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Hardware maker Logitech G and software giant Tencent Games are teaming up. The two companies are combining efforts to take portable cloud gaming to new heights. The new partnership is working to bring a new portable cloud gaming device to market by the end of 2022.
The new device is said to support various cloud gaming services. Both companies are already working with the Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now teams on the project.
“Logitech G’s leadership in PC and console gaming gear makes them an ideal partner to help us realize our vision of bringing a better gaming experience to gamers around the world,” said Daniel Wu , from Tencent, in a blog post. “Today marks the beginning of a new opportunity for our companies to further push the boundaries of gaming devices.”
As the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck have proven, gamers love being able to play anywhere. Being able to get up and move around is nice. Being able to play in bed can be the ultimate in comfort.
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But both the Switch and the Steam Deck have limited catalogs. A device with the mobility of these, but with a much larger catalog thanks to cloud games seems like a no-brainer.
When cloud gaming works, it really works
Cloud gaming is something of a holy grail for the gaming industry. As games have progressively increased, users often don’t have the space to install everything. The problems are compounded if a player lives somewhere with a data cap.
Grand Theft Auto V, for example, is about 100GB to download. If you download it in advance to play, that’s space on your hard drive taken up and some data gone. But if you play it in the cloud, you’re only recording about 2.5GB of data per hour at 720p resolution.
If you beat it or get bored in less than 40 hours, you’ve come out on top.
I’m lucky I don’t have a data cap. But I don’t have much space either. I also play a lot of different games at the same time, which means installing and deleting quite often. And all this happens in a computer chair.
If Logitech and Tencent want to set me up with the ability to play while lying on the couch? Sign me up.
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Source: venturebeat.com