I really do believe an Xbox handheld is happening, so I’m just going to wait for that. Plus Switch 2 will take up my time next year. But I’m not gonna lie, the Steam Deck is tempting.
Crazy that everyone said handhelds were over in the 2010s, due to the rise of mobile. I'm with you, I definitely see them making a triumphant return in the next few years, if only because people want to play on portable devices, but they don't necessarily want to play mobile crap.
I grew up with the original gameboy and moved over to PlayStation in my early 20s. Then this year I got a steam deck and I’m in love with gaming again. The switch hit differently for me for some reason but the experience with the steam deck has just been great and I don’t want to go back to the big consoles 🙈
I always think it’s interesting that at one point in my opinion Sony dominated hand held to with the PSP, but then didn’t have the same success and impact with the Vita! Meanwhile Nintendo went from strength to strength with the DS - 3DS to the Switch!
I agree, I’ve seen a lot of good things about the Portal, I think if PlayStation added an option to stream not from your console but just pure web streaming they’d have an easier sell too!
I really keep thinking about a SteamDeck but just can't pull the trigger. It's a lot of money for something I'm not sure I'd use enough.
I really do believe an Xbox handheld is happening, so I’m just going to wait for that. Plus Switch 2 will take up my time next year. But I’m not gonna lie, the Steam Deck is tempting.
Crazy that everyone said handhelds were over in the 2010s, due to the rise of mobile. I'm with you, I definitely see them making a triumphant return in the next few years, if only because people want to play on portable devices, but they don't necessarily want to play mobile crap.
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I grew up with the original gameboy and moved over to PlayStation in my early 20s. Then this year I got a steam deck and I’m in love with gaming again. The switch hit differently for me for some reason but the experience with the steam deck has just been great and I don’t want to go back to the big consoles 🙈
I always think it’s interesting that at one point in my opinion Sony dominated hand held to with the PSP, but then didn’t have the same success and impact with the Vita! Meanwhile Nintendo went from strength to strength with the DS - 3DS to the Switch!
I agree, I’ve seen a lot of good things about the Portal, I think if PlayStation added an option to stream not from your console but just pure web streaming they’d have an easier sell too!