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As a counter point to GeForce now and cloud gaming in general. I splurged on a shield tv 2 (maybe 3?) years ago and it was a configuration nightmare, especially
by rapind 7y ago
As a counter point to GeForce now and cloud gaming in general. I splurged on a shield tv 2 (maybe 3?) years ago and it was a configuration nightmare, especially to play your own games with. Getting controllers to do the right thing was horrendous, especially when you have young kids waiting for you to finish setting it up.
Definitely planning to be a late (real late) adopter of this tech in the future.
The Shield gathers dust while the Switch sees a ton of action.
- izacus 7y agoGeForce Now didn't exist 2 or 3 years ago, so perhaps you mixed it up with the home streaming solution? GeForce Now works fine with Xbox controllers with no configuration needed. IIRC it also requires no configuration to work with Shield TV's controller.
- rapind 7y agoI checked my receipts (email, easy to find). I purchased the ShieldTV in December of 2016. So just over 3 years ago. GeForce Now launched in October of 2015, but maybe just for Shield TV owners? Apparently they did a relaunch in 2020... not sure what that means. Better I guess?
- axaxs 7y agoYou're both right, kinda. Geforce Now was in a ..closed-ish beta (you could get in, but they made it seem exclusive) for years. I honestly don't remember if it was called that when it launched. The polished product is what recently 'launched', and configuration is super simple. In fact, it was the xbox controller's instructions I had to turn to to figure out how to put it in bluetooth detection mode.