These handhelds are great, but the battery life is just not there. They need to be able to sustain ~4 hours of continued gameplay. As they are, they can do maybe 1-1.5 hours. It's simply not enough. Still great machines and I believe they only need a little more power to be able to play 1080p at 60fps; or personally I think we should focus on 40fps (40hz screens) at 1080p and then just focus on efficiency as much as…
Meanwhile, you can play 900p xbox 360 era games on the Steam Deck for at least 4ish hours if you don't run them full bore, or 8+ hours if you do something like emulation or very specific games. The game output the past five years hasn't been good enough to justify needing better than that for me. Millions of units sold seem to suggest that's closer to the real value people see in them as well, rather than playing yes…
I am no PC gamer by modern standards, and while I agree withy your sentiment that there's fun good old games out there that don't require cutting edge PCs, I find your spiteful generalization of the people who want to play AAA games on expensive cutting edge machines rude and just as elitist as the people you're attacking. Ironic.
Why do you think people should not have the right to want to play the latest AAA games at full visual fidelity? It's their money, they're free to spend it on their hobby, and AAA games are also fun as well.
Sure, some gamers care more about hype and graphical fidelity, than they care about the fun and gameplay, but so what? Most people care about having good looking eyecandy in their lives: their shiny car, their shiny watch, their shiny iPhone and Mac, their houses, their attractive partners, etc. Who are we to judge other peoples' tastes on what they value in life? Looks sell.
Life is short and many people don't want to wait 5-10 years till their favorite AAA game can be played on a handheld on 720p low settings, but want to experience the full graphical fidelity the original developers' vision intended. And that costs money and a big tower PC.