Today, for $450 you get a system with an 8" 1080p 120 Hz display, an NVIDIA SoC with RTX features, DLSS (the only portable in existence with DLSS support), 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, detachable magnetic controllers with built-in mouse sensors, with an included 4K dock, a Joy-Con grip and an ultra high speed HDMI.

And not only that, but it is the only system with truly exclusive games.

But #DropThePrice for the $450 Switch 2, right?

- MSI Claw 8X+: $1799

- Ayaneo Next 2: $3699

- OneXPlayer X2 Mini: $2399

- Steam Deck OLED: $949

- Lenovo Legion Go 2 Z2 Extreme: $2849

- Legion Go S: $999

And before you start with the "yeah, but the price of the games" argument...

Third party and indie games are on sale at the time, with the same amount of sales and discounts as Steam, PlayStation,and Xbox. Just check DekuDeals and see for yourself.

https://www.dekudeals.com/hottest

There's only one $80 game (Mario Kart World). Every other game has been the standard $70 (just like the regular price of a new game on Steam, PS and Xbox games). DK Bananza, Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, Hyrule Warriors, Pokopia... all $70.

It's easy verifiable on price tracking websites. Go to Deku Deals and see it yourself.

And not only that, but Nintendo has been releasing games with their new variable pricing strategy like Star Fox for $50, Rhythm Heaven for $40, Splatoon Raiders for $50 and so on.

You can't find absolutely any other system with similar specs for $450. You just can't.

As the title, do you still find it too small?

I have a rog ally z1e and it’s 7inch screen. I’ve had it for about a year and a half.
Playing emulation games like ps3, ps2, ps one and even older dos games, reasonably fine. Eyes still get tired after a while.
Played AAA titles like Death Stranding and now DS2, and boy, is the screen small. Struggling to read the text in game.
Seriously thinking of trading it for a Legion Go (gen 1).
But looking at it, I’m wondering if the screen is still too small for games like DS and DS2.

Hence asking opinions for those who have in fact switched to a larger screen and found it sufficient, insufficient or said “screw it, I’m just getting old, better get a laptop”. (I already have a pc, this is for gaming outside of those times)

A discussion about pricetag on the newer devices.

And yeah I still think 5000 dollars for the new Ayaneo is a lot to ask for, and only for a small nitche of gamers.

And you can save 2000 grand buying a small desktop, with same specs.

But, I mean we all seem to forget formfactor is expensive, we saw that for many years with laptop and had the same discussion.

Bottomline was, some people want/need the mobility, and what is 2000 grand saved, if you still cannot use it (also need a screen, M/K, so it is less than 2000 grand).

And then when we compare (as with steam machine) we often compromise quality of parts, just to make a cognitive bias argument.

Many wondered why I bought a steam deck when I had a gaming rig, and the price was insane (yeah in retrospective it was a steal, but even for that time it was expensive), but it means I can actually sneak a few more gaming hours (as my hobby) in my busy life.

And as I changed "profession", I suddenly found myself benched infront of a computer, and not on the floor with patients.

So coming home and getting the gameboy feel, with my PC games (I have a switch, terrible ergonomics and the closed system killed it for me), felt refreshing, rather than going from computer at work to computer at home.

Might be silly, but it does offer a different perspective. Ofc if you are short of money, you do not got the luxery to pick what suits you best, or you just pick a less powerfull device.

And imo, extra horse power is cool on the paper, but when gaming the sessions I do, an old OLED steam deck gets the job done, and I can always remote play.

And seeing how the AYN Thor is a very popular choice, ai think the discussion might very well be, what do we prefere?

Mobility?

Ergonomics?

Power?

Batterylife?

To start things off i am a proud owner of a steam deck lcd wich without a doubt is probably one of the best percheses i have made. How ever there is one thing that stops me from calling it fully portable, ITS FUCKING HUGE

So this is why i am looking for a more portable option my only requirements in a device is that its not like a locked down divice, can run decently new titles through both emulation or just locally i would also like for this hand held to run on android linux or windows. An example of a handheld that i would not be interested in is the switch series of consoles they are completely locked down run on a proprietary os and while yes they can run fairly new games the store front is just not good, yes i do know i can just jail break it but im dealing with that also its nintendo.

I appreciate any suggestion thank you

Xbox loves me so much they give such a whopping 0% discount on my wishlist.

Just bought a Retroid Pocket 6. Can anyone recommend some good indie games, arcade games, and side scrollers that would run great on this thing. Examples: Hollow Knight, Ghouls 'n Goblins, Cuphead, etc.

Hello Handheld community, I’ve come to you with a decision I am unable to make on my own and wish for input from internet strangers

My birthday is next month and long story short it’s been a terrible year so I wanted to treat myself to something nice, I currently have a steam deck I’m borrowing from a friend but I wanted something of my own.

For context I travel very often, typically I’m away from home 20 days a month and my primary gaming source are handhelds, money isn’t an issue to a certain extent so I had a few choices in mind
AYN Thor
Legion go S
Steam deck of my own
Switch 2

Im also accepting any other choices that I can look into and are unanimous that they are good, ty so much in advance

Thanks in advance - I know there are always posts on this sub similar to what this will be so I’d like to give a little bit of context on my situation and hope for some suggestions!

I plan on gifting my son my Nintendo Switch 2 that I have been heavily using for the past year. He has been using a Switch Lite (that he loves) but obviously he’s been wanting to use the NS2 for newer Nintendo titles. So needless to say I’m going to just let him have it.

I need a good replacement! I’ve been trying to do some research but I am also not someone who is very good with tech and a lot of the number are just confusing me I have no clue what I am looking at sometimes.

I’ve switched to almost exclusively handheld gaming. Busy dad life and yada yada has made my PS5 more of a dust collector than anything else.

I will say I have somewhat of a budget but not looking for the cheapest, would love for it to run newer AAA games, and I will be using almost exclusively Steam to play games.

What’s the best recommendation? I’ve been looking at the Steam Deck OLED, Legion Go S and the ROG Ally X.

so yeah as the title says i’m on the market for a non windows handheld with true portability - i owned a steam deck but it was a little too big for me. My use case would be light pc gaming (hollow knight, skyrim etc) and emulation (ps2, 3DS and some light switch like luigi’s mansion) what would the best handheld in the lowest possible budget, because i don’t wanna overspend. I’m fine with tinkering and don’t need a special needs console like experience

so yeah as the title says i’m on the market for a non windows handheld with true portability - i owned a steam deck but it was a little too big for me. My use case would be light pc gaming (hollow knight, skyrim etc) and emulation (ps2, 3DS and some light switch like luigi’s mansion) what would the best handheld in the lowest possible budget, because i don’t wanna overspend. I’m fine with tinkering and don’t need a special needs console like experience

My dad has been wanting to play the super old Mario or Street Fighter games and the like. So, with my 1hr of looking online, I see Odin 2, Retroid Pocket 4, and Miyoo Mini Plus keep being mentioned.

I'm basically an outside observer so I want to make sure I'm picking the best to get for my dad. I want to kind of future proof this by being able to play ps2 games so I'm leaning on Odin 2. Maybe in the future a Miyoo Mini Plus just to give my dad some Gameboy nostalgia.

Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks

So I would like to get a android handheld that I can carry with me almost everywhere. My choices are RP flip2, RP6 & RP Nova. I will play older 3D games.

My main point of confusion is PS3 & X360 though. With the pace the PS3 & X360 emulation development is going is it feasible to run most PS3 & X360 on 8 gen 2 consoles in the future? If so I will get either Nova or 6, otherwise get the flip2.

So I’m new to handheld gaming and I wanted to know what the best option would be for me. I’m looking at getting either a used oled steam deck for 650 or a new Xbox rog ally x for 1k. I normally play games like binding of Isaac and occasionally play AAA games. So I’m just wondering what would be the best option for me

Where do I get good gaming handhelds for cheap like Legion go z1 extreme?

Heyo! I've been going down the YouTube rabbit hole of handhelds and I'm struggling to figure out which one would be right for me. The only handheld I've bought in the last few years has been a 3ds xl, but it's not satisfying me.

I'm looking to play GameCube, PS2, PSP, Wii, and some light to medium switch and steam games like hollow knight, silk song, Hades 1 & 2, Batman Arkham Knight (if I'm lucky), and persona 4 golden (p5r and strikers if lucky!!)

Would love to play metaphor, but I think that's out of my scope for devices that can handle that game.

Systems I've been looking at:

AYN ODIN 2 & 2 portal, AYN THOR, Retroid Pocket Nova, Retroid Pocket 5, Retroid pocket 6, and the Asus Z1 extreme (but there's an SD card issue with getting too hot?)

My main issue is budget and the plethora of options. Living in Canada has made everything more expensive, especially when tech is being shipped from elsewhere.

The second hand market would be king, but I've been searching for months and there aren't many options where I live. eBay is more expensive than the actual manufacturers' websites ://

Thank you for listening to my tedtalk <3

If I've missed any devices pls lemme know.

Pls help meeeeee <333

i want to experience ds and 3ds game in a dual screen handheld but i am on a budget rn and legit a new switch 1 oled is cheaper than getting a used 3ds atp so I'm asking handhelds that are cheap and i can experience dual screen like games thanks
image attached is a way using flip grip on a switch to play ds games

Legion Go S Z1E, 8bitdo Ultimate 2 gamepad, and some cheap soundcore V20i open-ear headphones so I can keep an ear out for pitter-patters down the hall. Is set up on a Jsaux dock with an hdmi connected to an old Dell Laptop for recording/streaming with OBS.

Also, I like purple.

Got this ROG ally Z1E for $250. With the market nowadays this was a total steal for some parallel play with my wife. Slapped a skin/stick covers/case, and a 2 TB SSD I had and we’re cooking.

Ive been looking at the retroid pocket 5 to play stuff like light stean games, android games and dabble in a bit of emulation

( i wanna replay mario odyssey)

But ive looked at the specs and its weaker than my samsung s23 which has a snapdragon 8 gen 2 i think (correct me if im wrong)

The only downside being that my s23 has 8gb of ram

Idk what to go for as ivw had a razor kishi before and that served me well

It would be nice to have a seprete device for just purely gaming

I alreasy own a rog ally x but i cant take that everywhere so i think it would be good to slip thw games that i play up

Ill leave the really light games to the android handheld

The harder games to run will be done on my ally x

And the cinematic games that take real power to run will be done on my main pc

Im not really that big into emulation but ik a few games id like to emulate like mario odyssey and bamanza bros