Nvidia to unveil ‘revolutionary new gaming platform’ next week

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Nvidia Corp. recently unveiled a web-site that invites everyone to a special event where its chief executive officer plans to make an important announcement about the future of gaming. The company revealed no details about the upcoming project, but it now turns out that it is a brand new gaming platform.
 

“Please join me for a very special event on March 3rd,” wrote Jen-Hsun Huang on the Made to Game web-site. “More than 5 years in the making, what I want to share with you will redefine the future of gaming.”
 

 

Nvidia’s Made to Game web-site does not contain any clues regarding what exactly Nvidia plans to unveil. However, the source code of the page contains a hidden message, which states that on the 3rd of March the interested people are invited to join Nvidia CEO for an unveiling of “a revolutionary new gaming platform.”
 

At present it is unknown what exactly Nvidia intends to announce. Many people suggest that this could be a gaming console for the living room, a consumer electronics platform with advanced graphics, a virtual reality platform as well as many other things. One thing that is clear, though: this is not a new graphics card or even graphics processing architecture since “platform” means something bigger than a new GPU.
 

Strategically, Nvidia clearly needs to think outside of traditional PC gaming world. Moreover, to actually make money on its hardware, which faces competition from different companies, Nvidia needs to offer a unique software stack that will differentiate it from the others by offering unique technologies.
 

 

Nvidia, just like many other companies these days, uses social media marketing to attract maximum attention to its events. In a bid to inspire interest and curiosity among gamers as well as to create a buzz across Facebook and Twitter, companies usually describe their upcoming announcements as “revolutionary” or “game changing”. For example, before Nvidia announced its G-Sync, it called it a “ground-breaking” technology that would redefine gaming.

While G-Sync is a great feature of GPUs and displays, it has not really changed the world.

Source : http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/nvidia-to-unveil-revolutionary-new-gaming-platform-next-week-hidden-message/

[Tedster]

I really hope that Nvidia doesn't make a console...

 

Do you think they've done something like Grid but stronger?

[79wjd]

inb4

G-GameStation 

GShield 

ShieldStation 

[C0LL0SS0S]

I hope its nothing with the X1, but I highly doubt that it is something mind blowing but still hope it is

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

inb4 G-GameStation 

i think it might be related to Nvida Grid 

[minibois]

But the real question is, is it gonna have 4GB VRAM? xDDD rofl lmao

/jk

 

I think it will be Steam machine related, or something like that.

Possibly a Nvidia shield console thing..

[harrynowl]

ARM powered console that can stream from PC and grid?

[79wjd]

i think it might be related to Nvida Grid 

I actually kind of want Nvidia to launch a console....It would be interesting to see the console market getting stirred up. 

[Misanthrope]

Yeah, I bet is another stupid fucking Tegra tablet, no thanks.

[IP man]

Yay! very exciting, Maybe Nvidia gameboy?

[christianled59]

I hope it's VR related. More competition for Facebook, Sony, Valve, and Razer.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

I actually kind of want Nvidia to launch a console....It would be interesting to see the console market getting stirred up. 

well steam PC didn't happen , i won't bet on it , there'd be again AMD vs Nvidia console war 

[Guest Kloaked]

MY WALLET IS READY somewhat

[Guest Kloaked]

I really hope that Nvidia doesn't make a console...

 

Do you think they've done something like Grid but stronger?

 

Maybe the whole thing is them kicking every single ISP's ass and getting everyone 1Gbps speeds.

 

I wish.

[totjup5]

I hope its nothing with the X1, but I highly doubt that it is something mind blowing but still hope it is

I'd be happy with a new version of the shield portable with the x1 in it, but I doubt that's what it is.

[C0LL0SS0S]

I'd be happy with a new version of the shield portable with the x1 in it, but I doubt that's what it is.

scared that it is a "console" with the X1, maybe something like a steam machine or a modified windows OS that runs windows games but can't be changed, the horror is real

[Qvist]

Rumors over at r/oculus are that its a VR headset called Titan VR, and that would sort of make sense since its from the team behind the SHIELD.

The REAL question is, does it plug into a PC (nvidia gpu only, knowing them), or is it an Android device, like the GearVR from samsung (also likely, considering the SHIELD is android).

[razor767]

Rumors earlier this year suggested a new tablet but I find that a bit hard to believe given that the current Shield tablet hasn't been out very long and whatever this is has apparently been "more than 5 years in the making".

 

Will be interesting to see what it actually is. 

[as96]

I hope it's not another android "console"

[Whorax]

I actually kind of want Nvidia to launch a console....It would be interesting to see the console market getting stirred up. 

The console market is too saturated with fanboys for another contender to join the mix, imo. The people on consoles that only casually play games probably won't care and won't stray away from what they know--Xboxs, Playstations, and Nintendos.

 

That's my take on it, anyways.

[Real_PhillBert]

I'm hoping for a shield tablet with the Tegra X1 in it.

[Opcode]

Android console sporting a Tegra X1 with 3.5 GB of ram.

[Jaybird]

inb4

G-GameStation 

GShield 

ShieldStation 

it would be neat. a console like device but on steroids and can stream to a pc, shield, tablet, etc. 

[79wjd]

a console like device.....

i.e. pc 

[Jaybird]

i.e. pc 

strange concept isnt it