Having a (comparatively) small gadget that may play mainly any huge sport on it’s a cool concept, and that’s what I like about Valve’s Steam Deck. However the Deck could be a bit cumbersome, and its battery simply doesn’t final typically. Plus it doesn’t work simply with Xbox Recreation Go. So the thought of a brand new, smaller handheld devoted to streaming Recreation Go and Xbox titles sounds nice! Nevertheless, at $300, it appears too costly in a world the place the Steam Deck and Swap OLED exist at across the identical worth level.
Introduced right now by Microsoft and Logitech, the brand new G Cloud handheld gaming console is a small Android-powered gadget constructed round streaming video video games. 10 years in the past this might have appeared like a bizarre concept. However right now, you possibly can stream virtually each sport throughout most platforms with sufficient tinkering. The concept behind this new G Cloud gadget is to chop out the tinkering and modding and supply gamers with a easy, quick, and light-weight method to stream all the nice video games on Recreation Go.
First, the positives. The brand new Android gadget claims to have an prolonged battery life, most likely because of the actual fact it’s only streaming video games and never working 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 gadget. It’s a bit smaller than Steam Deck, which ought to be good for folk who’ve smaller palms.
However right here’s the issue: The worth. Presently, you possibly can pre-order the G Cloud at $300 which is fairly excessive contemplating that is mainly a elaborate Android cellphone with built-in controls, an even bigger battery, and no capability to make cellphone calls. It does have assist for the Google Play Retailer, so presumably, cellular video games and apps will work on it. And being primarily based on Android, it’ll mainly be moddable from day one. However nonetheless, $300 for that appears excessive.
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And that’s only for now. As soon as it’s out on October 17, the value shoots as much as $350, aka the identical worth 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 all the Recreation Go 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 gadget devoted to Android apps and Xbox Recreation Go cloud streaming could possibly be good to have. However just for like…$200. On the present worth, 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.
