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Acer announces the Nitro Blaze Link, a streaming-only gaming handheld

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Amidst price increases and memory shortages, the allure of handheld PC gaming is becoming more and more distant for some. Acer think they have a solution though, today announcing the Nitro Blaze Link. On the surface it looks very similar to ASUS' ROG Ally, but delving deeper you'll see it only has 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. Running Debian Linux and a combination of Sunshine and Moonlight for the game streaming, there is potential for success in a more PC-centric PlayStation Portal if priced correctly.

With Acer presenting it as a companion to their Predator and Nitro gaming laptops, it is presently unclear as to whether it will work with other hardware setups.

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(Maybe?) Priced at $180 New
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    Scarlet said:
    For those curious, Digital Trends seem to have the price at $180, though I can't find their source for that:
    https://www.digitaltrends.com/gamin...-blaze-link-limits-you-to-stream-at-just-180/

    Seems a nice screen, so if the controls feel good and the battery lasts a decent amount of time, there could be a market... Assuming it works for more than just Acer laptops anyway.
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    From a few quick seconds of Google it looks like Acers best affordable laptop this year is a snapdragon soc that's supposed to be a macneo competitor? Lol May as well pick from the huge database of Android handhelds thats already flooding the market. Tbf I see Lenovo as better quality than Acer by far.
     
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    K3Nv4 said:
    From a few quick seconds of Google it looks like Acers best affordable laptop this year is a snapdragon soc that's supposed to be a macneo competitor? Lol May as well pick from the huge database of Android handhelds thats already flooding the market. Tbf I see Lenovo as better quality than Acer by far.
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    I had a quick Google around myself and you can still get the Odin 2 Portal for $250, so while that's in stock this really has no market in my mind. Once Ayn stop selling them or raise the price on the base model (8GB RAM/128GB storage, SD 8G2) though, maybe something like this will stand a chance.

    In terms of laptops, which one are you looking at? I will say Snapdragon laptops are fantastic. I have a HP one with an X Elite in it and it's probably my favourite laptop to take on the go with how long the battery lasts. Windows on ARM has come a seriously long way.
     
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    I had a quick Google around myself and you can still get the Odin 2 Portal for $250, so while that's in stock this really has no market in my mind. Once Ayn stop selling them or raise the price on the base model (8GB RAM/128GB storage, SD 8G2) though, maybe something like this will stand a chance.

    In terms of laptops, which one are you looking at? I will say Snapdragon laptops are fantastic. I have a HP one with an X Elite in it and it's probably my favourite laptop to take on the go with how long the battery lasts. Windows on ARM has come a seriously long way.
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    Cba to read the entire thing but looks like Snapdragon C is a new line of soc that's probably no better than 8gen3. So midtier laptop but we should expect that if they want to compete with Mac neo.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/laptop...-512gb-ssd-and-8gb-of-ram-at-entry-tier-price
     
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    Acer is pretty good at new product development and at getting it right first time. I expect this will be decent. Clearly designed exclusively for couch and bed gaming, and that's fine.
     
    Scarlet said:
    Running Debian Linux and a combination of Sunshine and Moonlight for the game streaming, there is potential for success in a more PC-centric PlayStation Portal if priced correctly.
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    I was going to go ballistic until I've heard these two. Gaming isn't dead yet thankfully.

    I really wish to move from Parsec to these two, but setting this up for other people and I to use (but more impprtantly, me ) is very difficult for some reason. I wish that I can find someone to help configure this with, because I can't see why people like and honestly prefer this more than Parsec.
     
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    From what I can tell, it can exclusively stream games. So both? lol
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    Imho "both" would imply that it can play games on its own and does not constantly suffer from the compromise of streaming content instead of playing it natively.

    Of course this is just my personal interpretation of how some words are defined, but in my book
    - a standalone device with optional streaming capabilities is optimal
    - a standalone device without streaming is perfectly fine
    - a streaming device with basic standalone capabilities is good enough
    - a streaming-only device is e-waste
     
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    streaming only is a small demographic. i only play offline games so this product will never be in my list of wants.

    i think they are trying to push people towards streaming with all the price increases then offering these cheap streaming devices so that they can grow the demographic. dont fall for it otherwise your only going to see streaming options and once they grow the demographic they will increase the prices. get less for more.
     
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