The State of PC Handhelds in 2025 & the BEST Ways to Enjoy Them!

👉While in New York City this week, Stubbs, Rob, Andrew and guests The Phawx (Cary Golomb), Baldly Rudy, and Scattered Brain gathered to discuss the state of mobile PC handheld Gaming in 2025. We chat in-depth about our hands-on experience with the GPD Win 5 (and 395+ Max), MSI Claw 8, ROG Ally X, Xbox fullscreen experience, AMD Z2, Steam Deck, Lenovo Legion Go S & 2, Win600, and the OneXFly F1 Pro, Switch 2, and Apple devices. We also discuss the best ways to play your Steam, GOG and other PC Game libraries, x86, Android with Winlator/GameHub/GameNative and using ARM, SteamOS, along with local and cloud streaming. With all this in mind, we explore how much you'd pay to travel two years into the future where we believe everything will converge into the best possible device and play methods, and what it will take for us to get there! Panel: @ThePhawx @baldlyrudy @ScatteredBrain @retrotechdad @StubbsStuff @Bearded-Retro-Rewind 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🛒Featured items from this video: Steam Deck: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck GPD Win 5: https://rh-go.link/GPD-WIN-5_IGG Asus Xbox Ally: https://rh-go.link/ASUS-ROG-Xbox-Ally_Amzn Asus Xbox Ally X: https://rh-go.link/ASUS-ROG-Xbox-Ally-X_BB Asus Rog Ally X: https://rh-go.link/ROG-Ally-X_BB Lenovo Legion Go S Steam: https://rh-go.link/Legion-Go-S-Z2G-Steam_BB Lenovo Legion Go 2: https://rh-go.link/Lenovo-Legion-Go-2 MSI Claw 8: https://rh-go.link/MSI-Claw-8_Amzn OneXFly F1 Pro: https://rh-go.link/OneXFly-F1-Pro_Amzn Anbernic Win600: https://rh-go.link/W600_Amzn 💵 Save money with our hand-picked gaming & handheld deals: https://handheld.deals 🔎Browse our curated weekly deals: https://rh-go.link/DILLS ✨Became a Member or Patron👇 🌐All Our Links: https://rh-go.link 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🎵 Music by Jim Gray (https://ourghosts.bandcamp.com) and SoundStripe 🎞️Production & Editing by SonyWWDD30 (and Gary for Zu's vids...sometimes) ⚠️ Disclaimer This description contains affiliate links. By purchasing something, RH may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This video is for education and entertainment purposes only, and is not intended for kids. All opinions are our own. #xboxally #gpdwin5 #msiclaw #lenovolegiongo #onexfly #win600 #emulation #retrohandheld #retrogaming 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ⌚Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:31 AMD Z2 naming scheme 00:08:40 GPD win5 AMD 395+ is a beast 00:12:40 Phawx explains performance time travel 00:16:05 egpu with a beastly 395. why? 00:17:34 Stubbs win5 impressions 00:23:49 We are in a lull in x86 handheld performance market 00:26:58 Switch 2 performance vs x86 handhelds 00:35:28 Nvidia terrible history with gaming consoles 00:43:34 Gamehub privacy issue 00:48:18 Ayaneo and Anbernic wacky product timeline releases 00:52:31 Windows experience vs Linux experience on gaming handhelds 01:05:33 Certain games play better on certain PC form factors 01:12:51 We want cheaper x86 handhelds to come back 01:19:37 Apple needs to get serious about gaming 01:25:44 Thanks for watching