If you look at
Richards review of the Nvidia Shield all those years ago the difference in tone is shocking. In that review he waffled on about how he's impressed by the zero-compromise 360 form factor controller, how it was difficult not to be impressed by PC streaming, despite it being a shitty res and framerate (720p/30fps) with macro blocking even on a crap small screen. Impressed by the input latency despite it being worse. How it was the "PC portable" envisaged by Gabe himself. How the use of a wifi router made it better than the Wii U by offering range to play from anywhere you have connection, how 802.11n was great despite 802.11ac (Draft 3) routers existing at the time. How they built a niche product 'for us' the 'core gamer'. And all that excitement for a $299 device back when inflation wasn't through the roof. He's somehow forgotten all these things to be excited about when it comes to the Portal. instead he's "disapponted" as always.