ogitech has unveiled a handheld gaming system for these with a PlayStation Vita or Nintendo DS-shaped gap of their lives.
On paper, the G Cloud the closest you’ll get to an Xbox handheld, given it helps Xbox cloud streaming. That implies that Xbox Recreation Cross Final subscribers can stream Xbox video games together with Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves and the just lately introduced Deathloop from the cloud with achievements and every part. In case your favorite recreation isn’t obtainable on the cloud, you may stream it regionally from your personal Xbox.
It’s an especially handsome system, with a big 7-inch 1080p IPS show, twin thumbsticks, a D-Pad, six face buttons and two analogue shoulder buttons. Logitech mentioned it’ll run for 12 hours on a single cost, which ought to be sufficient for even probably the most intensive gaming session.
It runs on Android so that you’ll have the total Play Retailer to entry do you have to need one thing extra primary, and it consists of help for Nvidia GeForce Now if you wish to stream PC video games in addition to Xbox titles.
However there’s a catch. One which makes the Logitech G Cloud a considerably harder promote than different portables like Valve’s Steam Deck and the Nintendo Swap Lite.
The cloud downside
Even when you settle for that cloud gaming is the current in addition to the longer term, the Logitech G Cloud has a fairly large downside in absolutely embracing this courageous new world of streaming. It doesn’t have 4G or 5G, and there’s no SIM card slot so as to add your personal knowledge plan.
That implies that when you’re out of wi-fi vary, you’ll be caught with any Android video games you occur to have downloaded. In brief, it’s a tool for house use, and wherever else the place you’ve gotten wi-fi entry.
Which means you’ve gotten a more practical recreation streaming system proper there in your pocket: your smartphone. The Xbox Recreation Cross app is accessible for Android, and iPhone customers can play via an internet browser. Pair that with one thing just like the Razer Kishi gamepad cellphone grip or perhaps a normal Bluetooth gamepad, and also you’ve constructed your self a extra versatile (if uglier) proxy at a fraction of the worth.
Mentioned worth is the opposite factor holding the Logitech G Cloud again. Presently solely obtainable within the US, the hand held is $299.99 (about £265) when you pre-order and $349.99 (about £310) when you don’t.
That’s closing in on the worth of the entry-level Steam Deck ($399/£349) and significantly pricier than the Nintendo Swap Lite ($199/£199). And each of those allow you to set up video games regionally, that means you may play them with or with out wi-fi. With a little bit of tinkering, the Steam Deck may also play Recreation Cross video games.
All of this makes the Logitech G Cloud extra of a curiosity than a must-buy for avid gamers on the go. Hopefully another person will decide up the baton and run with it: one thing cheaper and extra supportive of transportable play might actually rework handheld gaming sooner or later however, for us, the Logitech G Cloud isn’t fairly it.
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