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I use a laptop hooked up to my TV which is vastly superior in the most important way for me: ad blocking.
How much did your laptop cost compared to something like a $199 Shield?
This one cost me about $300 refurbished because I also use it for some light gaming. The one I used prior to this one was $160.
The shield is a bit stronger than light gaming.
The shield isn't meant as a gaming device, it's a streaming device. I mean you can run games on it, I guess, but it's an Android device and its purpose is to stream from PC to your TV.
No, it isn't.
You can install emulators on the shield to play classic roms and you can stream games from your PC or the cloud to it. My laptop does both of those things. Plus I can install some modern games like Hades 2, block ads on every video and music streaming service, and be more in control of where my data goes.
I'm pretty sure the only thing the Shield does that my laptop won't is a.i. upscaling which is not an important feature for me.
Most people, when speaking about a gaming device, aren't talking about the ability to play things from 40 years ago that you could run on a smart toaster