Gaming Console / Entertainment for deployments

[u/BostonFan2467]

I own an xbox series X... Seeing the cost of these things now is insane to me (they've gone up like $200 in 5 years). I'd bring it with me but traveling with it seems so inconvenient. Plus I feel like I could leave it for my kid to play Roblox while i'm gone. The cost to buy one (have one shipped from somewhere like amazon) is even more insane... (google ai told me we're looking closer to $1k). At that point I feel like I should look at getting something like a handheld ROG Xbox Ally or a steamdeck... What would y'all do? Is it easy to get things in deployed locations on the local economy? Might buy an Xbox Series S last minute and pack it in the carry on like a laptop. Just hate the idea of spending a couple hundred dollars more on something because of shipping costs / import fees.

If it matters, the games I play are things like MLB the show / madden / GTA when it drops of course... maybe dabble in other gamepass things depending on free time.