What's Behind NVIDIA's Shield Price Drop?

With mere days to go until NVIDIA Shield's official release, NVIDIA decided to cave to gamers' requests by lowering its price by $50 to $299.

But while it's tempting to view this as a desperate reaction by the company to weak pre-order sales for the device, investors might be missing the bigger picture regarding Shield's intended purpose -- namely, to serve as an introduction for consumers to NVIDIA's long-term vision for platform-free, console-independent gaming, says Fool contributor Steve Symington in the following interview with the Fool's Erin Miller.

What do you think? Please watch the video to get Steve's take, and then let us know whether you believe NVIDIA Shield is worth our time and money.

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