It's cool we have stuff like steam deck and the switch now but it's a shame we've lost true devoted handhelds like the GBA, PSP, PS Vita, 3ds. The more limited and unique hardware these handhelds had forced devs to make unique games for them instead of just spamming out ports like the switch gets. Companies were more willing to take risks and release a unique game because the budget involved in these games was much lower so there was significantly less risk. (Outside of maybe the ps vita)
Some of my favorite games most likely wouldn't exist without handhelds. Good examples being Etrian Odyssey, Phoenix Wright, etc, etc.
There's also the design of these handhelds. Modern handhelds are just too big and since there's no exclusive games there's little incitive for me to play them. Why play a game in with significantly reduced fps on a huge tablet that lasts a few hours when I can play the same game on my monitor with better fps? Because the handhelds have gotten so big I genuinely can't imagine myself casually taking them somewhere like I did with previous handhelds.
Wish there'd be more focus for handhelds to actually fit in your pocket again and not just be glorified portable laptops.
I guess you do have some handhelds that do that like the switch mini but it suffers from being extremely cheap and prone to analog drift. (Which will only get worse because Nintendo won the lawsuit against them for that)
All in all it's a travesty true handhelds are dead.
Some of my favorite games most likely wouldn't exist without handhelds. Good examples being Etrian Odyssey, Phoenix Wright, etc, etc.
There's also the design of these handhelds. Modern handhelds are just too big and since there's no exclusive games there's little incitive for me to play them. Why play a game in with significantly reduced fps on a huge tablet that lasts a few hours when I can play the same game on my monitor with better fps? Because the handhelds have gotten so big I genuinely can't imagine myself casually taking them somewhere like I did with previous handhelds.
Wish there'd be more focus for handhelds to actually fit in your pocket again and not just be glorified portable laptops.
I guess you do have some handhelds that do that like the switch mini but it suffers from being extremely cheap and prone to analog drift. (Which will only get worse because Nintendo won the lawsuit against them for that)
All in all it's a travesty true handhelds are dead.
