So you want to buy a gaming handheld PC

Gaming handhelds are amazing. They make it so much easier to fit all kinds of games into my day. Sadly, they’re less affordable than they’ve ever been — due to an unprecedented, AI-fueled shortage of memory chips, an unforced oil crisis, rampant inflation, fallout from tariffs, and more.

But that’s not going to stop you. You’ve decided now’s the time to buy one, before the next shoe drops.

I won’t talk you out of it! I genuinely don’t know when or if prices might come back down. So instead of telling you to hold off, I’ll try to help you navigate this “new normal” I keep hearing so much about.

We’ll do this four ways:

• First, if you just want me to tell you what to buy and be done with it, grab an Xbox Ally Xif it’s still $999 at the time you read these words. It’s...

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