For a few glorious years, a $399 portable gadget could run almost anything you’d want to play. In 2022, the Steam Deck finally made PC gaming portable and affordable. I played through the vast majority of Elden Ring on a Steam Deck, agape that such a rich world could comfortably fit between my two hands. Today, that Steam Deck experience starts at $789 — nearly double the price. Similarly, a Nintendo Switch cost $299 at launch — but after Nintendo’s Switch 2 upgrades and “changes in market