Nvidia announces portable Android-powered console

I think the way this article is presented may be somewhat confusing to some readers. I think the "Nvidia Grid" part was a separate announcement to the console entirely. At least, that's how I am reading "the company also announced", which suggests that it is wholly unrelated to the console.

Some readers seem to think that the grid will be part of the console though, judging by comments.

This wont amount to a hill of beans unless it has specific games for it with specific third party support....sry to say

it will be better than the vita fer damn sure, but its a cool deal, powerful lil fucker.

not bad, except the that the best android gaming software is snes emulators.

Portable gaming is kind of a dumb idea to me. I don't think its very practical to be playing games I play on my PC on the go in most situations. I was always very fond of the Gameboy Micro. I really liked the idea of having so many games for something so small. I always felt that mobile gaming should be discreet, refined, and somewhat personal. It also should be cheap! And this is going to be none of those things.

It's easy to make computer specs sound amazing because they pretty much double every year, sometimes more.

those are some seriously high specs... 38 hour battery life?? and that GPU sounds insane. I'm not sure about the "clamshell" design thou. Personally I think portable handheld consoles are a lost cause. They should focus on making fixed consoles for HD screens rather than this nobody want to lug that thing around along with a smart phone and possibly a tablet..

This is the way to do it Nintendo. Get ready to get schooled.

You have my attention...