Four reasons why it’s a surprisingly bad time to buy a gaming handheld

I love modern portable games, and I recommend them to anyone and everyone. Just may not today? If you decide today the day I finally dropped hundreds of dollars in the first station, I may advise you to wait.

The best hand is sold by hand

If you are reading this story, I think you were on the fence about mobile game machines-until Nintendo Switch 2, a game control unit is absolutely-faster ever, caught your attention. Maybe you liked a bigger idea Mario Cart Or more smooth Fortnite and Pokemon; Maybe you liked the idea of ​​taking intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 While moving.

Unfortunately, Nintendo Switch 2 is sold for $ 450 everywhere to this lines, and its alternatives may not provide the experience she hopes.

OLED Bukhari is $ 550 is the best and most similar to the topic that you can buy thanks to the Steamos Beach-AND-Play operating system, the lifetime of the proper battery, and the HDR OLED screen affected by the eye. You may be happier with the OLED deck of Switch 2 if you prefer computer freedom games on Nintendo games at the first end. But the OLED is also not completely stopped in the United States and Canada. You must wait.

The second best mobile effort has become more expensive

If I buy today and I am not able to get a 2 or Deck OLED key, what will I buy instead? A few months ago, the choice seemed clear: I will personally spend more money for $ 800 asus Rog ally X, and the best laptop Windows games so far-it can be said that the best laptop games period once Windows is replaced by Steamos-like Bazz.

If you couldn’t bear it, I would have waited $ 500 Leenovo Legion Go, a Steam True’s first competitor used to use Steamos.

But both of these prices are no longer applied. Before the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, ASUS and Lenovo suddenly cost $ 100 more than it promised in the United States. The same applies to their opponent MSI Claw, with each of 7 and 8 -inch $ 100 models than the models that were originally connected. These increases can be linked to Chinese definitions and can decrease again, but none of the companies will tell us.

Portable third degree is full of concessions

If the money burns a hole in my pocket, then the next thing I may do is talk to myself to buy a laptop by hand from the first generation. I will indicate (correctly!) That the original ASUS ROG ally ASUS ROG and Lenovo Legion have the same AMD Z1 Extreme chips as the latest ally X and Legion Go S. But I will deceive myself to buy a large -short battery life and a less comfortable experience.

Both ally X and Legion Go S are better than the original copies, with a little better performance and far Playing time is longer than the double battery package in ALY X. ASUS and Lenovo have made their cooling systems quieter and more efficient, as loudspeakers and charging are improved in Legion, and sometimes the screen with variable rates of low accuracy sometimes volatile over its predecessor.

In some cases, ignorance is bliss. Some of the power users will be completely happy if they find a good deal on the original or corporate ally. But for the new buyer, the totality of these changes may be deep – the difference between “I don’t know why anyone wants a gay computer” and “Where was this all my life?”

The entire front status of the games will improve if you wait

But the most depth change, for many players, will only have a powerful mobile game system that works only. The original Nintendo Key provided transportation and ease of use, but it was never powerful; All windows available are almost powerful than Switch 2 or steam surface, but I cannot rely on them to wake up, sleep reliably.

Dish, it appears that both Valve and Microsoft are ready to fix this.

In the end, Valve Steamos Ball-AND-Play brings to other crafts outside the steam surface, including the official support for The Legion Go S, Support Universial for the Legion Go and ASUS ROG ALY LINE. (But as I will explain, you may not want to rush to the image of Valve and download it yet.)

Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced an abstract version of Windows for mobile games, which gives up the desktop in favor of the “Full -Screen Xbox experience” that will reach many mobile citizens next year, including the current and vital ally.

It is assumed that any large hand computer will soon allow you to choose between Windows and Steam. But this is not a reason to buy it today.

For one of them, it appears that both Microsoft and Valve give priority to the devices of their most famous partners in the devices that are launched first. The new Windows Xbox-timesive will first reach a pair of “Xbox ally” sophisticated with ASUS in this holiday season, which can absorb all air outside the room for competing Windows machines, especially if Microsoft decides that this is the moment to compete with the steam surface in Valve on the price.

Although you can already install the Valve Big Steamos update on Windows Handhelds competing with AMD chips, it completely supports the Steamos version of Lenovo Legion at this stage. When I tried to install it on the ASUS ROG ally or even the Windows version of The Legion Go, it was missing that the energy conditions needed to prevent it from draining its battery unnecessarily and has some errors as well.

Here is Lawrence Yang Lawrence freedom On starting plans:

Currently, the Steamos model of Legion Go (Dark Purple Model) is the officially supported deck with Steamos. We continue to improve compatibility with more devices, starting with other hand -running AMD devices like ROG ally. Features such as RGB controls and power management are found for the ally in the tube, and will be indicated in the correction notes while shipping updates.

We are looking for support via mobile mobile mobile, including Legion Go, Legion Go S + Windows and Rog Ally Models.

Even Steamos of the Legion Go S version has not been operated by 100 percent: I still see the small tracking panel that stops working properly (Valve tells me it is achieving), and there is no official way to control RGB lighting.

When talking about fully baked goods, Nintendo appears to have launched Switch 2 with noticeable problems. We have heard reports on accidents and freezing, a case that has a Nintendo support page, and some of them (including me) found intermittent problems in obtaining a system to stay in contact with Ethernet wired. Many have a problem with obtaining content to properly display on a TV without washing or saturation.

It is not clear when the biggest problems facing today’s portable games will be fixed, or how repairs may be distributed evenly. I do not say that this is a reason to stay away from it long – No one expects from the Bukhari 2 deck or a 2 OLED key anytime, so I am not afraid of that special flavor of the buyer’s remorse.

But knowing what I know today, I will not rush to buy a hand field now. I was waiting for a month or three until Switch 2 and Stew Deck Supplies OLED – or at least until the future of Windows and Steamos become less mysterious.