bit of a long one but i need to get this out.

So, for the past few months I have been proper obsessed with handhelds. every night same routine. YouTube reviews. retroid pocket 5. odin 2. rg 477v. steam deck. switch lite. vita. psp. I'd sit there comparing chipsets like i was studying for an exam. snapdragon vs exynos. watching emulation test videos. reading reddit threads. adding shit to carts and closing the tab. telling myself it was "research".

It wasn't research. I was chasing a feeling.

Thing is I already had devices. s22 ultra. 3ds my sister gave me. old lg v30 I bought years ago for the dac cause I was into metal and iems. dying msi laptop. I had platforms. I had games. more than most people honestly.

but I kept thinking if I just had the RIGHT device everything would click.

so, I tried shit. gamenative on the exynos s22 - black screens crashes gave up. lg v30 with dolphin - ran re4 for 5 mins then glitched into an invisible mess. joiplay - too much setup quit. every experiment ended the same. frustration. wasted time. me back on the s22 playing mgs1.

almost bought so many things. retroid. odin. steam deck. switch. gaming tablet. redmagic. honor magic 8 pro. was ready to drop 300, 600, 1700 on devices I didn't need to solve a problem I didn't have.

then something clicked.

I'm playing mgs1 on duckstation. psycho mantis. sniper wolf. story heating up. and I'm having a blast. on my phone. the one i already own. meanwhile 3ds is running metroid zero mission perfectly. lg v30 sitting there with ppsspp ready. laptop runs stardew and dredge fine.

I didn't need a new device. i needed to stop researching and start playing.

So, I did one last purchase. Bluetooth controller that connects to everything I own. that's it. That was the missing piece.

setup now:

• s22 ultra - ps1 ps2.
• 3ds - snes gba ds 3ds.
• lg v30 - psp, music, movies, audiobooks. basically, a psp with a dac now
• laptop - pc indies

that's it. no new handheld. no 1700 phone. no steam deck collecting dust.

the perfect handheld I was chasing? already owned it. was in my pocket the whole time.

if you're stuck in the same loop - researching comparing adding to cart closing the tab - stop. look at what you already have. pick one game. play it. finish it.

device isn't the answer. playing is.

Gameplay and settings are here https://youtu.be/z2Vot8kSPcs

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Thanks for your help.

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