A flurry of posts went out a few hours ago that showed the newest NVIDIA Shield that is set to launch in May having a 500GB variant for $299.99. Seeing the headlines got me to clicking about since the release device is slated for $199.99 with 16GB of storage.
I would have no issue spending $100 for such a massive jump in storage. Obviously the listing brought about a ton of questions like is the additional bump a Solid State, Hybrid or standard hard drive. Flash storage in that size would be pretty expensive. Unfortunately the price listing is apparently a mistaken listing that should have never been made view-able to the general public and has since been corrected. Releasing the following statement to the press about it:
“A SHIELD partner development kit was erroneously listed on our website today as a product. For clarification, NVIDIA has not launched a 500 GB SKU for SHIELD. The website has been updated with our announced SHIELD product, available soon at $199.99”. – Nvidia
Being a bit of a conspiracy nut, I refuse to believe it was an accident. Rather a marketing tool to get the device, prior to launch, back in the eyes of the public and consumers. It is possible that they could bring something out shortly with a bit more storage, but I doubt a consumer variant would see 500GB for $300. With the size of Android games heading into the 3-5GB file range it would make a lot of sense for a “gaming” box to give users plenty of room to hold more than one or two. NVIDIA
Source: Droidgamers
