A dream shared by PC gamers everywhere has been to take our entire gaming PCs on-the-go. From LAN parties to powerful gaming laptops, we’ve gotten close to portable gaming nirvana, yet no solution has been quite as simple as pulling out one of the latest generation of PC gaming handhelds and gaming from near enough anywhere.
It took a few good mobile processors to make the dream a reality. The first handhelds out of the gate were a little underpowered, then Valve made the Steam Deck and now we’re all interested.
VALVE HAS COMMISSIONED ITS OWN LINUX OS, STEAMOS, TO RUN ON THE DEVICE
Deck
STEAM $399
Best value
The Steam Deck is the handheld device that I could only dream of as a child; a compact, cheap gaming PC than can