It's a cool-looking piece of kit and really is very dinky - and the improvement over the previous version is significant. The Nvidia Shield has been around for a while now, but the company has recently put out a new 2017 model of the device that's slicker, smaller and genuinely significantly improved over the original model. I recently got to try out another major competitor to that, however, and a strong solution for PC gaming away from a desk: The Nvidia Shield. Solutions to this have been cropping up all over the place, the most prominent of which is Valve's own Steam Link. I'm one of those people who swears by his monster PC, but one argument that I can't really come back against is the good old 'comfy couch' one - the idea that the largest benefit of consoles is being able to be a tiny, relatively quiet box under your TV that's controlled without any of the fuss or mess that can be associated with extension cables or wireless mouse and keyboard pairing. Microsoft is releasing pretty much all of its Xbox exclusives on PC, and even Japanese games like Code Vein and Disgaea now launch on Steam and other digital store fronts. With game consoles now more like a PC than ever in terms of their internal components and infrastructure, the world of PC gaming has sort of hit a new high. Getting your PC to the living room isn't always easy, but it's often worth it.

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