The idea of Nvidia making its own gaming handheld to rival the Steam Deck isn’t surprising. Nor would it be a bad idea considering the GPU tricks it has up its sleeve, but we don’t yet know whether it’ll have more in common with your graphics card or a streaming device designed to link up to GeForce Now. As someone who regularly tests new portable devices, I really hope that the latter doesn’t happen, as the company could contribute far more to the scene than cloud tech.
There are more than a few best gaming handheld contenders to choose from right now, with many offering a slightly different way to access PC games. In one camp, you have the likes of the Steam Deck OLED and Asus ROG Ally, both designed to run games natively using capable AMD APU graphics solutions. In the other lives cloud streaming devices like the Logitech G Cloud and Razer Edge, which rely on services like Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox Game Pass to run games using dedicated servers.
