 What if a Nintendo Switch was also a full Windows 10 gaming PC? This is Alienware's concept UFO, which it's announcing at CES 2020 this year, and it's basically that. This is an early concept. We don't know price, we don't know release date, we don't even know if the final product will even look anything like this. But it's really the idea that Alienware is gunning for here, which is to kind of complete that circle of gaming. Alienware makes desktops and Alienware makes laptops. Now they want something that you can take really anywhere and play anywhere. It's a full-fledged Windows 10 PC. They won't tell us anything about the specs, we don't know what processor or GPU it has, but we do know that it's running Windows 10, that it has an 8-inch screen, has a battery, and you can play full-fledged PC games basically anywhere. The Switch sort of paved the way for this. It kind of showed that there was a market, that people want to be able to play full console quality games on the go, and this kind of feels like the next step, which is not to port games or bring them down to the Switch's level, but just to run those games that you already own. You could, in theory, just load up Steam on this and play all your regular existing PC games anywhere. The hardware here is really sort of what you'd expect if you took an Alienware laptop and put it on a PC, but you took an Alienware gaming laptop, especially one of the newer ones, and kind of shrunk it down to handheld form. You've got these very, you know, angular designs, you've got the honeycomb vents on the back, you've got Alienware font. Of course, one of the cool things is the controllers, which detach right off. There's a hub unit, which is sort of like the Joy-Con controller dock, where you can dock these two controller halves and use it like a regular controller. The controller feels great, the joysticks feel great, the buttons are nice and clicky. This head unit, which has the battery, the PC, the CPU, can also then be stood up with the kickstand on the back, which just unfolds, so you can prop it up, you can pop the controllers off, and then you can just put it up on a table and play. Alienware says it's 900 grams, which is like 1.9 pounds. It feels pretty good to hold in your hand. What you can also do is you can plug this into an external monitor. You plug a regular USB-C cable into the top over here. Alienware isn't talking what kind of panel this is in terms of display resolution. It can run games at up to 1200p, which again isn't, you know, 4K HD quality, but especially when you're this close to the screen, it doesn't seem to matter as much. This isn't the most demanding game, but this looks way better than it does, say, on a Switch, and it performs great, like there's no lag, there's no stuttering, reflections look good. There's a lot of things that Alienware's still going to have to solve before, you know, this is actually a compelling device that you can buy. Obviously, battery life is a huge issue. Alienware wouldn't talk about that, but if you're running full-fledged PC games on full-fledged PC on batteries and something that you can fit in your hand, that's obviously a thing that they're going to need to work out, and I would not expect to get more than a couple hours of this at best. Sheet is also a big thing, even just playing a game here, you could hear the fans kicking up and they are loud. Again, you're holding a game PC in your hand, there's going to be sacrifices and that's going to be one of them. That's Concept UFO. Again, it's still an early concept, there's still a lot of the details that we don't know. We don't even know if Alienware's ever going to sell it, but at least in this idea, I'm a big fan. And again, while these are early concepts, they're really functional, like they work, they're running active hardware. I'm playing Rocket League on this thing, which is a lot more than we usually steal it from concepts, which could indicate that these are farther along than you might necessarily think. Thanks so much for watching. For more great videos like this, make sure to keep it locked to the Verge YouTube channel. We'll have tons of stuff out of CES all week. I'm terrible at Rocket League, please don't hold this against me.
 What if a Nintendo Switch was also a full Windows 10 gaming PC?
 This is Alienware's concept UFO, which it's announcing at CES 2020 this year, and it's basically that.
 This is an early concept. We don't know price, we don't know release date,
 we don't even know if the final product will even look anything like this.
 But it's really the idea that Alienware is gunning for here,
 which is to kind of complete that circle of gaming. Alienware makes desktops and Alienware makes laptops.
 Now they want something that you can take really anywhere and play anywhere.
 It's a full-fledged Windows 10 PC. They won't tell us anything about the specs,
 we don't know what processor or GPU it has, but we do know that it's running Windows 10,
 that it has an 8-inch screen, has a battery, and you can play full-fledged PC games basically anywhere.
 The Switch sort of paved the way for this. It kind of showed that there was a market,
 that people want to be able to play full console quality games on the go,
 and this kind of feels like the next step, which is not to port games or bring them down to the Switch's level,
 but just to run those games that you already own.
 You could, in theory, just load up Steam on this and play all your regular existing PC games anywhere.
 The hardware here is really sort of what you'd expect if you took an Alienware laptop and put it on a PC,
 but you took an Alienware gaming laptop, especially one of the newer ones, and kind of shrunk it down to handheld form.
 You've got these very, you know, angular designs, you've got the honeycomb vents on the back, you've got Alienware font.
 Of course, one of the cool things is the controllers, which detach right off.
 There's a hub unit, which is sort of like the Joy-Con controller dock,
 where you can dock these two controller halves and use it like a regular controller.
 The controller feels great, the joysticks feel great, the buttons are nice and clicky.
 This head unit, which has the battery, the PC, the CPU, can also then be stood up with the kickstand on the back,
 which just unfolds, so you can prop it up, you can pop the controllers off,
 and then you can just put it up on a table and play.
 Alienware says it's 900 grams, which is like 1.9 pounds.
 It feels pretty good to hold in your hand.
 What you can also do is you can plug this into an external monitor.
 You plug a regular USB-C cable into the top over here.
 Alienware isn't talking what kind of panel this is in terms of display resolution.
 It can run games at up to 1200p, which again isn't, you know, 4K HD quality,
 but especially when you're this close to the screen, it doesn't seem to matter as much.
 This isn't the most demanding game, but this looks way better than it does, say, on a Switch,
 and it performs great, like there's no lag, there's no stuttering, reflections look good.
 There's a lot of things that Alienware's still going to have to solve before, you know,
 this is actually a compelling device that you can buy.
 Obviously, battery life is a huge issue. Alienware wouldn't talk about that,
 but if you're running full-fledged PC games on full-fledged PC on batteries
 and something that you can fit in your hand, that's obviously a thing that they're going to need to work out,
 and I would not expect to get more than a couple hours of this at best.
 Sheet is also a big thing, even just playing a game here,
 you could hear the fans kicking up and they are loud.
 Again, you're holding a game PC in your hand, there's going to be sacrifices and that's going to be one of them.
 That's Concept UFO. Again, it's still an early concept, there's still a lot of the details that we don't know.
 We don't even know if Alienware's ever going to sell it, but at least in this idea, I'm a big fan.
 And again, while these are early concepts, they're really functional, like they work, they're running active hardware.
 I'm playing Rocket League on this thing, which is a lot more than we usually steal it from concepts,
 which could indicate that these are farther along than you might necessarily think.
 Thanks so much for watching. For more great videos like this, make sure to keep it locked to the Verge YouTube channel.
 We'll have tons of stuff out of CES all week.
 I'm terrible at Rocket League, please don't hold this against me.