#Handled

2025-12-20

Great, now the has killed the cheapest entry point for PC Gaming, the . Is no longer produced.

tomshardware.com/video-games/h

PC Gaming most affordable device is gone. For $549, ya and the Steam Deck 512GB OLED.

This is the start of the industry contraction.

2025-12-20

Great, now the has killed the cheapest entry point for PC Gaming, the . Is no longer produced.

tomshardware.com/video-games/h

PC Gaming most affordable device is gone. For $549, ya and the Steam Deck 512GB OLED.

This is the start of the industry contraction.

2025-11-23

Then my recommendation stands firm: buy a .

Don't wait and don't think.

If you cannot afford a , a is another cheap alternative.

twistedvoxel.com/steam-machine

It's a shame that no even Valve's can rescue from dying by a thousand cuts.

2025-11-16

Looking for your first gaming device?

Consider a . You can find it used below $300 on eBay and similar prices.

👍 Doubles as a PC
👍 Decent screen
👍 Great ergonomics
👍 Good battery life
â›” Plays AAA games with compromises
â›” Few online games
âś… No fucking subscriptions

Test WiFi, audio, ports, screen, loading a game and it's good.

2025-10-19

says:

The is aimed to enthusiasts. People who are looking for $1,000 device know what they're getting into.

The white one, however, my suspicion is that it will be returned a lot. If it's an Xbox product, it has to have an Xbox experience.

youtu.be/PgFeiwvqS0g

We'll see how successful it was when the drop the number of units sold. Hint: they won't.

2025-10-01

«Believe me, everyone will be pissed off to buy a $1,000 that cannot play »

Or, in other words, why you would spend $600 on an when you can get a at $400 (or less second hand) that also can't play GTAVI.

2025-09-27

Also, not subdizing the shows knows the handled is not a success.

If they were, they would have bet their chips on it, from marketing to support. You would have seen it $499/$799.

Instead, they went the sticker slap. And when the 2 comes around, people who bought this will be seen as clowns.

2025-09-26

Xbox new consoles are Dead On Arrival.

- : $1,000
- : $600

The $600 unit is basically a with a price hike.

The $1,000 is a unit that performs way worse than a laptop RTX 4050.

...And none of the plays Xbox console games! Are you serious!?

2025-09-20

$1,500 for RTX 4060M levels of performance!?

videocardz.com/newz/first-amd-

This is exactly why I'm cheering up & partnership. It's time for to face up real competition on the iGPU and SoC side.

2025-09-18

Z2 Extreme handleds:

- Too expensive
- Little performance gains
- Tech from two years (Zen 4 + RDNA 3)
- To be obsolete in two years.

An RTX laptop reign supreme I guess.

videocardz.com/newz/frustratio

2025-09-14

The bane of the Steam Deck is .

and are power efficient but not enough to move games that are badly optimized as UE5, like .

makes the case for powerful handleds, but at that point, why not just get a laptop that will be a better value? Even the cheapest RTX will beat any handled any time.

2025-09-06

For much as some people say the is starting to show its age...

...there is still no comparable hardware at that price point.

You're only getting $800+ handleds because these more powerful and consuming, not because these are "the next bing thing".

I can bet is still working with for a custom made successor.

2025-07-17

Still haven’t seen a that’s worth the money aside from the .

I believe the and other handleds have taken the spotlight. For $500 you can get a decent portable gaming device.

From $1,000 you get into entry-level gaming laptop territory and that’s it. There is no room for Mini PC anymore above $300, where you start to find second hand Mac Mini. The 128GB HX 390 is niche.

2025-07-06

I don't see a market for $1,000 handleds, no way.

$700 was already pushing too much. Most devices offered a shit experience for $300 more than the base Steam Deck, or even the $549 Steam Deck OLED.

For $1,000 you can get a $400 Steam Deck and a decent second hand $600 MacBook M1 for extreme battery life.

It's AMD to blame? Will the ($800~) have a chance?

2025-06-29

Consoles can be handleds, but not all handleds can be consoles.

An is a handled, but is a tablet.

A is a handled, but also a console.

A is a handled, but also portable computer.

So, the would be...

2025-06-14

The leaker eXtas1s (first time hearing him, but media say is reliable) got the price from two retailers.

October release date:
- $499 / €599 - White - Zen2/RDNA2/16GB-6400/512GB
- $799 / €899 - Black - Zen5/RDNA3.5/24GB-8000/1TB

The $499 Xbox Ally looks like trash against the Steam Deck, tho.

youtube.com/watch?v=4WPdijzg6U

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