2 gaming giants are teaming up to bring a competitor to Switch & Steam Deck in 2022

After the Nintendo Switch already had a new opponent in the handheld sector with the Steam Deck, someone else wants to enter the market: Logitech and Tencent are planning a streaming handheld together.

These companies are: Logitech and Tencent announced on August 2, 2022 that they want to work together on the project.

• Logitech is known as a manufacturer of computer accessories. The Swiss-based company builds keyboards, mice, the best-selling headset on Amazon, and pretty much everything else you need for work or gaming.
• Tencent, on the other hand, is a Chinese company that has become a true giant in the gaming sector. Tencent is at the forefront of the mobile gaming market, but it’s also involved in countless other projects.

According to the statement, both companies share a “common vision for the future of gaming” (via blog.logitech) and apparently see them in cloud gaming – especially right in your hands.

That’s what Tencent and Logitech are planning

What is this project? Together, the two companies want to develop a “cloud gaming handheld” and even bring it to market this year – i.e. 2022.

Logitech is said to bring hardware expertise, while Tencent is said to bring software knowledge.

The device, which has not yet been named, is said to support various cloud gaming services. According to the statement, the two companies are working with teams from Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce Now to enable gamers “to play AAA games when they’re away from their console and PC.”

There should be no need for downloads. The games are intended to be played on external servers and controlled by players. Whether downloads are actually not an option at all is not initially clear from the notification.

There is no further information about the device yet – it is only clear that it should come this year.

This could create another competitor in the handheld market. In addition to common smartphones, which are now also suitable for cloud gaming, the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck are the top dogs there – although the latter is still not that easy to get.

You can see a closer look at both devices here.

Can the Tencent-Logitech console prevail there? That should become apparent as soon as it is clear what games the handheld should play and what the device will cost.

What do you think of the project? Need another handheld alternative? Tell us in the comments!