I am going to pick up the Shield when it releases in May. I have had the Shield Portable since its launch and absolutely love it, especially in console mode when hooked up to my TV, so the idea of a more powerful dedicated set top box is intriguing to me.
My Shield Portable supports a huge number of games natively with the controller. However, when I look through the "Android TV Play Store" online I see only a handful of these games are "Android TV compatible" and they don't show up in the Play Store browser on the Android TV device.
Is there a way to access the complete Play Store on the console? It seems silly to 100% exclude games and other apps even if they have controller support just because they weren't explicitly designed for Android TV. I would prefer to be able to install the apps "officially" through the store rather than sideload the APKs. (support devs, easy updates, etc).
TL;DR - Can you install any app with controller support even if it's not "Android TV certified" and how?
Thanks!!