NVIDIA Shield Discontinued, is v2 Release Imminent?


Update: The 16GB model of the Shield is also out-of-stock on .

NVIDIA’s Shield TV has seen a lot of success since it was first announed. In addition to NVIDIA working with game developers to bring a number of exclusive games to its device, it also seems to have sold enough that NVIDIA is planning a sequel.

Two weeks ago we first began to hear rumors of a new NVIDIA Shield. A new TV remote control passed by the FCC for approval. Not too long after that FCC documents showed a 2nd generation Shield TV.

If true, NVIDIA will likely have this product on sale by the holiday season and move customers to this new model by discontinuing the original.

Recently Redditor noticed that the NVIDIA Shield has been discontinued on the site ebuyer. Additionally, it’s unavailable or out-of-stock on .

Does this mean we’ll see the second generation coming soon? NVIDIA doesn’t seem like they’re giving up on Android TV. With Android Nougat just released, now’s a good chance to announce a state-of-the-art gaming console.

What kind of hardware would you want to see in a new NVIDIA Shield TV? Let us know in the comments below.

Nick Felker

Nick Felker is a student Electrical & Computer Engineering student at Rowan University (C/O 2017) and the student IEEE webmaster. When he's not studying, he is a software developer for the web and Android (Felker Tech). He has several open source projects on GitHub Devices: Moto G-2013 Moto G-2015, Moto 360, Google ADT-1, Nexus 7-2013 (x2), Lenovo Laptop, Custom Desktop. Although he was an intern at Google, the content of this blog is entirely independent and his own thoughts.

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