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[Sleepwalker]

At Xbox, we’re always looking to make gaming available to more people in more ways. Since launching Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) two years ago, we’ve continued to expand device support: bringing Halo Infinite to entry-level PCs, Forza Horizon 5 to iOS phones and tablets, Microsoft Flight Simulator to Xbox One, and hundreds of games to even more devices like 2022 Samsung Smart TVs.

As we look ahead, we will continue to meet people on the devices they already own, breaking down barriers of entry to play.

So today, we’re announcing that Xbox Cloud Gaming will be available in more places with the Logitech G CLOUD Gaming Handheld when it launches in North America on October 17. Soon you’ll be able to play Grounded and Sea of Thieves, or discover your next favorite game, right in the palm of your hands using the power of the cloud on an all-new device.

Handhelds are a natural next step in our cloud gaming evolution, and it’s great to see a world-class hardware leader like Logitech optimize Xbox Cloud Gaming for their new device. You can jump right in with ease, anywhere you are, and take advantage of the 16:9 full-screen display. With extended battery life, built-in Wi-Fi, and ergonomic controls, the Logitech G CLOUD will allow you to progress through campaigns or get online for a multiplayer session where it’s most convenient to you.

Getting started is easy: Once you boot up your Logitech G CLOUD, you’ll see the Xbox Cloud Gaming shortcut pinned right to the home screen. You can play hundreds of high-quality titles with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, including new games on day one from Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda, as well as fantastic titles from our partners such as, The Gunk, PowerWash Simulator, and Tunic. You can also play Fortnite with your friends for free, no Game Pass subscription required.

Additionally, we’ve worked with Logitech to enable our Remote Play feature, also pinned as a shortcut to the home screen. Remote Play differs from Xbox Cloud Gaming by letting you stream your full Xbox library – going beyond titles in Xbox Game Pass – from your personal Xbox console to phones, tablets, and now handhelds.

You can read more about the Logitech G CLOUD Gaming Handheld announcement here, and to learn more about Xbox Cloud Gaming, visit xbox.com/cloudgaming.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/09...loud-gaming-on-the-logitech-g-cloud-handheld/

$300 (marked down from $350), cloud only gaming handheld, wifi only. Judging by the specs I dont think itll be able to run much of anything natively.


Seems a pointless product to me but here we are.

Specs here:

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gamepads/cloud-handheld-gaming.940-000198.html


Releases october 18th.

 

[DeepEnigma]

$300... for cloud gaming and wifi only?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Series G?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

There's some point to this device.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

There's some point to this device.

When I traveled a lot and spent a lot of times in hotels in different cities this would have been awesome to take with me

Today its not for me

 

[Sleepwalker]

When I traveled a lot and spent a lot of times in hotels in different cities this would have been awesome to take with me

Today its not for me

Even then youd rely on hotels having good wifi for game streaming.

 

[Jennings]

People have paid this much for pro controllers and those don't even stream games.

 

[reksveks]

Xbox announces Logitech G Handheld?

Kinda weird way to put it. I would probably put it as Xbox announce support for Logitech G Handheld.

But yeah, I would probably bite at 100 usd cheaper, I do want to see how much more friendly the local remote play is over the normal Xbox android app is

 

[DenchDeckard]

That's crazy.

Reading its also a tablet but man...I dunno. Interested to try one but not sure its worth the asking price....

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Get a steam deck for just a little bit more? I'm not sure there's much of a market for this.

 

[Haint]

When I traveled a lot and spent a lot of times in hotels in different cities this would have been awesome to take with me

Today its not for me

LOL, hotel wifi struggles to load emails.

 

[reksveks]

Get a steam deck for just a little bit more? I'm not sure there's much of a market for this.

yeah, it's too expensive, 250 would be the max. 150 would be a steal.

 

[DeepEnigma]

People have paid this much for pro controllers and those don't even stream games.

Those types of gamers have no use for this device, nor non native play.

They want every advantage they can get, latency, QoL and configurations.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Xbox announces Logitech G Handheld?

Kinda weird way to put it. I would probably put it as Xbox announce support for Logitech G Handheld.

But yeah, I would probably bite at 100 usd cheaper, I do want to see how much more friendly the local remote play is over the normal Xbox android app is

Thats actually what I meant to write but mistyped while editing the title, cant edit it now lol

 

[Banjo64]

What an absolute disaster of a product for that price. Utter waste of time.

IPS display, same price as a Switch Oled?

You can get Oled Android phones discounted in the £150-£200 region in the UK, just get one of them and a Kishi/Backbone instead of this piece of shit.

 

[chromhound]

Make a Pro package with Xbox Series X

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

LOL, hotel wifi struggles to load emails.

I dunno what kind of hotels you guys are staying at but my last 2 extended stay hotel trips I took my Series X and had no issues playing games over wifi

 

[Negotiator101]

Get a steam deck for just a little bit more? I'm not sure there's much of a market for this.

Flea market?

 

[Liamario]

I'm just not on board for cloud gaming when there's latency as there currently is.

 

[danklord]

At that price it should ship with one year of free Cloud Gaming

 

[Punished Miku]

Series G?

Xbox Series Y (why?)

 

[GHG]

$300... for cloud gaming and wifi only?

When they said they were committed to hardware and consoles this is what they meant.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Xbox Series Y (why?)

Logitech Y (u do dis?)

 

[rofif]

cloud only handheld?
How does one cloud stream on a trip on roaming lol.
Deck shits on this

 

[kirby007]

no virtual sim is a big miss

 

[Mr Moose]

Oh, its that shitty Logitech handheld from the other week.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/images-of-logitech-tencents-new-handheld-console-have-leaked.1640811/

 

[Beechos]

Might as well get a 64gb steamdeck at that price.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[64bitmodels]

Valve did it better.

 

[GHG]

This man is accelerating things towards his utopian (in a corporate sense) endgame at breakneck pace.

How can you claim to be a gamer and then shill a device like this with a straight face?

 

[Negotiator101]

Well it's Phil Spencer endorsed now that changes everything

 

[THE DUCK]

Wtf is this ms, the price is garbage with an lcd screen, for this kind of price a true dedicated handheld should be offered.

Sony can you please step up here?

 

[Kilau]

Price is ridiculous and has Tencent involvement, no way.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Well it's Phil Spencer endorsed now that changes everything

WTF, I want one now!

 

[sendit]

A announcement and a price drop from 349 to 299. Microsoft is on a roll! This is a game changing device that will bite at the heels of both the Switch and Steam deck.

 

[jaysius]

It also supports Geforce Now, some people here love that.

This device is completely insane though.

This is NOT a Microsoft device, it supports their CLOUD AND GEFORCE NOW.

Good troll OP.

 

[Kiraly]

Xbox announces Samsung Smart TV

 

[DarkMage619]

Wtf is this ms, the price is garbage with an lcd screen, for this kind of price a true dedicated handheld should be offered.

Sony can you please step up here?

Welcome back man.

The price for this device is a little high but it does provide an additional vector for playing Game pass so I can see why MS would support it.

 

[64bitmodels]

Shut the fuck up Spencer and make an actual handheld.

 

[Celcius]

Sounds like Google stadia 2.0. Aka dead on arrival.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Get a steam deck for just a little bit more? I'm not sure there's much of a market for this.

Exactly…who is this for?

 

[jorgejjvr]

Doesn't have mobile data?

 

[Deft Beck]

This is a worthless product as is. I predict that hackers will make this into a decent gaming tablet with built in controls.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Exactly…who is this for?

Those "billions" of gamers.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Shut the fuck up Spencer and make an actual handheld.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Cloud gaming is not appealing in anyway

 

[Banjo64]

Fuck me, the cringe. That’s embarrassing Phil. No way to polish this turd I’m afraid. Poor guy if he’s telling the truth though, imagine working at the place that manufactures the Surface and they ship you off with some Logitech POS.

 

[SportsFan581]

I like the idea, not the price or size. If someone can figure a way to do this with less expensive hardware and in a form factor that's more portable in a traditional sense, it could work. This thing would take up more space than a controller attachment for a phone. Something more PSP-GO esque in nature (preferably even a bit thinner with an edge-to-edge screen that's as large as possible) and you'd really have something.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Fuck me, the cringe. That’s embarrassing Phil. No way to polish this turd I’m afraid. Poor guy if he’s telling the truth though, imagine working at the place that manufactures the Surface and they ship you off with some Logitech POS.

He forgot the #ad

 

[GHG]

Welcome back man.

The price for this device is a little high but it does provide an additional vector for playing Game pass so I can see why MS would support it.

This man said "a little high".

Literally a case of "MS supports it and so will I".

I like the idea, not the price or size. If someone can figure a way to do this with less expensive hardware and in a form factor that's more portable in a traditional sense, it could work. This thing would take up more space than a controller attachment for a phone. Something more PSP-GO esque in nature (preferably even a bit thinner with an edge-to-edge screen that's as large as possible) and you'd really have something.

You just described every modern mobile phone on the market. The bonus - people already have those.

But yeh, really on to something.