
Nvidia opened pre-orders for the device just last month, ahead of an announced June launch window. The Tegra 4-powered portable-Nvidia's first dedicated game console-was first revealed less than six months ago at a CES event. The Shield's rollout has had a rather compressed schedule as far as game consoles go. But we want every Shield to be just right." "We apologize to those who have preordered Shields and to all those who are waiting for them to go on sale.
In a post on the official Nvidia blog, the company writes that "final quality-assurance testing has just turned up a mechanical issue that we’re not happy with." The issue can apparently be traced back to "a third-party mechanical component" that is now being worked on by the supplier. We have to say "usually" because of Nvidia's surprise announcement today that tomorrow's planned launch of the Shield handheld game console has now been pushed back to "next month." Usually, when a company reaches the day before it's supposed to officially release a new gadget, you can be relatively sure that there won't be any more unexpected delays announced in the intervening 24 hours.
