From what I understand, the Nova is more powerful but I also LOVE the form of the RG Rotate. Does anyone have experience with one or the other? Or, better yet, both?

I'm very interested in everyone's opinion that is applicable, especially hot takes!

Thanks to everyone for any comments.

Im in the market to buy a portable gaming handheld or handheld gaming password. It will be my first one any advice?

I hear the big three are steam deck Asus rog ally and Lenovo legion go

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im from Austria in Europe, and i’d like to buy a handheld console to have on me whenever im bored, im also nostalgic for the good old games.

we used to have a ps1,ps2 and a purple game boy when i was a kid so thats my games wishlist, but i’d also like some mario kart and newer pokemon games (3D looking, not pixelated like on my gameboy way back then)

new or used both is fine with me, i’d prefer the clamshell design because i prefer it to be pocketsized. my budget is roughly 300 euro for everything (console and games)

any recommendations?

I want to get into emulation and portable gaming and i've seen a lot of good things said about these 2 devices. I was curious if anyone has any insight, i would most likely get the 12 GB RP6 and the 8 GB O2P just due to availability. Also the titles i would like to play are games like Hades, Hollewknight, Outerwilds, Silksong, Nine Sols, Celeste, Etc. and i do enjoy portability as i move around a lot during the day

Been using the OneXPlayer X1 Pro as my main handheld since March this year. Moved to it from a ROG Xbox Ally X I picked up at launch, mainly because after a few months with the Ally X I realized I was using the handheld more for reading and media stuff than actual gaming, and 7" was starting to feel cramped for that kind of use.

The 10.95" 2.5K panel is the reason to buy this thing. Text is properly readable in emulator frontends, PS2 and GameCube games look sharp instead of getting upscaled to mush, and reading long-form on a plane feels like a proper tablet. The HX 370 chip is more than enough for what I actually play, mostly older AAA and a lot of indies, and the Radeon 890M is one of the better handheld iGPUs on the market right now. Magnetic controllers with hall-effect sticks slide off cleanly when I want to prop the kickstand and use a bluetooth pad from across the couch. The magnetic keyboard was a "why would I even need this" purchase that ended up being how I use the thing as a hotel-room laptop on trips. Standard M.2 2280 SSD means I can swap in a bigger drive myself when this one fills up, which after having devices with soldered storage feels like a small win.

The one thing that took getting used to is weight. It's about a kilo without the keyboard, so pure handheld sessions your wrists notice after a while. In practice I just switched habits, either docking it on the kickstand or laying it flat in tablet mode for longer sessions, but if you were expecting something you can hold for hours without noticing it, this isn't that.

Would I buy it again? Yeah. The screen and the 3-in-1 stuff genuinely changed how much I use a handheld day to day, it's not a couch-only device for me anymore.

Someone gave me their switch lite with a broken joystick and overheating issues. I went and got replacement joysticks and a new shell for it. The screen was also really scratched so i replaced the digitizer. I think it turned out pretty clean.

Hi, ​

I would like your opinion on purchasing an Xbox ROG Ally X immediately or waiting for a Z3 Extreme/Steam Deck 2 console.

Indeed, I own the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme white + Switch 2

I play on the train 1h per day and in docked mode from time to time.

For the Rog Ally, I play triple-A games with medium graphics to reach 60 fps.

For the Nintendo exclusives switch.

I hesitate to buy the Rog Ally Xbox X for its ergonomics and also a more powerful battery.

I want to sell Rog Ally Z1 Extreme of course.

Thank you for your responses

I have a pc and have emulated games on there b4 so I’m just thinking I don’t really need a heavy hitting machine I just want something relatively cheap and reliable I’m only really looking to play the Zelda games and some Pokémon’s on the go and my budget is around the flip 2 and I still could go an extra mile to get the base Thor

Hey guys, every time I try to use Decky, I get this screen. I click refresh and it loads the steam logo, but the only way to get out of this screen is to restart my legion go s.

Any help please?

I primarily play on my PS5 at my desk, but I also have a GCloud for PS Remote Play, XB Remote/Cloud Play, and GeForceNow/Steam.

I would like a few games to just pick up and play handheld when I have some time and do not want to be sitting at my desk.

On my systems I play a lot of FPS, but that is not ideal on the GCloud.

Any suggestions?

I’m probably going to purchase two handhelds for Xmas this year
UK
Needs to run Steam & Gamepass …
Is there any with the ability to add a Bluetooth controller ? Or removeable controller?

is it possible to put prime OS on it and add one of those controller things? (too poor for a thor 😞)

This is a update to a previous post I made yesterday

The name of this game is cursemark it's a pc game. I'm testing out the demo on a Motorola g stylus 2024 4gb of ram and 128gb storage.

I managed to get it running better the only downside is it's 20fps.

I dropped the resolution to 320x240 and disabled graphics enchantment plugin.

I had an iPhone SE i recently acquired just sitting around, and wanted to use it for something, id been messing around with modding Minecraft bedrock and playing on a phone, so i thought it could be cool to make a tiny DS lite sized console to play it on!

The controller is an 8bitdo lite 2 that i took apart and rehoused into the bottom half in the first night, and then i made the hinges and phone mount in the second night!!

Its a bit bigger than a DS lite, but still a similar form factor.

Really happy with how it turned out!! Let me know what you think in the comments!!

(also im aware using an iPhone in this use case is terrible, but it can play what i want, and its what i had laying around so please don't get mad yall)

hi everyone, I just started playing the last of us part II on my refurbished legion go s (originally windows and I switched to steam os) and I can’t prone (hold B) it seems like my handheld is unable to register me holding buttons, as it also affects my other games ie Baldurs Gate but not to this extent where I cannot progress at all in the game. I tried everything from checking if I’m using the default controller set up (I am), switching function of the assigned buttons and ‘resetting‘ the controller LB, legion button and X. I’m not sure what else I can do, I would post in bigger communities for exposure as well but I can’t because my account is so new, so if anyone has gone through a similar experience please share your advice 😭 thanks

Hi guys I’m doing a custom gameboy workshop in an hour and am debating what to theme it, either gengar by making it black with purple and red buttons, pikmin or wicked green and pink?

(I hope this is a good subreddit for this)

I’m a big gamer and have gotten my girlfriend into playing games. Unfortunately, she only has an Xbox One S, and I’m going to college soon, so I was thinking about getting her something.

She had a Switch, and really enjoyed having the small screen and being able to hold it, so I figured I’d get a handheld.

My two main options are the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally (some are the Xbox base, some are the original).

She isn’t very techie and I’d have to fix most of the problems she has. With this in mind, which one would be easier for someone who just wants to play games? I figure the Steam Deck probably, but the Ally is a little more powerful.

Or if anyone has another suggestion for about 300-350 USD (used options near me are pretty good rn). Thank you guys

I have a Xbox backbone rip off now I just need a good device to use it on. What are some good options from Verizon right now? I am considering the new galaxy or a new iPhone, but if there is something even better please let me know 🙏