So, nVIDIA Q4'2015 numbers were released last month and surprise, surprise, Tegra numbers were down Q over Q from $168 to $112. But I though that TK1 was going to be a homerun with Nexus 9 and all that jazz? TK1 Denver being the 64bit Google poster child for Lolipop it should have been used in other Android tablets! What happened? And what about Shield? Surely such a *cough* wanted *cough* product would have been a success in Christmas time!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8973/nvidi...-full-year
Let me also quote my reaction to the "Made to Game" event and new SHIELD console from another forum:
Note: When I say that I was half-right about the porting of games from other platforms is because I predicted that nVIDIA would announce some kind of SDK to make the porting "easy" to make, which obviously did not happen.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8973/nvidi...-full-year
Let me also quote my reaction to the "Made to Game" event and new SHIELD console from another forum:
Quote:Yes I am, and somewhat disappointed. I was already expecting a games console, but I'm not sure going with Android TV is the best option. Ultimately they could have gone with an Android branch underneat and create their own user experience. I'm not a big believer in Smart TVs other than Chromecast. I would have preferred them to sell it as just a console.
I was half right about them working on porting other platforms games to run natively on SHIELD. However I agree that that function is merely a PR stunt and not substantial. Otherwise the system would have had more than the ridiculous 16GB of memory.
In my opinion GRID is not enough of a feature to sell this device in high quantity. That's why I was expecting them to not be as stupid as that and be serious about porting titles from other platforms. However, truth to be told the Tegra X1 is not nearly as powerful for that to happen extensively.
Ultimately, if I would have been in nVIDIA shoes I would have delayed this product for the next Tegra generation. Yes, it might have meant to lose the Android TV train, but I would not be interested on it anyway. There is plenty of OEMs working on Android TV already and that will be a market where nVIDIA does not stand to have a chance. This reminds me too much of XBOX One schizofrenia at launch: is it a TV or Gaming device? If it was "Made to Game" like they say, be serious about it instead of just going "me too" and "oh we do more than that".
A last note for the event itself: it was horribly presented and executed! Worst presentation from nVIDIA ever! Dull, lacked enthusiasm. It felt like even them do not believe in it. Just gives more strength to idea that since they can't get OEMs to adopt Tegra they have to develop their own products to get some revenue back.
I have no doubt this SHIELD will be another flop.. Possibly worse than SHIELD tablet.
Note: When I say that I was half-right about the porting of games from other platforms is because I predicted that nVIDIA would announce some kind of SDK to make the porting "easy" to make, which obviously did not happen.