After the Nintendo Switch already had a new opponent in the handheld sector with the Steam Deck, someone else wants to enter the market: Logitech and Tencent are planning a streaming handheld together.
These companies are: Logitech and Tencent announced on August 2, 2022 that they want to work together on the project.
According to the statement, both companies share a “common vision of the future of gaming” (via blog.logitech) and apparently see it in cloud gaming – and especially right in your hands.
That’s what Tencent and Logitech are planning
What is this project? Together, the two companies want to develop a “cloud gaming handheld” and even bring it to market this year – i.e. 2022.
Logitech is said to bring hardware expertise, while Tencent is said to bring software knowledge.
The device, which has not yet been named, is said to support various cloud gaming services. According to the statement, the two companies are working with teams from Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce Now to enable gamers “to play AAA games when they’re away from their console and PC.”
There should be no need for downloads. The games are intended to be played on external servers and controlled by players. Whether downloads are actually not an option at all is not initially clear from the notification.
There is no further information about the device yet – it is only clear that it should come this year.
This could create another competitor in the handheld market. In addition to common smartphones, which are now also suitable for cloud gaming, the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck are the top dogs there – although the latter is still not that easy to get.
You can see a closer look at both devices here.
Can the Tencent-Logitech console prevail there? That should become apparent as soon as it is clear what games the handheld should play and what the device will cost.
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