p>Logitech has been gaining presence in the PC gaming market for some time however it appears that the company is now preparing to expand in a major way. Logitech has announced that it is partnering with Tencent, an Chinese mega-publisher, to create a dedicated gaming device in the same style as Valve's Steam Deck or Nintendo's Switch. This one will not only focus on local games as it has been since the original Game Boy, but also stream cloud games.
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p>Logitech states in a press release the new device will support various cloud gaming services and that both companies are working closely with the Nvidia GeForce? Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming teams. Invoking the names of two most popular game streaming platforms is telling. The Switch is built on Nvidia's Tegra platform, originally designed for high-end ARM mobile gaming. The Steam Deck utilizes an extremely efficient AMD Ryzen platform that is x64-based Ryzen platform. However, the Logitech G handheld, which is yet to be named, could cut down on local hardware and offload most of the heavy lifting to remote streaming servers.
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p>According to the announcement, the Logitech handheld will be available by the close of the calendar year. Although no specifics about the technology were provided but it is evident that the streaming-focused device will be ARM-based and similar in size and appearance to other mobile gaming machines like the Ayn Loki and GPD 
Plus. The device could be capable of being sold at a very competitive price by sacrificing the costly hardware needed for high-end local playback. https://penzu.com/p/1d17782e </p>
p>Logitech and Tencent are the latest in a long series of companies that have tried to challenge Nintendo's monopoly on dedicated portable gaming devices. Nvidia tried its game with the original Shield handheld before moving on to tablets and set-top boxes. While "Gaming phones" like the Asus ROG or Black Shark series, are getting more popular however, they're not making much ground outside of Asia, where buyers are more likely see phones as their primary or sole gaming platform.
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p>Razer and Qualcomm have teamed up to create an Snapdragon-powered portable game concept device earlier in the year (pictured above) however, nothing seems to have come from the partnership to date. Mobile gaming on Android and iOS is still a very profitable segment of the gaming industry. However standalone game devices that are built around mobile apps aren't quite ready become mainstream. The Razer Kishi is one of the few accessories that are between.
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p>Willis Lai/Foundry
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p>Valve's Steam Deck is the largest mobile gaming rival since the Switch's launch in 2017. It's larger and more expensive than the Switch however, it leverages PC gaming’s most dominant market as a pre-existing platform. The Logitech G will benefit from Valve's PC-focused approach to mobile gaming. Both the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch can stream games (the latter can stream some games that its ARM-based hardware can't handle, like ports of Control, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Dying Light 2), but they're still focused on games that are loaded and running on the handheld hardware itself.
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