E3 2013: These Are The Reasons Why You’re Not Buying An Nvidia SHIELD Handheld

The Screen Is Too Small

At no point could I find a comfortable viewing distance for this thing. A game like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was impossibly small on the SHIELD’s 5″ screen when holding it at arm’s length and uncomfortable holding it up close for very long because of its bulk. Sure, people play games on their phones (especially their iPhones), but they weigh less and you generally hold them closer. At a distance, you have the generous size of tablet screens. You’re not going to want to play Android games on this thing, much less stream PC games designed for even higher resolutions.

Then there’s the fact that…