Not really, though. Those handhelds all have weak GPUs with very limited VRAM and performance. I don’t think there’s a handheld carrying a 4070M out at the moment.
Regardless of if their gpus are weaker, they are absolutely causing the focus on gaming laptops to wane, and wane hard. Why build a high end $2000 laptop that sells 10,000 units when you could make a $600-1000 handheld that sells 250,000 to 3,000,000 units?
…and are being replaced with handhelds like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go, among others.
Not really, though. Those handhelds all have weak GPUs with very limited VRAM and performance. I don’t think there’s a handheld carrying a 4070M out at the moment.
It’s all offset by the small screen. Playing Ghost of Tsushima on low-medium graphics coupled with frame gen is chef’s kiss on a handheld.
Which handheld has framegen?
But yes I agree, I play that game every weekday on the train on my Steam deck.
Regardless of if their gpus are weaker, they are absolutely causing the focus on gaming laptops to wane, and wane hard. Why build a high end $2000 laptop that sells 10,000 units when you could make a $600-1000 handheld that sells 250,000 to 3,000,000 units?