Play Store now shipping Nexus Player Gamepad

Here’s a bit of good news for Android gamers: That sexy (well, in my humble opinion it is) new gamepad for the Nexus Player just arrived in the Play Store and is ready for ordering.

The gamepad will cost $40 for gamers looking to get their hands on it, and should certainly make playing Android games on your big screen a lot more comfortable. I can’t help but make some comparisons in form factor to the Xbox One controller, and can honestly say that the Bluetooth 3.0 device is easily the nicest Android game controller that I have seen so far.

As a gamer myself, this controller/device presents quite the conundrum in more than one way. I have an Ouya, a Chromecast, an Xbox 360, an HDMI adapter for my Note 3 that plugs right into my TV,  and a wireless adapter that allows me to play my Steam games with my Xbox 360 controller. While I have enjoyed the Ouya, I never could really get over the fact that I would need to purchase games that I previously bought on Google Play over the Ouya shop a second time to be able to take advantage of the big screen, which is why I haven’t played it more regularly. With the ability to play games over the Ouya, and stream media over a Chromecast, will this device be a hit with consumers that already own Chromecast and the Ouya? Will so many gamers even be interested in dropping 150USD for a device that allows you to play Android games on the big screen (price of the player + the controller)?

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