The golden age of handheld gaming is already over

For a fewer glorious years, a $399 portable gadget could tally astir thing you'd privation to play. In 2022, the Steam Deck yet made PC gaming portable and affordable. I played done the immense bulk of Elden Ring connected a Steam Deck, agape that specified a affluent satellite could comfortably acceptable betwixt my 2 hands.

Today, that Steam Deck acquisition starts astatine $789 - astir treble the price.

Similarly, a Nintendo Switch outgo $299 astatine motorboat - but aft Nintendo's Switch 2 upgrades and "changes successful marketplace conditions," the starting terms of today's Nintendo handheld gaming acquisition will soon beryllium $499, much than a disc-less PS5 outgo astatine launch.

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