Project shield pre orders

[kuwari316]

So nvidia justnsent out emails to everybody who signed up to get alerts that they can put in pre orders and that it will ship by late june. i personally put in my order and am very excited! the price is 350$. what do you guys think? what about the specs that have been released? are you as excited as i am? please share your thoughts

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[wrc1010]

Are all the android game can play in this shield with the controller, i dont think so. It dont even have the game mapping tool on it so that we can map the controller for all the android games.

Any have any idea how to play all the android games with the controller?

 

[RadiantSkies]

I pre-ordered mine yesterday. Its got potential, hopefully they use it.

 

[kuwari316]

There is Hope

Are all the android game can play in this shield with the controller, i dont think so. It dont even have the game mapping tool on it so that we can map the controller for all the android games.

Any have any idea how to play all the android games with the controller?

I would hope that they would include a app that allows you to do that just like archos did with their gaming device. However i found this app that maps different controllers for you but it requires root:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...elstudios.gamepadenabler&feature=related_apps

However when it comes to your point about the possibility of the controller not working in normal games i think the possibility of it working might be there since as you can see from the video here the controler and the buttons can be used with the navigation of android which might mean you can use it for doing things like turning in ninjump or jumping, and sliding in temple run. Lets be optimistic

Lets hope nvidia has an answer for that since right now they aren't releasing a lot of details on the device lets hope they can help with that.

 

[agrabren]

I've already pre-ordered mine.

 

[wrc1010]

I saw an app that can map the game with the controller and it is call game keyboard from play store. But dont know whether it can be use on the shield or not.

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[gigsaw]

I've already pre-ordered mine.

lol I thought it was free for you :laugh: so finally can you tell me if you are allowed to develop fro your own creature?

 

[agrabren]

lol I thought it was free for you :laugh: so finally can you tell me if you are allowed to develop fro your own creature?

No, the free ones I get aren't production units. But so far, nobody has objected to me developing for it, and they all know I intend to.

 

[SixSixSevenSeven]

The shield has a touch screen already so could theoretically run non gamepad apps, it would just be horrifically awkward.

I saw in one of their demo's they navigated the android UI with the gamepad so they might well have included some minor mods to allow the gamepad to control games that are touch only.

There are also alot of games out there on android which already support gamepads so should work fine with the shield controls (and that is something which has been demo'ed by NVidia already).



I am personally very interested in getting the shield. Sadly it hasnt been made available for pre-order in the UK yet. Personally I dont just see "Shield = gameconsole" in my eyes. I see gamepad + screen + pretty open software environment. Lots of fun to be had there. I was already looking into building a robot with a raspberry pi and streaming webcam footage back to an android tablet for control. The shields gamepad would make that even better.

 

[LlamaLord]

Hope to have mine by 6/31 = D Pre Orderd mine that day it came out. Can't wait to see what XDA can do with it but from the sounds of it might not even need much done. Has clean android on it so lets see!

 

[firemountain]

Hello everyone.
I'm not from USA, but I preorder Shield to mail forwarder on 18 may.
Today I have email from my mail frowarder that smth recieved form nvidia, and it weight 11 oz (Send May 31 - Deliverd June 6).

I don't want pay to get photos of shipment, but I'm interested what nvidia shiped. May be you get the same package from them?

 

[kuwari316]

Hello everyone.
I'm not from USA, but I preorder Shield to mail forwarder on 18 may.
Today I have email from my mail frowarder that smth recieved form nvidia, and it weight 11 oz (Send May 31 - Deliverd June 6).

I don't want pay to get photos of shipment, but I'm interested what nvidia shiped. May be you get the same package from them?

from what I heard at Android Central it is a package for people who ordered the shield early that has a thank you note and a t-shirt complimentary
I think it is something really good that the company is doing that shows their appreciation



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[agrabren]

from what I heard at Android Central it is a package for people who ordered the shield early that has a thank you note and a t-shirt complimentary
I think it is something really good that the company is doing that shows their appreciation

Yes, it's a shirt with the (very ugly) SHIELD logo on it (that plain green controller image, looks like it was made in MSPaint) and a little card that says "Thank you".

 

[chortya]

What do you guys think about the shipping date? I hope it's earlier then end of June...

 

[s0me guy]

just ordered mine with the Case.

was going to go thru Nvidia's site via the link in the "early pre-order" email from Nvidia but it was literally $40.52 more than newegg after shipping and tax sooo....

oh man.... now the waiting begins... hope they ship early. :fingers-crossed:

 

[glitchhawk]

pre-ordered mine the vary first day i could. but then canceled the pre-order a week later and pre-ordered it on newegg instead so i could use a different card.

then i got the shirt in the mail and felt bad

 

[LlamaLord]

Well now we have to wait...

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[agrabren]

pre-ordered mine the vary first day i could. but then canceled the pre-order a week later and pre-ordered it on newegg instead so i could use a different card.

then i got the shirt in the mail and felt bad

Don't feel bad at all.

 

[glitchhawk]

Don't feel bad at all.

lol