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New figures show Valve's Steam Deck is still by far the biggest selling handheld gaming PC but the form factor isn't really taking off

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New figures from research outfit IDC show that Valve's Steam Deck is likely still the most popular handheld gaming PC by far.

However, the market for handhelds fell by 50% in 2024 versus 2023 and overall volumes are still very small compared to desktop and laptop gaming PCs, and consoles to boot.

IDC was commissioned by the Verge to break out the best data the research outfit had on handheld gaming PCs. That data covers the biggest players in the handheld market, namely the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw.

Slightly frustratingly, it does not include Chinese handhelds from GPD, Ayaneo, OneXPlayer and others. However, it's generally thought these are smaller volume products.

Whatever, the numbers go like this. IDC puts overall handheld sales for 2022 at 1,620,000 units. That rose to 2,867,000 units for 2023 before falling back precipitously to 1,485,000 in 2024.

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