. -----  

will I be able to play any of my PC games on this portable device?,        

what's the range that I can be from my PC while playing?, 

how much grunt can this thing take?,                                 

do I need to keep my PC on while playing (I imagine so)? 

whats up with all this android cell phone noise?  This junk is a waste of time.  Everyone knows the next xbox is going to crush all of these upcoming gadgets!!

But will it run a homebrew NES emulator? Because that's all I'm really interested in playing on the fly. Seriously, I'm thinking we might be past the initial hype of portable/cloud computing's promise of never a dull moment/augmented productivity by having all your content on you and accessible all the time. Not that I'm predicting cloud data itself will go away, and I'd be the first to say it's damn handy for syncing projects, but I do think people are realizing that if you really want to do something, whatever it is, you'll need to MAKE the time in your schedule. I have a job myself and it takes up a good chunk of my day. So when I do get around to listening to music, playing video games or reading (yes, some people still do) I want to be able to do it in a comfortable, distraction-free environment for a sustained period of time. I feel a LOT better for it, and can't help but suspect some resurgence of the idea of 'quality time' to be the real future, not more gadgets promising a quick fix of fun on the go.

nah i think i learned my lesson with ONLIVE. i wont bother with it ill just stick with my laptop and game consoles.

LOL, with green line and controller shape it look like XBox portable.

how hot will it get while your holding it though?

More bullshit to waste money on? I'll pass.

Too early for April's fools

That's not a portable console. It's an android tablet with a gamepad stuck on it.

Just part of the technological age if you ask me. Nothing to get up or down about until you see it for yourself. I won't be getting one because I can't keep up with all the games I want to play with what I have.

This is a possible glimpse of our future as technology progresses. As mobile devices become more and more a part of our daily lives,  it's not too hard to imagine all games being made on some sort of streamed format one day.

Feels good to see a new piece appear on the board. Things will start to get interesting if it proves to be a worthy competitor.

I'll surely look after it.. and yea.. after that I will buy it.. When ATI gonna come with something like that.. :P

damn! this bad boy actually looks nice!

Hoping for the best but... Not sure about this.  In this world of smartphones and tablets, do we really need mobile gaming devices?  Even Nintendo and Sony are starting to ask themselves this question.  This seems like trying to get into the telegraph business after everyone has a telephone.   

Apparently this is what the VITA should have been.

The guy speaking from the nvidia conference videos is really starting to creep me out...

This just may have potential.

to quote Rodney Mckay  "using power, using power, using power, using power".

Nuclear AA's anybody?

I'd just like to say thankyou for having this written out, and not forcing us to watch the video.

I honestly don't know what to think of this, but I definitely want to see more about it.

hmmm

Interesting...

this is definally not the futurei get that mobile gaming and taking games on the go is but a contorller with a screen attached is not it. if anyhting tablet gaming is going to get stronger and this is just not it

It's cool, but it looks a bit clunky.

Screw the future of gaming! I want the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future of video gaming when the game can read our mind. THAT would be cool.

Doesn't seem very portable.

Looks like a pretty cool handheld. Made by NVIDIA, streams PC games, Tegra 4, runs on Android...all pretty cool features. I'll keep my eye on it and see how things turn out. But until then, my 3DS and Vita will continue to entertain my thumbs.

People really gonna carry this thing around?

Ouya and Shield... the clouds are rolling in.

should be good. its NVIDIA

sounds good on paper, but there is probably some flaws that we are overlooking in all this it's a bit too good to be true...i.e. if it's a streaming device...it's not really portable cuz you need wifi or maybe a dataplan or something...so you could potentially be paying monthly to play games you already have on your computer. it's a cool concept though cuz the technology will be able to handle next-gen games right?