[BORIStheBLADE]

[Like I said, still a great piece of hardware.

When a new Android phone comes out with the same hardware as the last version which is a year old its usually cheaper. Or they upgrade the hardware even if the old hardware was fine. And these phones still have good support if you buy a big name brand.

In the end I doubt it will sell all that great since most people will wait for a big price cut or the think its middleware with the new HDMI specs..

And it cheaper, the remote is now included at the same price. So even though it's the same price, you get more since by itself the remote is $50. So for what you got before for $250 you now get for $200. And comparing it to phones is apples and oranges, usually (not always) the hardware is updated because the new phone adds features which aren't supported on the old hardware, not to mention that some of it is just marketing hype so they can sell new hardware which was unnecessary anyway. But no those phones don't always get good support and most will be stuck on old OSs or have to wait months or perhaps never to receive the latest version of Android.

Besides that, Nvidia hasn't even announced a successor to the X1. So what does anyone expect the hardware to be upgraded to.

It should be refreshing that a company isn't requiring their customers to buy a new device just to receive the latest features.

So you're saying that all other devices support is inferior in the android ecosystem so the phone pricing doesnt apply? Also if I recall Kodi has a dev working with them? So if we didn't have that would it still have "great support"?

I agree you're getting more in regards to whats packaged with it but that's reaching.. If they sold it barebones with no gamepad or remote do you think that $50.00 remote would sell like hot cakes? I highly doubt it.. Most would go with something else.. I've seen a ton of people complain about cheaper remotes in this forum in the past..

And this whole

So what does anyone expect the hardware to be upgraded to.?!

How is any consumer supposed to know what hardware they have in the pipline? Why do people upgrade their GPU when they might not need to? Or CPU? People have upgraded from a RPi 3 just because they want a little more grunt. And like I said.. The Original Shield still IS a great piece of hardware but for that price.. Not so much. When it first came out they ran a $150.00 sale for a while. When it was NEW hardware..

Either way.. I still recommend this for someone wanting Android.

we can just agree to disagree..