Nvidia cuts Shield price ahead of June 27 launch

Nvidia has cut the price of upcoming handheld system Shield by $50 ahead of a newly announced launch date of June 27. Just last month, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nvidia said Shield would release in June priced at 🌄$349. Consumers who have already pre-ordಞered Shield will pay its new $299 price.

Nvidia explained on ♚its : "We've heard from thousands of gamers that if the price was $299, we'd have a home run. So we're cha♐nging the price of Shield to $299. We want to get Shield into the hands of as many gamers as possible.”

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Announced in January, Shield is powered by a Tegra 4 processor and sports an Xbox 360-like controller with a 5" 720p touch screen attached. Nvidia claims that the internal battery allows for 5-10 hours of gameplay and up to 24 hours of video. The device also allows for streaming of games from a PC through a local network and has support for Steam’s Big Picture mode. Games confirmed for release on the platform include Double Fine’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Costume Quest and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Broken Age, and Adhesive Games’ mech shooter Hawken.