{"id":93,"date":"2026-05-29T13:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:11:19","slug":"guess-what-streaming-only-gaming-handhelds-are-still-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Guess What? Streaming-Only Gaming Handhelds Are Still a Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>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<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=91\">Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Ring Can Now Adjust Your AC While You Sleep\u2014but There\u2019s a Catch<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=89\">Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of a Simulated Society. Grok Oversaw a Crime Spree<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can already guess this laptop prioritizes performance. For the sake of seeing your games in the best light, the Predator Helios 18 has an 18-inch mini LED display that supports two resolutions and refresh rates. You can run it at 4K and 120Hz or 1080p at the full 240Hz. Like last year\u2019s laptop, the keyboard includes a swappable key system called MagKey 3.0. This means if you want mechanical switches for extra \u201cthock\u201d on your WASD keys, you don\u2019t have to go out and buy a different, expensive laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Of those Acer laptops that I went hands-on with before Computex 2026, perhaps my biggest surprise was the company\u2019s new TravelMate P6 14 AI. It\u2019s a black torpedo of a laptop that felt like a stealth bomber in my hands. The 14-inch laptop is made from a carbon fiber chassis that somehow weighs just 2.2 pounds. It\u2019s packing up to an Intel Core Ultra X7 368H CPU, so it\u2019s technically capable of gaming around 1080p resolution thanks to Intel\u2019s Arc B390 integrated GPU.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The TravelMate P6 14 AI also sports an OLED display with a max resolution of 2,880 x 1,800, so it\u2019s not a slouch in the looks department despite its size. Again, Acer hasn\u2019t revealed pricing for any of its upcoming products. That\u2019s concerning, since the TravelMate should be available in North America starting in August. If you want a gaming-capable PC, you\u2019ll have to spend a chunk of change to get it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=87\">Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of \u2018Mythos-Class Models\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acer\u2019s Nitro Blaze Link is like if a PlayStation Portal ran Linux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guess What? 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