Four reasons make it amazingly bad to buy mobile games

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 in the fence about portable game machines – even Nintendo Switch 2, The game control unit is the fastest in all timesKeep your attention. Maybe I liked an idea greater Mario Map or Smoother 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.

the $ 550 steam Deck OLED It is the best, the most similar to the specifications that you can buy thanks to the Steamos operating system for receipt and operation, the lifetime of the properly decent battery, and the OLED HDR screen. 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 steam surface, too, is completely out of stock 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 would like to spend more money personally 800 dollars asus Rog ally xBest Windows Games by hand so far – and It can be said that the best computer games period Once Windows is replaced by Bazzite resembles Steamos.

If I could not bear it, you would have waited $ 500 Lenovo Legion Go SThe first Deck True Steam competitor using Steamos.

But both of these prices are no longer applied. Before the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, ASUS and Lenovo’s Handhelds Suddenly it costs another $ 100 From a promise 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. Clear (correctly!) That the original ASUS ROG ally is $ 650 and The original Lenovo Legion goes Get the same AMD Z1 Extreme chips, as Ally X and Legion Go S. But I was deceiving myself to buy a large battery life in a large way and experience less comfortable.

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.

The valve is finally Bring the steam that takes it to another beauty Beyond Bukhari deck, including the official support for The Legion Go S, Support Universial for the Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally Line. (But as I will explain, you may not want to rush to the image of Valve and download it yet.)

Meanwhile, Microsoft announced An abstract version of Windows for mobile gamesAnd one who gives up the desktop in favor of “Xbox full screen” that will reach many mobile devices next year, including the current ally and X ally. Declaration to improve sleep, wake up, perform and battery life while making non -fallen store facades to first -class citizens.

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-Appion will arrive first A pair of “xbox ally” sophisticated with ASUS with ASUS This holiday season, which can absorb all air outside the room for competing Windows machines, especially if Microsoft decides that this is the moment you compete with Steam’s surface in Valve for 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 It freezes, a problem That has a Nintendo support pageAnd some (including I) has found intermittent problems in obtaining a system to stay in contact with the wired ethernet. Many face a problem Get 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 a 2 vapor surface Or the 2 OLED key soon, 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.