If you are considering some gaming devices to get your family for Christmas, you might want to try the new Nvidia Shield. It's a gaming controller which uses the Android OS to run games optimized for Nvidia graphics, GooglePlay games and Steam games. Running Steam games enables PC streaming from your Steam PC to your Nvidia Shield controller. However, you need to keep in mind that the Steam game you select must have "controller" support, an issue brought up by Lisa Gade in this video below:
Otherwise, I think this device is a suitable platform to compare with other popular gaming devices from Sony and Microsoft. Make no mistake about it. This device is meant for gaming. However, it's great that the Android platform it comes with, enables you to do additional tasks that you normally do on your smartphone or PC like surf the web.
Here's a video demo of the Nvidia Shield with PC streaming:
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