Logitech G, the gaming branch of the Swiss peripheral giant Logitech, has announced that it has partnered with Tencent Games to work on a dedicated cloud-based handheld device.
As reported by The Verge, the system is currently very much in active developement, and nothing has been announced at this time regarding release date, pricing, or what the system will actually look like. What we do know, however, is it will be a handheld alternative to smart phone peripherals and will support services such as Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia’s GeForce Now, with Logitech and Tencent working with both Microsoft and Nvidia on the hardware.
Ujesh Desai, the general manager of Logitech G, had the following to say regarding the partnership with Tencent Games:
“As one of the leading global platforms for game development, publishing and operations, Tencent Games has been at the forefront of innovation and it’s why we partnered with them. As someone that grew up playing video games, the idea of being able to stream and play AAA games almost anywhere is super exciting, and we can’t wait to show everyone what we’ve been working on.”
You'll be able to sign up for updates on the new console via Logitech's website. In the meantime, the company has confirmed that the system will launch later this year, so we can probably expect to hear more details in the coming weeks and months.
Regardless of how this turns out, it is certainly an interesting development in the world of cloud gaming. The technology is still very much in its infancy and the few cloud releases on the Nintendo Switch have proven to be problematic at best. How far this new handheld system goes in pushing the technology forward is anyone's guess, but it looks like it's definitely here to stay.
What do you make of Logitech and Tencent's announcement? Is it something you'd be interested in buying? Let us know!
[source theverge.com]
Comments 65
Cloud-based?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Seriously, do they really think this is going to be a success?
I can't wait to play tencent games, and win a lot with all my "gems" and "bucks".
A cloud-based gaming console? Isn't that what the Switch and mobile devices are for? Here's to a level of doubt towards yet another microconsole.
The reason for me why this won’t work is because I play my Switch or PSP traveling and WiFi ain’t great everywhere
Because Stadia has been such a success.
Therefore a console for cities, as most places don't have good enough internet speeds for cloud to work properly.
What a money grab, shouldn't really be surprised where Tencent is involved
It would be dependent on internet connectivity. Not convinced all the world can trust in that yet.
@seaboyluca Not here in the states. Not sure about the rest of the world
Even for free i dont want cloud rubbish.
Question : What do you make of Logitech and Tencent's announcement?
Me : I HATE IT !
Don't ever support that BS product !
My countries just one of 3 mobile providers barely started adopt 5G in small part of north capital and little bit over north capital too while rest is 4G, but even there is days, where their 4G internet is green zone, it starts to work weaker then turtle, so it's still too soon for such a gaming.
Should I make the usual joke about otherworldly MSPs these corporate folks use, or should I give the benefit of the doubt in case they're really going for a resolution that could handle the widespread mobile internet of today? No, frankly, someone releasing a sub-720p portable in the New Twenties sounds even more fictional than cloud gaming above said 720p does at the moment.😅
The moment cloud based gaming becomes the standard its when I'll probably become a retro gamer.
A digital only age is a bad enough future, a cloud based one would be the worst.
A cloud only handheld gaming system? Yeah, that is quite stupid. Unless it has free 5G everywhere.
Also Tencent is Chinese government. No, I'll stick to my Switch and Steam Deck.
Cloud based, do we get NFT too?
I bet my left nut it has also some NFT based mechanics because they are totally the next great thing and gamers will love this, bro!
What an extremly dumb idea. Cloud based gaming at home is absolute garbage already and does not work...look at Stadia and look at my internet connection. What makes them think not playing your games on the go in any respectable quality would be even better?
No thanks, if cloud based gaming becomes the standard i will stick with what i already own, at this point i am fairly sure i have more games than i need to last me a lifetime across various platforms
@dew12333
Imagine all these Nemesis:
Cloud gaming + NFT + F2P with tons of micro transactions + DRM check + Day one patch
@Anti-Matter Lol, Don't forget those loot boxes too!!
Cloud is the only option to play? Well that's an instant no thanks from me.
Anything Tencent is involved in is a hard NO for me.
Cloud based, no. But Microsoft could do a similar handheld to Steam Deck and be really successful with a Game Pass subscription to go with it.
@AcridSkull While Stadia wasn't a huge success, Nvidia Geforce Now and cloud streaming on Xbox Game Pass are pretty successful. They work fine if you have internet through fiber but not so well over 4G (the input lag is just too much for me).
The infrastructure does not exist yet, when will they learn this?
Also, they could pull the plug at any point and you lose access to everything...
I’ll never understand why companies think a portable system you can barely play portably is a good idea. Cloud gaming has still been hit and miss at home on the best of connections let alone if you try to travel with your portable and cloud game elsewhere.
@seaboyluca A successful product comes as the result of never giving up. You keep trying until you make something that sticks.
A cloud base console, wow, so if the digital services couldn’t get the job done somehow a console based around that vary thing is somehow going to do better? And then so what’s the point of it being a handheld? If it’s cloud based, sometimes I just think these company’s want a slide of the portable console pie.
So Yeah, big no on this one,
I'm sure it'll be a success. Just like Luna or Stadia. Another PlayStation/Xbox/Nintendo slayer. Mm-hmm, absolutely.
Is it gonna have face identity scans?
They went with Microsoft?? Their Game Pass streaming is terrible. The games are upplayble. Google Stadia has better streaming capabilities, but again, not good enough. Anybody strem PS3 games on PS4? I wonder if that's any good. Really the best cloud based streaming I have seen is on Nintendo Switch.
A cloud-based console by Tencent?
How many trillions would they need to spend on marketing to make such a monstrosity sound even remotely appealing?
They totally lost me at Tencent. Lost some respect for Logitech too.
Oooh, this should do really well! Every one loves cloud gaming...
Erm...
Maybe it will release along side the Internet v2.0
Cloud-based AND Tencent? No thanks. I don't care if it causes pizza to materialize in my home. I'm out.
What an absolute barf-o-rama
@AcridSkull personally I have no interest in cloud gaming, especially given the current state of network quality and coverage. But I don't think that Google Stadia failed because it was cloud. It was just a terrible value proposition to begin with (buy games at full price, from a small pool of available titles, only playable in the cloud, and only until Google characteristically dumps the service... PLUS pay a monthly fee PLUS you need special hardware for some reason). And then Google did the expected and abandoned the service.
Some people seem to like Xbox cloud and Geforce Now; they are much better value and you're not losing purchases if you end your subscription or MS / Nvidia pulls the plug. So a machine which is just a delivery system for those already-successful services isn't the craziest idea.
Still you'd want it to be cheap if it's nothing but a streaming box. And you'd want it to support 4G /5G simcards if you want it to be able to fill any niche at all that's not already owned by the Switch.
My question is how can it be a true handheld if it's cloud/internet based?
The idea of a cloud-based gaming handheld is already a "no thanks" and knowing Tencent would be involved moves it square into the "so much nope" category; this reads like an out-of-season April Fool's joke announcement with how awful it sounds.
Interesting that new contenders try to console gaming industry, but, cloud gaming still is "Not" a, really, a good option...
Some remember Stadia platform gaming?...
Ah yes today is another episode of “NL needs some clicks again”
Sigh
If you use something that tencent are involved in then that makes you a ccp informant.
Wherever this magical place "almost anywhere" is, I'd like to move there. They seem to have phenomenal internet there.
A console full of faulty hardware that sends all your personal information straight to Beijing? No thanks!
Is it possible to be actively disinterested in something..?
Repulsed!
Yes that is the word. I'd say this product is repulsive.
The only Cloud gaming I'm interested in is if it relates to Final Fantasy VII. Anything else is a NOPE.
Logitech hasn't made anything good in the last few decades. Cloud gaming handheld console? Sure why not, it's not like the Polium One would had all that vaporware space all to themselves.
If it's cloud based, but a handheld, are they hoping to stream it via mobile when not near wifi...? How is this supposed to succeed exactly? Guess I'll have to sit right while more info comes.
For a company named logitech you'd think they'd use some logical technological stuff, not the opposite. But if tencent games makes ten cent games, who knows...
Maybe this would work in China, but internet connections in the US are so spotty that this is a hard sell.
@LUIGITORNADO Brit, I'm expecting basically nobody to buy it here
They know we have these things called smartphones right? I mean they're a mobile device that is always connected to a network, that can already stream games with apps. Why would I want to buy an entire handheld game console dedicated towards streaming games off a cloud? Sounds like the most pointless thing ever.
Kingdom Hearts on Switch is Bad enough as is. And that's just a subgenre of games, not the ENITRE CONSOLE. What are they thinking?
Can just use the gamepass app on your phone if you want to stream games
That’s like…. 4 stupid things in one! Impressive! I wonder if they’re just dumping investor money to say they used it so they qualify for getting higher investments next quarter.
Weird. I like Logitech stuff, so I don't doubt the hardware itself will be well made, but like everyone here's already stated portable and cloud gaming don't mix.
Internet based gaming run by an arm of the PRC who can i write this check out to owait I'd rather put a bullet sized hole in my head.
Being both cloud-based (so needing constant fast reliable internet) and handheld (so you in theory move around a lot with it and travel out of the house) makes this a pretty braindead non-starter of an idea
@Silly_G they could personally pay me trillions and it still wouldn't sound appealing.
@MrGawain it's a lot better than just a few years ago but if anything got popular it would be as bad as that first week of Pokemon GO
If internet connections in most metropolitan & suburban, developed areas still aren’t all that fast, stable or even consistently available for so many consumers… I can only imagine how horrible it could be for a console where it was requisite & dependent upon those things among other factors & supports 24/7 worldwide. Yikes.
Hopefully the infrastructure & affordability issues improve and that all gets sorted out much better for society prior to this potentially becoming a new industry norm in the future.
… Wun can only hope.
Two things bad about this: Cloud Based and tencent.
Of course streaming is the future. If it gives the same or better experience as having the console running the game then why wouldn't you?
It's still a way off I'm sure, but streaming stuff off of PS Plus lately, I genuinely don't think people would be able to tell it wasn't running native...
A console that lives and dies by the speed and reliability of your connection, playing games that you'll never own despite paying (I'm assuming) full price? Genius.
Oh yes, anything made by Tencent, a corporation that famously promotes and supports China's fascist dictatorship, is totally the future of gaming. Especially if it's some cloud-based nonsense.
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