{"id":259045,"date":"2026-05-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/guess-what-streaming-only-gaming-handhelds-are-still-a-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:12:19","slug":"guess-what-streaming-only-gaming-handhelds-are-still-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/guess-what-streaming-only-gaming-handhelds-are-still-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Guess What? Streaming-Only Gaming Handhelds Are Still a Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess What? Streaming-Only Gaming Handhelds Are Still a Thing<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/guess-what-streaming-only-gaming-handhelds-are-still-a-thing-2000764829<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-29 09:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: gizmodo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of our favorite gaming handhelds, like the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and Steam Deck, now cost close to 50% more than they did a year ago. Hardware prices are enough to make game streaming seem more like a viable solution. Acer, with its Nitro Blaze Link handheld, imagines you\u2019d rather stream your content from a PC than play it natively.<\/p>\n

The Acer Nitro Blaze Link is being billed as a streaming-first handheld, akin to Sony\u2019s PlayStation Portal but instead built specifically with PC gaming in mind. You may remember the $350 Logitech G Cloud, in which case you\u2019ll have a better idea what Acer\u2019s device is trying to accomplish. It\u2019s a lightweight, 7-inch handheld that supports Wi-Fi 6. Acer expects users to use streaming software like Sunshine and Moonlight, which is what\u2019s used in device-to-device streaming services like Razer Cortex. What\u2019s more, the Nitro Blaze Link runs Linux, specifically the Debian distro. It\u2019s only packing 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, so it\u2019s practically useless for anything but streaming.<\/p>\n

The Linux limitation means it may not even be compatible with Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch. Acer is not marketing the Nitro Blaze Link as an actual handheld PC like its upcoming Predator Atlas 8. That being said, expect it to cost far less than another handheld built for playing games natively. Acer says we\u2019ll see it in Q4 this year, though it doesn\u2019t have any word on pricing just yet.<\/p>\n

The Predator Helios 18 \u00a9 Kyle Barr \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

In fact, Acer isn\u2019t revealing any pricing details for any of its other gaming devices that you would need to make the Nitro Blaze Link work. Like other gaming laptops from this year, such as the 2026 Alienware 16 Area-51, the new Acer Predator Helios 18 is packing Intel\u2019s latest Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor. The 290Hx Plus is Intel\u2019s updated Arrow Lake chip that boosts gaming performance to a marginal degree. You can also pack this laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU.<\/p>\n

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