Logitech Will Launch a Handheld Cloud Gaming Device In 2022 (androidauthority.com) 27
Today, the long-running PC and gaming accessory maker Logitech announced plans to launch its own cloud gaming handheld device. Android Authority reports: Logitech stated it will partner on the software side with China-based Tencent Games for the new device. It is also working with Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming services so that its device should support hundreds of high-end PC and console games out of the box. It's possible that other cloud gaming services like Google's Stadia and Amazon's Luna could support the device as well, but no concrete details on that just yet. No other details have been revealed, but there is a web page Logitech set up where you can enter your email to receive further updates.
Cloud gaming (Score:3, Interesting)
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Industry obviously, they finally can kill the secondhand market for good and there is a lot less friction to get people into service-style gamingsubscriptions and microtransactions.
Not to say I dont have anything to like here, the idea that I can boot up my laptop and play a brand new AAA title with the performance and graphic fidelity of having a high-end PC without the cost and hassle of owning it and the idea that I can try games and have a vast Netflix like selection at my fingertips also has appeal, el
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Also the wild variability of broadband in the US and less than great latency for a lot of people.
Yeah, that's the real dealbreaker for cloud gaming. I already own a "handheld cloud gaming device" - an iPhone 13 mini. Pair an Xbox controller to it, and at home it actually is somewhat passable to stream games from my desktop PC. There's still some noticeable latency from the video encoder, so it's really only ideal for casual gaming. Commercial game streaming services are another story, though. My crappy Spectrum broadband service is subject to random modem reboots (and I've tried replacing the mode
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I however am interested in the Steam Deck as I think that with a docking station and the ability to switch to a desktop I can use it as a full PC as well as play classic video games on it.
As for something like this from Logitech... I'm completely at a loss for what it would be useful for. I bought a Razor game pad for my iPhone some time ago. That was kinda nifty for the gaming services. And since I already bring my phone with me everywhere, it was kind of a no brainer. But I can't imagine fo
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It's pretty good for the bulk of the country and probably already needed for the target audience anyways.
I used it on my nvidia shield and loved it.
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You’re right. The industry keeps trying to push cloud gaming but nobody seems to want it. Which makes sense from the industry perspective, cloud gaming means subscription revenues instead of one time game purchases.
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Maybe we're just too old? I really don't play a lot of games, my wife does most of that, so I don't really know what's hot. Are there a lot of popular games you can play offline?
Kids all seem to really like these online multiplayer games. Roblox and Fortnite are ridiculously popular, at least around here, and I don't think you can play those offline at all.
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It's not just you that feels that way, but multiplayer gaming is in fact hugely popular. I can't speak to how much actual interest there is in cloud gaming, but if it could deliver on its promises it would be great for a lot of people. Unfortunately, many of us have terrible internet service, and it never can serve those people. And if you're serious about gaming, it can never serve you anyway, as there will always be not just additional but also variable latency. When your PC does this it's called stutteri
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This is a portable LoL terminal.
Logitech is dead to me (Score:2)
Waaay back when I still used Windows I bought a Logitech mouse, and the driver disk installed some POS spyware that phoned home. Since then I've never bought Logitech devices and never will.
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why would you ever need to install drivers for a mouse (outside of some bullshit marketing thing like buttonz or leeeeedz) Its amazing you can operate any computer
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Usually because the mouse has buttons that can be programmed to do a variety of things.
IME you can skip the drivers for every logitech input device ever that doesn't connect to a serial port (like the Wingman Warrior does.) But on Windows you won't be able to use all of the buttons. On Linux, they will probably all work fine.
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Better late than never, I guess!
no just stop (Score:2)
1) Tencent Games ... where there's 2 half decent gaming PC's and a couple consoles already
2) Streaming, needs a decent internet connection, both in terms of stability and bandwidth, the only place I can count on that in the USA is home
3) I assume this thing can't be cheap, even logitech's free oem mouses cost 20 bucks at retail
pass
Cheap Chinese switches (Score:2)
Logitech is notorious for using cheap Chinese switches in their expensive gaming mice resulting in ghost clicks. They can be repaired by opening up the mouse and the switch itself and bending the switch back into shape and then putting the whole thing back together again. The repair takes about 15-45 minutes depending on skill level. If the quality isn't going to improve on their gaming mice, the gaming device gets an immediate hard pass from me.
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I used a logitech trackman wheel (the original one with the thumb ball, P/N T-BB18) for many years, and it indeed had some total garbage microswitches. I replaced them many times before the device finally gave up, and I bought the wireless model that now holds that space in the lineup (M570) and I've had it for some years now without trouble. It does gunk up slightly faster, and the ball is harder to take out, but the switches are still working properly.
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Admittedly, the quality of newer Logitech mice have deteriorated. On the other hand I was lucky to buy an MX518 mouse about 17 years ago and it's still working perfectly! It's on it's 3rd PC. Indestructible! :)
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I had an MX518 and loved it - for the life of me I don't know where it went. But... I did get one of the recent reissued MX518s, and I love it too.
That was one of those devices that was just... right. Like the Harmony 880.
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I'm glad to know newer MX518's are still good. Thanks! ;)
When this one somehow goes tits up I'm gonna buy a new MX518 if I can. I know how to repair them, too, so it can be 2nd hand.
need to buy an cell plan to use it? take sim card? (Score:2)
need to buy an cell plan to use it? take sim card?
Bandwidth isn't infinite. (Score:2)
This is the whole falacy behind this cloud computing craze. Everything dynmic, everything flexible, right down to the actual hosts, build up and tear down within seconds, we've got infinite processing power and bandwidth. Except: Nope.
What sort of gaming is that supposed to be where I need a stable high-bandwidth connection to play the game and active processing power on some serverfarm a few hundred miles away? I don't get it. At least my XBox still runs if I take if off the grid, which I might do for good