I'd like to say that native is great and I've had a lot of fun on it. However, I think the ability to play such a wide variety of mods has made M&B: Warband one of my all time favorite games. I have easily over 3k hours on it. I understand it has already been stated that there are no plans to support mods, but I'd honestly pay double the price just to have them. I didn't know Warband was possible on the Nvidia Shield, and as soon as I found out about it, I immediately bought it. Didn't have to read anything else. I probably should have though, I assumed it came with all the features of Warband, including the mods.
Either way, I'm extremely grateful that Taleworlds has noticed the Nvidia Shield and have put work into making this possible. I'd love to hear that implementing mods is something being looked into, but if not, well I can't really complain.
After this, and with Bannerlord around the corner, I'm definitely a happy camper.