rampancy Posted September 21, 2014 Does anyone have any time with one of these things? I'm really tempted by the fact it plays all android games and has real controls and a control mapper. I need to get my portable doom on and this might be it since I just hate touch control in an fps. http://shield.nvidia.com/portable-game-player/ 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted September 22, 2014 Not with Shield, but I often will plug a USB controller into my tablet. It works pretty well. 0 Share this post Link to post
rampancy Posted September 22, 2014 Are you able to map the controls to touch based games? How does that work for you bc that is one of the big selling points for me. I also like the fact that it is one unit and you don't have to set your screen up on something. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted September 22, 2014 I don't really use it for most of my games since it wouldn't make sense. Like, I wouldn't play Plague Inc. with a gamepad, I'd play it as a touch game or with a mouse. But for things like emulators, it's totally mappable. Contra Evolution is too, I think. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted September 22, 2014 I've played with Shield. Steam made it obsolete pretty quick with their Streaming. I always thought Shield was pretty niche and expensive. Not sure if the hardcore gamer wants a $500 portable system when they have laptops. 0 Share this post Link to post
rampancy Posted September 22, 2014 $500 would be nuts but you can get one for $199 now which seems competitive. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted September 22, 2014 rampancy said:$500 would be nuts but you can get one for $199 now which seems competitive. HA yeah its been a while since I demoed one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Varis Alpha Posted September 22, 2014 i like playing games, but not so much to justify the purchase of this thing. 0 Share this post Link to post
rampancy Posted September 22, 2014 I just like the fact it has a real controller. I hate steam, no matter what goodies they offer me, for being the Trojan horse that took all the fun out of PC gaming. If I buy a game it belongs to me end of story no questions asked. If I want to install it on all my computers, that's my right. I don't want to log in to 3rd party software at all, ever. I don't want extra crap running on my machine period. I might as well just install the f-ing bing bar and the google bar and the banjo crap and have it all on my desktop at once. I ought to see how much crap I can get running on my PC and loading up at boot time so I can't even use the freaking thing. I want Valve to subsidize my power bill. Now I have to buy a game I can't even install without signing some god forsaken contract. It makes me irate to pay $50 and have those pompous dicks come off like they are doing me a favor. Anyway, if I get one I'll let you guys know what I think. 0 Share this post Link to post
SyntherAugustus Posted September 23, 2014 Would love to know about the GZDoom performance (AFAIK Doom Touch supports GZDoom stuff) in regards to mods. (Shield Tablet) 0 Share this post Link to post
rampancy Posted September 23, 2014 Me too that's where this whole idea is headed. 0 Share this post Link to post