NVIDIA announces SHIELD tablet and portable console Black Friday bundles

posted by Luis D. / Nov 25, 2014, 2:11 AM

NVIDIA announces SHIELD tablet and portable console Black Friday bundles

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NVIDIA would like you to know that its Black Friday bundles will go live on November 28. From 12:01am PST to 11:59pm PST only, you'll be able to get the 32GB SHIELD tablet with LTE connectivity, bundled with free SHIELD controller, the Green Box by Valve, and NVIDIA's GRID game streaming service for a fair $399. The Green Box features Half-Life 2, H-L 2: Episode 1, and Portal - everything running natively on the Tegra K1-powered SHIELD tablet.

If you opt for the SHIELD portable console, you'll receive a free carrying case, glossy black armor case, and NVIDIA GRID for $199.

Both devices are priced at their retail values, but feature a decent amount of bundled goodies. If you take mobile gaming seriously, you can't go much farther than the NVIDIA SHIELD devices. And if you're looking for some more Black Friday deals, check out our deal round-up.

source: NVIDIA

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12 Comments

1. Malcolm.Merlyn

Posts: 160; Member since: Sep 28, 2014

iPad Air 2 is the most powerful mobile device in terms of GPU and CPU performance. Then why should I ever consider this? Plus apple has implemented the metal API which takes it miles ahead of these devices.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 5:14 AM 0

2. renz4

Posts: 319; Member since: Aug 10, 2013

so i can get Ipad Air 2 for 200? also do tell me if they were selling Ipad with Android OS.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 5:27 AM 5

4. jaytai0106

Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011

Why you asked? Because it's not iPad. nuh jk. it's option option option.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 7:27 AM 0

5. jcass5467 unregistered

Pretty sure the surface 3 is the most powerfull mobile device not the iPad air 2 Apple has nothing on Intel i7 not even close to performance and gpu

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 7:41 AM 2

9. jaytai0106

Damn it. Didn't think about the Surface 3. The Razer Edge tablet is pretty beefy too. iPad Air 2? B*tch please.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 10:09 AM 1

10. Mxyzptlk unregistered

No one is going to pay that much for a surface tablet. His iPad comment was right.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 10:33 AM 1

11. jaytai0106

He did say mobile device though and surface tablet is one of them. Regardless how expensive it might be. If he would have said iPad Air 2 is one of the most powerful mobile devices, then there won't be any argument.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 10:38 AM 0

12. timepilot84

Posts: 113; Member since: Aug 16, 2012

Why buy this? Because I want to play my PC games streaming over the network. Can't do it on iOS. Fart.

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 11:54 AM 1

3. theguy2345

Posts: 1216; Member since: Jun 24, 2014

Eh, if you are going to buy the shield tablet, just get a Vita or 3DS instead. Much bigger library of games, with tons of unique ones you can`t find anywhere else

posted on Nov 25, 2014, 6:39 AM 1

7. renz4

if you really want games no doubt dedicated handheld like 3ds and vita are going to be better in that regard because that is what they really made for. but even if you don't intend to do gaming Shield tablet still can act like regular tablet and it is one of the best out there in regards of price vs performance metric. btw nvidia make stuff like shield portable/tablet to encourage developer making better games on android ecosystem and not just the casual games we always played on our smartphone and tablet although it is not easy to do because android itself was crowded with freemium games. and most likely many people don't want to spend around 20-40 for a single games on their android device event if the said games have true console quality content.