No because the g cloud only have 64 gb and the processor could have been a little better . I think if they made the g cloud with atleast 128gb then yeah not a bad pick up especially when it’s hard to get the ayn Odin pro and lite. With that being said if u looking for something that’s can do mostly get Odin they have some up on eBay .
100 percent yes for my needs, I mainly do cloud gaming so I don’t need much storage. I also stream my Xbox/pc and ps5 games when I just want to relax and not look at a big screen. Got it for 249 on sale plus some cash back at Best Buy.
Well if you're looking for a cheap android device that can run games and emulators up to PSP era than I think if you find this on sale it should be worth it. Cheaper and more available than the steam deck. However there are almost no cloud gaming services where I live so aside from a glorified tablet with controller it doesn't offer much. I think that there are more powerful tablets in the market for the price of the gcloud but maybe on sale..
No, but only because the dpad is still not great. Asides from that I think this is worth $250. If you plan on doing a lot of retro gaming, or in my case modern platforming you need something better. Even at $250 Logitech should of made the controller detachable, put a strategic headphone jack and made it a tablet for that accepted 3rd party controllers
i am so glad that they added screen mapping to the device, when i first considered buying the g cloud the biggest problem to me was the lack of this feature but i bought it anyways, it hasn't been delivered yet but knowing this function is available now make me mush happier
Such a sexy device w/ supreme build quality! If only the dpad felt as good as it looks, this tank would be amazing. If there were no need to open it, I’d be stoked on the superior build quality w/ no visible screw holes. Watching your teardown was as entertaining as it was excruciating. You literally drew blood and scarred your device for your subscribers. That’s dedication! You definitely earned my subscription. Thanks for sharing!
It really is such a nicely built device! It's also by far one of the most comfortable that I've used. Haha, there was a lot of cussing off-screen. 😅🤣 Thank you for commenting and the sub, it really means a lot to me!🤗
@sseba1116 To be clear, it's better for my personal use case. I have a PS5 and Series X, so having access to remote access to my entire gaming library is clutch. I have young kids at home, so I'm not always able to commit to sitting down in front of my consoles in my gaming room.
Excellent follow-up! That was fun, informative, and hit me in all the right spots. I let go of my G Cloud, the face buttons are just too dang shallow, but for streaming seems a no brainer for the right price. Can't believe we pushed emulation this far on it either! Stay fresh! 🥖🥖🥖❤️
Honestly is my favorite so far. I don't go out too much so it only playing up to some gamecube/ps2 games is fine with me. Because I can select to play those few games on the go. The main use I give it is at home. where I stream games like my yuzu library through moonlight. I can access all my games from it. And with my dedicated router it feels seamless playing like that, is like having a high end switch. Not to mention, that damn screen. Battery life is better than the steam deck and I can stream the games on a better resolution too. It feels like it was made for me. Long battery life, light as hell while having a very large screen, and very comfy controllers. I feel like I have one of those steam deck competitors for a lower price.
I appreciate you showing that breakdown I had no idea how to get mine open. Something that I think is under looked with the recent update is the changes to the controller profile. I have notified that apps that weren't detecting the R2/L2 buttons now are. I think the two that I noticed immediately were Chiaki and maybe the dolphin emulator (it was one of the emulators I don't remember which one). Great video!
Great video. I enjoyed your clear descriptions and useful instructions. I have been thinking about getting a G Cloud to remote stream from my Series X and as a tablet with proper resolution for watching streaming services while travelling. I will have to check out some of your other videos.
Absolutely incredible breakdown. Thank you for this! The price is way too high. I have been waiting 6 months now for Black Friday (today) and it only dropped $50, down to $299, which I am struggling to reconcile with myself especially since I am worried about how long Logitech is going to support the software and system of this device.
You're very welcome! I have to be honest, I've been pleasantly surprised by how well Logitech has supported it. They have an update as recent as Sept 27, 2023 including adding video out over USB-C!
great review, will you maybe ask for a review unit of the Abxylute? i really am intereted how it performas compared to the g cloud, build quality and of course the D-pad. It seem to be a perfect competitor to the gcloud.
They actually reached out to me before all of the media coverage on it. As of right now, they do have plans to send me a prototype unit, which was supposed to be around this time. However, I know they have been making some changes so I will probably check in and see how things are going.
I just bought my g cloud on a payment plan on Amazon at a $298.99 price point. Will be getting it Saturday. Not gonna be able to do much till I have more money to get game pass and a premium GeForce now subscription. I will be trying out some android games though and I know which ones I want to try out.
It's too bad that it is so difficult to get to the D-pad. I think a good 3d printed one to flatten it out a bit with a good membrane it wouldn't be so horrible.
I hear people complain about the price of this in comparison to the steam deck. Realistically the steam deck should've been priced like most of those Asian handheld pcs but they are able to cover the loss with steam sales. The same goes for Microsoft and Sony. Logitech doesn't have this benefit. We've been spoiled into thinking that things like this should be cheaper because of the practices of these other companies. I think it's priced right at 300$ for the screen alone.
For sure, their business model revolves around selling software. Personally, I never really think about comparing the Steam Deck to an Android handheld. To me, they are just different types of devices and not everyone wants what the Steam Deck offers. With that being said, the Steam Deck is still an incredible value and never a bad choice.
That's the point. but logitech only released in US... i living in asian country and it's too expensive to buy. anyway i bought it and it's pretty awesome to home streaming by moonlight. 😁
Thanks for the great review and subsequent follow up. Now looking at buying it for cloud and PSP emulation. Did the update solve or improve the dead zone issues on the sticks. I was also wondering of the devices you own what is your go to device and where and when is the G Cloud used within the mix.
great video and props to them for the really good mapping software but I will say you shouldnot make statements like this processor running Genshin no problem.... it already had frame drops in your footage and it was the beginning area, other areas in the game are much more hard to run
Thank you and yes I'm glad they finally added the mapping support. Genshin does run pretty well on the device, it was not at the lowest possible settings in the gameplay footage.
I'd like to try a Metal Domes mod on my Win 2. Ordered 3 kinds of tactile patches. Some soldering would probably have to be involved. Basically you solder switches to the exposed metal contacts and retrofit Vita silicone membrane between the D-Pad/ABXY and the switches.
BTW, thank you for sharing your Win 2 mod. I will be ordering some membranes and do further testing. The video was kind of impromptu so I really wish I had more membranes to experiment with. 😂
Do you guys think it's possible to upgrade the joysticks on the Logitech G Cloud? I want to use it for FPS games and I didn't like the feel when I tried it earlier this year. I'm considering buying it again.
Yea it is the best overall package, because of the screen, battery and overall quality. At $250 or $300 (which I paid bc I didn't want to wait) it beats everything except maybe the odin. But unlike the odin i could actually get a G cloud. When I tried buying the odin in Jan it had a weird preorder process that seemed like it would take months to get.
@@moxlolol If it's a shitty android phone with joysticks, then I don't know what to call the steam deck. The screen, battery, and joysticks blow the steam deck out of the water. What good is it being handheld if you have to plug it in every hour? What good is being able to play forza 5 if the screen is so low res that it looks like there's a dirty fishtank in the way. For that I'll play it on my laptop, or better yet I'll play it remotely on the g cloud and it will look way better than a steamdeck.
Hm hard to tell from your and the one other teardown video I see for this device but I wonder how easy/hard it'd be to replace the joystick later on since it doesn't seem like the most standard one/looks quite different from the ones I see for steam deck. Thank you for showing the teardown and fix!
Yeah, Explain how you got the R3 and L3 clicks to actually work with the on screen mapping. Bc that absolutely does not work if you put them directly on the digital analog.
Cool handheld but the issue is xbox alone because you can't do remote streaming of xbox 360 and og xbox games the only way is by using a windows computer for that and Is realizing it bothers me is because I would use windows laptop alot for streaming there games and fact you can't stream xbox 360 game ruins the mobile app
it doesn't support exFAT format for microsd card.. only FAT32 formats.. this means you can't put files larger than 4gb on your microsd card.. since ps2 games are bigger than 4gb this is a huge problem
For sure, luckily most PS2 games can be compressed using the CHD format to get under that 4GB file size limit. 🙏 The larger ones I usually keep on the internal storage, it's not ideal but it works out alright.
I am thinking of getting a device made for android gaming and g cloud has been on my radar. Someone said use my phone for gaming and get a backbone for it. But i dont like using my phone for gaming. I know one faults fo androids is trying find a good game but i seen good indie games on android that i like. Idk still thinking about getting a android handheld device for gaming
hello, do you think with the modification you made to the DPAD it improves the experience co the fighting games? i am referring to the diagonal inputs.
Is there a way to enable inverting the Y-axis on the right stick for old school FPS users? In other words, camera view goes up when moving the stick down and vice versa.
Injuries are just a way of life for even the most careful diyer, could of been worst, could of needed some super glue and bandages 😂 Does that mod make diagonals easier?
Hi. I would like to ask how to use Controller and touchscreen in same time ? I try use left analog for move my character in League of legends wild rift game and on the right side touch screen to use skills but I'm very disappointed cause after I'm touching screen my character stop moving. It's looks like touching screen blocking controller. I have few days this handheld controller and if I cannot use both in one time I will return item cause every controller give me that option except Logitech G Cloud. Please help me
I was looking at the Xbox One d-pad since it has a similar shape. I did purchase some additional membranes to mess around with since the video was done impromptu and I kinda butchered the one I had. 😅😁
It really depends on your needs, if you can catch it on sale for $250 or less, it's a very nicely built device with a great screen and super comfortable. Unfortunately, there isn't any video out capabilities. 😭😭
Logitech's website will occasionally have a $50 off coupon. They actually just had it for $250 about a week or so ago. I posted about it in the community posts on YT, try to give viewers a heads up.
I have issues when playing Fortnite on my G Cloud. It gets very glitchy and the graphics aren't as crisp as I've seen in videos. Any tips on improving the gameplay?
PS2 and GC will run but don't expect to do much upscaling. It's got slightly better performance than a Retroid Pocket 3+. Vita3k for Android is still really early in development but I have tested some games and if they work, they seem to work fairly well. Unfortunately, there is no Wii U emulation on Android but you can always setup local streaming if it's something that you really want to do.
@@retrotechdad Thank you for the info. Guess it’s a close one between the RP3 and this guy. Prices boils it down I suppose. I just wanna play GOW and the old fight night games.! Thanks man
This is a terrible value considering for $100ish more dollars the steam deck exists you'd be a fool to think this is good value when you can get an entire computer for $100 more
Never intended to be a switch, I have the oled, while it’s nice, they are remaking old games like red dead or GTA San Andreas. The other games like Mario are extremely kiddy to me. All in all the switch games get boring pretty fast and I go months without touching it. This on the other hand allows me to play my PS5 and Xbox series s while on the go. All of my AAA games like call of duty, madden, starfield and more.
