
Why Handheld Gaming PCs Are Entering Their Second Generation
The first wave proved the format. The second has to prove it can last—with better panels, saner thermals, and a battery story that stops apologizing.
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The first wave proved the format. The second has to prove it can last—with better panels, saner thermals, and a battery story that stops apologizing.

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A genre-defining reinvention of the immersive sim, undone only slightly by an ending it does not quite earn.

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Six cards, three price brackets, and one honest answer for every kind of PC player.

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