State of the PC gaming handheld market

[maflynn]

I stumbled upon this video by D2D where he previews the Legion Go 2. Fantastic handheld for playing Pc games except that its
Bigger, thicker, heavier, louder and more expensive. D2D offers the pricing at 1,500 but googling it, seems to be cheaper.

Dave touches upon the issues that windows machines face against the Steam deck. I can get a mid tier Steam deck for 550 and play all of my games, why would the typical game playing consumer want to spend 2x?

I can see offering better features and pricing it in the 700 dollar range (the Go 1 and Asus Ally price point) but pricing it north of 1,000 may make it unrealistic for many people interested in the handheld market.

I didn't even mention the Switch 2 at what 500, mostly because its a different platform, your steam or windows games won't play on it (unless you buy the switch 2 version).

 

[Plutonius]

I stumbled upon this video by D2D where he previews the Legion Go 2. Fantastic handheld for playing Pc games except that its
Bigger, thicker, heavier, louder and more expensive. D2D offers the pricing at 1,500 but googling it, seems to be cheaper.

Dave touches upon the issues that windows machines face against the Steam deck. I can get a mid tier Steam deck for 550 and play all of my games, why would the typical game playing consumer want to spend 2x?

I can see offering better features and pricing it in the 700 dollar range (the Go 1 and Asus Ally price point) but pricing it north of 1,000 may make it unrealistic for many people interested in the handheld market.

I didn't even mention the Switch 2 at what 500, mostly because its a different platform, your steam or windows games won't play on it (unless you buy the switch 2 version).

I may be wrong but I think that most people who want pc gaming, will get the Steam Deck.

 

[diamond.g]

I stumbled upon this video by D2D where he previews the Legion Go 2. Fantastic handheld for playing Pc games except that its
Bigger, thicker, heavier, louder and more expensive. D2D offers the pricing at 1,500 but googling it, seems to be cheaper.

Dave touches upon the issues that windows machines face against the Steam deck. I can get a mid tier Steam deck for 550 and play all of my games, why would the typical game playing consumer want to spend 2x?

I can see offering better features and pricing it in the 700 dollar range (the Go 1 and Asus Ally price point) but pricing it north of 1,000 may make it unrealistic for many people interested in the handheld market.

I didn't even mention the Switch 2 at what 500, mostly because its a different platform, your steam or windows games won't play on it (unless you buy the switch 2 version).

Expensive components. Not enough economy of scale.

 

[hovscorpion12]

Comparing the steam deck with the Legion Go 2 is like comparing Apples to Oranges. The Steam Deck used an outdated 3+ year old Zen 2 SoC which can not run any modern title at 60 fps, unless your running at below 720p. The Legion Go 2 and ROG Ally X are for gamers who want to play 1080p/60 gaming at high/ultra settings.

Handhelds will level at the same price of laptops but more portable.