Handheld Gaming Is Making A Comeback!
Handhelds Are The Future Of Gaming
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The new Alienware UFO that Dell unveiled at CES 2020 turned plenty of heads. It looks like the lovechild of a gaming PC and a Nintendo Switch. It has all the features of the Nintendo Switch, but it plays PC games as opposed to Switch games. No doubt, it’s one of the most unique UMPCs (ultra-mobile PC) that we’ve ever seen. Most UMPCs aren’t designed for gaming, but the Alienware UFO sure is. It comes with an 8-inch 1200p touchscreen, an Intel Core i5 CPU and integrated Intel graphics. It’s not perfect for gaming, but there’s definitely a lot to like in that package.
It’s not the first gaming UMPC of its kind though. The Razer Edge and GPD Win both had the same idea, albeit with much worse execution. The Razer Edge was released in 2013 and advertised as a gaming tablet, but it was more of a gaming UMPC than anything else. It was versatile like the Switch, capable of being played in many different ways. The GPD Win and GPD Win 2 were both less technologically impressive as they were more designed for retro games and emulation. One thing’s for sure, none of these innovative handheld devices would be possible without Nintendo.
There’s more to why handheld gaming is making a comeback than just that so enjoy the video, let me know if you’d like to get an Alienware UFO in the comments section below and don’t forget to subscribe to TheGamer for more gaming content.
Chapters
Intro
Alienware UFO
Previous Gaming UMPCs
Nintendo’s Influence
Outro
Written by: Justin Pietrodarchi
Narrated by: Antony W.
Edited by: Rahul Chavda
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Azaurus1
2 kun oldin
Long battery life thin and light laptops with will likely enable the mass production of the correct chips a gaming handheld needs. Along with said chips being 5nm or lower for good proformance.
JMations
16 kun oldin
i just put down my vita and saw this in my recommended
Yoshikazu Ikeda
16 kun oldin
Aya Neo, GDP win 3, One GX1 Pro: lol exactly, nice concept product bro.
Damion Wilson
21 kun oldin
Dude, you got some misses here. You overstated GPD pricing, and missed coming and existing alternatives (like the Win Max, One GX1, One GX1 Pro, and Aya Neo- three of which are already out and have notably better specs than the Win 2, and with the Aya Neo and GX1 Pro having comparable (if not identical, since they're running alightly weaker AMD chips with better drivers) specs to the UFO Concept, much like the Win 3). Sure, they're expensive, but you won't find equivalent laptops for less. And the Aya Neo is likely not going to actually be very expensive. Overall though, nice job highlighting a cool developing market!
X5J Gamer
23 kun oldin
Cost?
Isaac Patrick
23 kun oldin
ufo come out
The_boyz452 !
23 kun oldin
Imagine doing zoom classes on that beast
David chavez
24 kun oldin
Cyberpunk won't run
Epic_Orange Gaming
24 kun oldin
Imagine nintendo making a next gen handheld
Paskies
25 kun oldin
GPD has worse execution GPD Win 3: Am I a joke to you?
Dameion Wilson
25 kun oldin
Looks interesting
Sam Calliss
25 kun oldin
how can you attach a mouse to it?
cat boi
25 kun oldin
Gaming laptops: am I a joke to you?
What the Tech
25 kun oldin
Ufo please come out!!!!
sebastian guerrero
25 kun oldin
Yeah we all know nintendo is going to win easily Seriously people don't try to say otherwise you just look dumb
Adrian Does Stuff And Things
22 kun oldin
Its kind of hard to say that since these devices are/will be capable of emulating switch games, resulting in them having game libraries that are larger than the switch. This library would be including almost every console generation, excluding the original xbox, as well as a large portion of virtual reality titles. I will admit that the prices will be alot higher than the switch, but these devices will also have a longer lifespan than the switch for supported games and software. Tl;Dr: these devices will eventually overtake the switch in popularity when their specific niche becomes more mainstream.
Sheep Boy
26 kun oldin
where's soulja boy go?
Lauren Wortman
26 kun oldin
$600 to $700? No ty, try 200-400 AT MOST. Even at $600 I’ll build a better desktop or use my phone.
undercoverduck
26 kun oldin
Don't think any of these alternatives will survive or make a big splash if their battery life isn't at least as good as the Switch and I'm a bit worried about the UFO's size. The Switch is already uncomfortable for prolonged periods of playing, I can only image such a big beast will be more tiresome quicker
Bro Bh
26 kun oldin
Awesome video to see man
AhhCmon
26 kun oldin
If it's $1000 it will never take off, if dell wants this thing to be a success they'll make the price $499 or less considering it's less powerful than an xbox or ps5 it probably should be $399 to compete with the switch
Kyle blast
7 kun oldin
Feel like I'm about $400
Alpha Game chain
26 kun oldin
Agreed
ITZ HENRY
26 kun oldin
If only they brought back the psp in 4k
David Johnson
26 kun oldin
very interesting choice design is not bad looking
Śupęr Døg Broš
26 kun oldin
Doesn’t Nintendo need to except it? Because they basically copied
Adrian Does Stuff And Things
22 kun oldin
Multiple devices have existed before the switch that do the exact thing the switch does, so the switch is technically a copy of other devices.
Nova Switch
26 kun oldin
Nintendo doesn't own the concept, so no
anthony barajas
26 kun oldin
Yo
Hungry luma
26 kun oldin
early gang
Trickster Outlander Gamer
26 kun oldin
🎵Guess who’s back🎵 🎵Back again🎵 🎵Handheld back🎵 🎵Tell a friend🎵
Jackson Martin
25 kun oldin
Nice song
ANDREW MARTINEZ
26 kun oldin
No way the GPD win game to play Let's Go Pikachu and let's go Eevee I'll buy that
Croose Panel
26 kun oldin
I wont advise you
ANDREW MARTINEZ
26 kun oldin
I like the GPD win
ANDREW MARTINEZ
26 kun oldin
Unless it has a keyboard then I will buy it
ANDREW MARTINEZ
26 kun oldin
How does it work how do you even get switch games on that
Juan Gutierrez
26 kun oldin
Yuzu emulator
Jayaram Shetty
26 kun oldin
The best handheld gaming device is hands down a smart phone
mobile nation
26 kun oldin
sorry mobile phone game! but you may take order from handheld games! because handheld games rules!
Shakin Thirumurugarajah
26 kun oldin
Awesome
Harvey Custodio
26 kun oldin
Nintendo Switch Killer hahahaha... Don't Make Me Laugh... The Only thing that can kill Nintendo is Nintendo since they focus on Weird Fun Games with Wacky Mechanics and Art Styles... Much of Gaming Today seems to follow weird things like becoming far more (SJW than Game)
Shakin Thirumurugarajah
26 kun oldin
awesome
Shakin Thirumurugarajah
26 kun oldin
awesome
Shakin Thirumurugarajah
26 kun oldin
awesome
꧁ •『 Niki playz 』• ꧂
26 kun oldin
wait could this be im i...... early?
Teamwolf7777
26 kun oldin
I love handheld gaming. Not phone gaming sucks but plying like the psp ps vita or switch. Hopefully Sony bring back Portable gaming.
videakias3000
26 kun oldin
If you can't upgrade or built it by yourself it then is not a pc,it is a console. A super-console at best but still a console.
Allwin Issac
26 kun oldin
Xbox gamers: PS is garbage😭😭😭 PS players: Xbox is garbage😭😭😭😭 Nintendo Switch: Out of the Damn way!!!
Vernon Armstrong
26 kun oldin
lol it just released 12 minutes ago
Richard Munn
26 kun oldin
Don’t forget the GPD win 3. It’s got a stand and hidden keyboard.
Adrian Does Stuff And Things
22 kun oldin
@Paskies but you're sacrificing the portability that these devices offer as their main selling point.
Paskies
25 kun oldin
@sebastian guerrero lets just accept that they're all garbage, UFO, GPDs, RAZER. You'd be better spending all that on a desktop PC.
sebastian guerrero
25 kun oldin
That thing is garbage
Marcus7339
26 kun oldin
Video is 4 years too late
affan 92
26 kun oldin
nintendo make the best handhelds imo but psp and vita were decent.
Joshua’s Spot!
26 kun oldin
Y. E. S.
Rocky Dtown44
26 kun oldin
This is AWESOME 😎
𝕯𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝖕♡̷̸☮︎𝖍
26 kun oldin
I hope it can run GameCube full speed
TeddFredd
26 kun oldin
It better make a comeback!
Gaming with Gunnar Wolfe
26 kun oldin
Yep
Loner Apocalypse
26 kun oldin
Interesting
Eternity 21
26 kun oldin
Take my 💰 👽 !!
Killerdeath500
26 kun oldin
How expensive
Skye • CODM
25 kun oldin
@Mohammed Ali the g People buy 6,000 gaming setups and they end up only playing warzone 😐
creperman2306
26 kun oldin
@Mohammed Ali the g I disagree it would totally be worth but I couldn't afford it
Mohammed Ali the g
26 kun oldin
@Skye • CODM no one would buy it if it's that expensive lol👹
Skye • CODM
26 kun oldin
Couple thousand
Shaheer Mahar
26 kun oldin
Please bring back PSP
David Shalaby
26 kun oldin
I totally agree
STEWEEBY
26 kun oldin
Ok
Hmed Bando
26 kun oldin
E
Jalen Morrow
26 kun oldin
Nooo I’m not first
Shaheer Mahar
26 kun oldin
1st
Dallac Ais
26 kun oldin
Ooh, this is so cool!
Shaheer Mahar
26 kun oldin
1sr
MORGAN HERSHINSON
26 kun oldin
I a. First
EU Motion
26 kun oldin
First pls Ik you saw pin
Irresponsible Dad
26 kun oldin
Hi
MORGAN HERSHINSON
26 kun oldin
Yay
Jayden
26 kun oldin
Hi
Yuan Gatdula
26 kun oldin
First
The txbased Wrraszlinfan1442
26 kun oldin
First lol