{"id":1630816,"date":"2026-07-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s3UmrSsWajpEftwPAHK5dd"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:00:00","slug":"handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked\/","title":{"rendered":"Handheld gaming PCs are cooked"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"jSqfdM5VHkngSnz9icXNCG\" name=\"PCG Writer Illustrations 2026 Yellow28 - Jessica Kinghorn\" caption=\"\" alt=\"PC Gamer headshot - Jessica Kinghorn\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><strong>This month I&#8217;ve been: <\/strong>Inducting my daughter into a life of crime in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3562120\/Magical_Princess\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magical Princess<\/a>, and constructing cozily cluttered dioramas in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2434600\/ShantyTown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shanty Town<\/a>\u2014two games I&#8217;m confident would also be fantastic on a handheld.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The idea of taking serious hardware horsepower on the go was always the dream of my misspent, console-gaming youth. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve always loved how older handheld systems made a calling card out of their limitations (and in the case of Nintendo, offered a hardware gimmick or gaming experience you couldn&#8217;t find anywhere else). The fact that <em>now <\/em>you can play many of the same games on a portable device that you can also play in your gamer den would&#8217;ve blown my younger self&#8217;s mind. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the dream-come-true of handheld gaming PCs feels like it is coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Our Andy updates our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-laptop-deals\/#section-handheld-gaming-pcs\" target=\"_blank\">handheld gaming PC deals<\/a> each week and recently shared a shocking revelation: &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/somehow-the-usd1-000-asus-rog-ally-xbox-x-is-the-best-value-gaming-handheld-i-can-think-of-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Somehow, the $1,000 Asus ROG Ally Xbox X is the best value gaming handheld I can think of right now<\/a>.&#8217; If you&#8217;ve got the cash then, sure, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/asus-rog-xbox-ally-x-review\/#section-specs-of-the-asus-rog-xbox-ally-x\" target=\"_blank\">Asus ROG Ally Xbox X<\/a> with its AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, 24 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of onboard SSD storage makes sense for the asking price. But where does that leave you if you&#8217;re on a much tighter budget?<\/p>\n<p>The memory supply crisis has raised the pricing floor of <em>all <\/em>handhelds. Case in point, the device that we still rate as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-handheld-gaming-pc\/#section-the-best-budget-handheld-gaming-pc\" target=\"_blank\">the best budget handheld gaming PC<\/a> is the Steam Deck. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/valve-has-quietly-discontinued-the-last-lcd-steam-deck-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">The more affordable LCD models were quietly discontinued last year<\/a>, leaving those looking to buy a Steam Deck new with only the very shiny OLED models to choose from. Years after release, the price for the base 512 GB OLED model has increased from $549 to $789. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/valves-steam-deck-price-jumps-by-nearly-50-percent-now-costs-usd949-for-a-1tb-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 1 TB model has seen an almost 50% price increase, jumping from $649 to $949<\/a>. The answer, then, to where that leaves the more budget-conscious? Without a paddle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this price hike (and the handheld&#8217;s aged internals), both models of the Steam Deck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/despite-astronomical-price-hike-the-steam-deck-has-sold-out-again-in-north-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">sold out in North America shortly after the increase was announced back in May<\/a>. The 1 TB model, which is going for \u00a3779 where I&#8217;m based in the UK, appears to be out of stock again at the time of writing. But I doubt this is a sustainable trend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"LLFqM532iCTPhKDDbZyzVJ\" name=\"steam-deck-oled-12.jpg\" alt=\"Valve Steam Deck OLED handheld PC\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let&#8217;s zoom out a smidge. I update our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-deals-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">best SSD deals<\/a> every week, so I&#8217;ve not had the luxury of ignoring how storage prices have been climbing since the tail end of last year. Research suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory-prices-are-predicted-to-rise-as-much-as-50-percent-in-q3-and-it-only-gets-worse-from-there\/\" target=\"_blank\">memory prices are likely to rise as much as 50% in Q3 alone<\/a>. Recent analysis by Bernstein suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/analysts-think-sk-hynixs-dram-and-nand-prices-will-finally-drop-by-the-end-of-2028-but-not-before-a-huge-rise-over-the-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">prices won&#8217;t dip until 2028<\/a>, when major manufacturers are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/the-three-big-players-in-computer-memory-are-all-building-new-factories-but-it-probably-wont-help-dram-prices-until-2028-if-then\/\" target=\"_blank\">complete a number of capacity-increasing builds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But here and now in 2026, it&#8217;s not just gaming PC components that have seen price increases as a result of the memory supply crisis. For example, the Playstation 5 has seen three different price increases over the last six years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/sony-hikes-the-ps5-price-by-usd100-ps5-pro-by-usd150-this-was-a-necessary-step\/\" target=\"_blank\">and now costs a minimum of $650<\/a>. I&#8217;ve written about it before but, despite buying a launch day PS5, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/i-bought-a-ps5-on-launch-day-but-i-wont-be-buying-a-ps6-even-though-its-exclusives-arent-coming-to-pc-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s becoming increasingly unlikely I&#8217;ll pick up a PS6 day one<\/a>. After all, if the PS5 Pro costs $900 <em>today<\/em>, how much more will the PS6 cost?<\/p>\n<p>Hey, maybe Bernstein&#8217;s predictions will bear out and hardware pricing will look a lot more sensible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/bloomberg-claims-rampant-ai-demand-for-memory-is-forcing-sony-to-consider-pushing-back-the-launch-of-its-next-gen-playstation-as-far-back-as-2029\/\" target=\"_blank\">by the time Sony&#8217;s next-gen console drops in 2028 or even 2029<\/a>. But in the here and now, handheld gaming PCs remain in an arguably much more difficult position within the consumer market.<\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t already have a gaming PC, there&#8217;s little doubt that a $650 base PS5 is going to look like the more economical option (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/sony-retreats-from-pc-gaming-robbing-us-of-maybe-4-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">particularly as Sony won&#8217;t be bringing its handful of exclusives to PC in future<\/a>, but maybe it&#8217;s just me mourning the loss of, like, four games). If you already own a gaming PC, you&#8217;ll likely want to save your pennies for increasingly expensive component upgrades. Where would a handheld feature in either budget?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3186px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"jwPSRXBdBgJkduRgNaiaU8\" name=\"asus-rog-xbox-ally-x-17\" alt=\"Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Ally X handheld gaming PCs\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3186\" height=\"1792\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The data suggests gamers generally <em>are <\/em>still willing to part with the cash for new hardware\u2014though they aren&#8217;t necessarily picking up a handheld gaming PC. A recent Circana report shared that the handheld of choice was overwhelmingly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/nintendo-switch-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, with the hybrid console largely credited for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circana.com\/post\/top-10-video-games\" target=\"_blank\">a year-over-year hardware spending increase that grew by 69%<\/a>, climbing to $500 million this past March.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch 2 saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/nintendo-is-raising-the-price-of-the-switch-2-later-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">its own price increase announced back in May<\/a>, so it&#8217;s worth pondering how much of this recent consumer clamour was motivated by a desire to scoop the console before it became more expensive. Even so, Nintendo&#8217;s handheld is set to cost $500 from September 1 in the US.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:5712px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rYqsQ4qCB7SvNdq3BZbznT\" name=\"IMG_3689\" alt=\"A picture of a Nintendo Switch 2, in mouse mode, with Cyberpunk 2077 in the background\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"5712\" height=\"3213\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are plenty of PC gamers who have no interest in what the big N is doing these days, but a broad-view of today&#8217;s gaming audience suggests a lot of gamers are more platform-agnostic. For instance, a 2023 Comscore report found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/marketing\/the-future-of-gaming-is-device-agnostic-it-s-time-for-marketers-to-adapt\" target=\"_blank\">76% of gamers play across multiple platforms<\/a>. Therefore, it&#8217;s hard to ignore handheld gaming PC&#8217;s most obvious competitor, even if the Switch 2 is underpowered compared to many of the available portable gaming options.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the most performant handheld gaming PCs ask a price that&#8217;s far too rich for my blood, and the best budget option is arguably not quite as compelling as Nintendo&#8217;s offering (even after the price hike comes into effect later this year).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:4032px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"hyVkbDbfM5nvZ2HBCKx3WX\" name=\"fine (1)\" alt=\"The Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam Deck next to each other\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To paraphrase Andy&#8217;s point, there&#8217;s a chance gaming handhelds eventually revert to occupying a boutique niche for gamers with especially deep pockets. That&#8217;s how they were in the before times prior to the Steam Deck&#8217;s launch, with smaller Chinese outfits, such as OneXPlayer, releasing expensive, weak, poorly optimised devices. That&#8217;s not really the future I want for handheld gaming PCs, but it&#8217;s a strong possibility. However, given the state of, well, <em>everything<\/em>,<em> <\/em>I find myself taking a bleaker outlook.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The most performant handheld gaming PCs ask a price that&#8217;s far too rich for my blood, and the best budget option is arguably not quite as compelling as Nintendo&#8217;s offering.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the longer term, it doesn&#8217;t feel like handheld gaming PCs are the most economical proposition for brands or manufacturers either. For example, back in March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/continuing-to-sell-this-product-is-no-longer-sustainable-ayaneo-has-suspended-pre-orders-of-its-uber-powerful-next-2-gaming-handheld-after-costs-approached-twice-the-price-we-originally-set\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ayaneo suspended pre-orders for its uber-powerful Next 2 gaming handheld<\/a> after costs approached &#8216;twice the price we originally set&#8217;. To be clear, I strongly doubt Valve is going to pack it in with the Steam Deck any time soon. However, smaller companies with a much less diverse portfolio than, say, the company behind one of the largest storefronts for digital games, are likely to struggle.<\/p>\n<p>What seems certain is that prices will continue to rise and meaningful chunks of the devices&#8217; audience will be priced out. My concern is that the maths may simply no longer math, and hardware companies will increasingly decide that handheld gaming PCs specifically just aren&#8217;t worth it. For my wide-eyed younger self, I hope I&#8217;m wrong.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/handheld-gaming-pcs-are-cooked\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Image credit: Future) This month I&#8217;ve been: Inducting my daughter into a life of crime in Magical Princess, and constructing cozily cluttered dioramas in Shanty Town\u2014two games I&#8217;m confident would also be fantastic on a handheld. The idea of taking serious hardware horsepower on the go was always the dream of my misspent, console-gaming youth. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve always loved how older handheld systems made a calling card out of their limitations (and in the case of Nintendo, offered a hardware gimmick or gaming experience you couldn&#8217;t find anywhere else). The fact that now you can play many of the same games on a portable device that you can also play in your gamer den would&#8217;ve blown my younger self&#8217;s mind. 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