Canadian Rick Harrison is probably kicking himself right now.

The Nvidia Shield Portable was probably the least successful of the Shield line. Which isn’t really an insult or anything; it was a well designed and built device. But it didn’t really fill its supposed niche (or said niche wasn’t large enough for it), and the line grew on without it.

Story’s over, right? Wrong. There were plans for an Nvidia Shield Portable 2 on the table. Though it never came to fruition, there were demo units sent to developers. And as luck would have it, Reddit user FwrigginRwootbeer found and bought one in a Canadian pawn shop in a small town. While the prototype Portable 2 does have better specs, you can’t really upgrade the firmware or anything without bricking it. Still, it’s interesting to see what they were going for.

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B. Simmons

Based out of Glendale California, Bryan is a GAMbIT’s resident gaming contributor. Specializing in PC and portable gaming, you can find Bryan on his 3DS playing Monster Hunter or at one of the various conventions throughout the state.

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