Logitech’s Sport Move Streaming Handheld Is Too Costly

Having a (comparatively) small system that may play mainly any huge recreation on it’s a cool thought, and that’s what I really like about Valve’s Steam Deck. However the Deck is usually a bit cumbersome, and its battery simply doesn’t final typically. Plus it doesn’t work simply with Xbox Sport Move. So the thought of a brand new, smaller handheld devoted to streaming Sport Move and Xbox titles sounds nice! Nonetheless, at $300, it appears too costly in a world the place the Steam Deck and Swap OLED exist at across the identical value level.

Introduced in the present day by Microsoft and Logitech, the brand new G Cloud handheld gaming console is a small Android-powered system constructed round streaming video video games. 10 years in the past this may have appeared like a bizarre thought. However in the present day, you’ll be able to stream virtually each recreation throughout most platforms with sufficient tinkering. The concept behind this new G Cloud system is to chop out the tinkering and modding and supply gamers with a easy, quick, and light-weight option to stream all the good video games on Sport Move.

First, the positives. The brand new Android system claims to have an prolonged battery life, most likely because of the actual fact it’s only streaming video games and never operating them natively. It boasts a stable 1080p 7-inch touchscreen, built-in controls, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a button and stick structure much like an Xbox controller. I additionally actually just like the look of the system. It’s a bit smaller than Steam Deck, which needs to be good for folk who’ve smaller palms.

However right here’s the issue: The value. At present, you’ll be able to pre-order the G Cloud at $300 which is fairly excessive contemplating that is mainly a flowery Android cellphone with built-in controls, a much bigger battery, and no means to make cellphone calls. It does have assist for the Google Play Retailer, so presumably, cell video games and apps will work on it. And being based mostly on Android, it can mainly be moddable from day one. However nonetheless, $300 for that appears excessive.

And that’s only for now. As soon as it’s out on October 17, the worth shoots as much as $350, aka the identical value as a brand new Swap OLED and solely $50 lower than a 64GB Steam Deck. Now, it’s true that the Swap can’t stream the whole Sport Move library, however with some tinkering the Steam Deck really can, whereas additionally taking part in (most) of your Steam video games.

Once I first noticed the G Cloud on Twitter I used to be . A small system devoted to Android apps and Xbox Sport Move cloud streaming could possibly be good to have. However just for like…$200. On the present value, I’d suggest people purchase a brand new cellphone, an exterior controller for his or her present cellphone, or a Steam Deck as a substitute.