Handheld vs Home console

[Sfjeov]

I'm way too used to playing on my phone or other handheld device when I was young. Recently, I've been playing on my laptop more than on mobile devices and consoles.

 

[marmarneverdie]

Grew up sharing my home consoles with my sister and as such, as much as I love them, handhelds always felt a lot more personal to me. Handheld games are far more timeless than home games, in that they generally have a pick-up-and-go nature to their design. I find that console games tend to age, albeit gracefully, far quicker than handheld titles.

 

[silver9000]

I used to think having the best of both worlds was the way, but ever since the Switch and android handhelds with an HDMI port, I can't imagine a future with handhelds that can't connect to a TV with wireless controllers.

 

[Turbo Kid]

I was mostly a console person for years. Today I lean more towards handhelds. Things like the Retroid Pocket 5/Odin2 Portal give you so much freedom and great emulation. The Switch OLED is marvelous once you get a mod chip installed on it. The 3DS still is a unique system with 3d and a neat dual screen setup and stylus. The Vita is pretty cool too as a substitute PSP and a way to play PS3/PS4 games portably. It also runs PS1 games just great.

The other reason I love handhelds is that many of them can be outputted to TV and become a console. Also, as someone pointed out in another thread, you can still use them when the power goes out and you have no internet if your battery is charged. Handheld gaming man. As Mando would say, "This is the way"

PC gaming sucks. No physical market = I don't give a damn. The PC market bent the knee to an all digital future way too quickly. That's why I don't give a crap about the Steamdeck in lieu of something like the OLED Switch.