Sunday, December 18th 2022
NVIDIA is Ending GameStream Feature for its Shield TV Products
Come mid-February 2023, NVIDIA will be ending its GameStream feature on its Shield TV products. The GameStream feature has allowed owners of the Shield TV to stream games from their PC to their Shield TV. It might not have been the flagship feature of the Shield TV, but it has been popular enough that the cancellation has caused quite some stir on the internet. NVIDIA didn't provide any reason as to why the company is ending the GameStream feature, but one could potentially imagine that the company wants to push its customers to use its GeForce NOW paid streaming service instead.
However, NVIDIA does suggest that users could use Steam Link instead, to stream games from their PC to the Shield TV. That said, this would limit users to games found on Steam, which doesn't seem like a great compromise. For those that stream their games, NVIDIA Share is compatible with Steam Link, so there shouldn't be any problem continuing to stream games when playing on the Shield TV.
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However, NVIDIA does suggest that users could use Steam Link instead, to stream games from their PC to the Shield TV. That said, this would limit users to games found on Steam, which doesn't seem like a great compromise. For those that stream their games, NVIDIA Share is compatible with Steam Link, so there shouldn't be any problem continuing to stream games when playing on the Shield TV.
139 Comments on NVIDIA is Ending GameStream Feature for its Shield TV Products
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I have the steam link hardware. It hasn't been plugged in years because the latency was horrific.
You can add any game from any launcher (if needed) to Steam and play it with a Steam Link device. You can even use it to cast your destktop. You can also use the Remote Play (Together) feature with a compatible device and no Steam account required.
There are also open source alternatives like Sunshine: github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
Having said that....
WTF?!? this is a massive feature for this device that was promoted during sales and now they're gonna nerf it? It's a massive part of why I bought it that's for sure, I hope this gets a tonne of strong backlash, there's already this petition too and reddit discussion on it.
Since you buy a graphics card with certain functions, all additional optimizations,new games support and new functions could be considered as an additional value, not included in price of purchase!
CEO meeting.
"lets kill it on next firmware update move people to geforce now."
3 months later
"umm boss 94% blocked the upgrade"
ceo - "make geforce now need latest firmware"
"umm boss we did that, they just cancelled geforce now instead"
ceo - "what!!!, they our minions we need to be in control of what we sell them"
Yep I just use smart t.v's as dumb devices "never giving them wifi passwords" like a monitor and hook a much smarter computer to them.
Even a shit computer is smarter than t.v's.
AFAIK a single desktop PC is the sweet spot for versatility, performance, efficiency or even mobility. Anything above and below or even sideways will inevitably hurt at least one of those aspects.
Nope pc's are way smarter
Just the use of any mouse and keyboard on them makes them way smarter than any smart t.v
Just because a t.v has a remote does not make them smarter :laugh:
The way these people are going and the idiots here and everywhere else wiping the seed of leather jacket man off their chins, just to get a 4090 and other overpriced cards, they see their customers as suckers and pull other shit like this.
Only 10 people world wide bought shield tv's :laugh:
Funny I don't use any of those services just funds wasted in my book
I just rip shit from the internet via download or record and play it locally and yes surround sound is one that is included.
Way to many free movie/ t.v. series sites around now days.
Like, I can do that with a geforce 6200, an adapter cable and a 1950s TV