While there were handheld PCs before the Steam Deck, it would be fair to say that Valve’s just-about-portable marvel has played its part in a big push for handheld dominance, especially after Nintendo took a while to release its successor to its ludicrously popular Switch.

Still, 2025 is a very different time from 2022. Nintendo is back with a vengeance, and there are more powerful handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally. Even Xbox is looking to get in on the action, so if you’ve not picked up a Steam Deck as of yet, have you missed your chance, especially as rumors swirl of a Steam Deck 2?

Let’s dig in.

The lay of the land

Between your Asus ROG Ally and ROG Ally X, MSI Claw 8 AI+, Logitech G Cloud, Lenovo Legion Go S and many more, it’d be fair to say we’ve gone from there being very little

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