![]() I've contacted Nvidia for further comment and will update with any response. Not to mention the knock-on effect for other highly popular services like Moonlight (opens in new tab), which requires GameStream to function. It's not just a question of the Shield hardware itself either: using these services requires buying into the wider Nvidia ecosystem, so there will be people out there for whom GameStream mattered when choosing their GPU. It's hard not to sympathise with the customer reaction to this one. So there you go: GameStream will be removed and, if you try to keep your Shield working as-is, the other functionalities will be hobbled and stop working until you update to the post-GameStream future. All other services supported by Nvidia Games, including GeForce NOW, will require an app update to continue working." What about just dodging the February update? Nice idea but, per Nvidia again: "Gamestream may continue to work for a time, but will no longer be supported and eventually will stop working. But it is undeniable that GameStream was a selling point for the Shield and some people will have bought it in the not-unreasonable expectation that it would just 'work' for as long as needed. Nvidia Shield requires a beefy Nvidia GPU and an Intel CPU or AMD APU to power it, but you’ll need more than that for Steam Link. In fact Nvidia's announcement seems to try and get out ahead of this by suggesting the available alternatives. ![]() That, unfortunately, does not appear to be the case. "This is pretty annoying, it's the only reason I bought the bloody thing, I have a feeling they can't remove the functionality, they just stop future support, as it's one of things they use to advertise it." ![]() ![]() "Why would anyone actually buy a Shield TV if not for the function they are removing," runs another reaction. ![]()
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