Best Buy's July Sale: Must-Grab Deals for Handheld Gamers

Best Buy’s Black Friday in July sale is centered on PS5 and Xbox discounts, but alongside wider Switch 2 hardware deals, the deals that actually serve handheld gamers sit in the peripherals and storage aisles. For Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go, and Switch 2 owners, this mid-year event bundles the accessories that directly impact portable play: Hall effect controllers that eliminate stick drift, NVMe SSDs that multiply library capacity, and low-latency headsets that stay in a carrying case without bulging.

Hall Effect Controllers Solve a Damage Problem Before It Begins

The Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded at $139.99 (down from $189.99) leads the hardware deals. Its modular design and Hall effect analog sticks make it a natural docked companion for the ROG Ally and Legion Go, whose bundled controllers face drift concerns after sustained use. The Asus ROG Raikiri 2 at $149.99 ($40 off) adds swappable thumbsticks and rear paddles that map well to shooters on the Steam Deck. For audio, the Turtle Beach Stealth 500 at $58 connects via Bluetooth to any portable console without a dongle, and the Razer Barracuda X Chroma at $89.99 delivers low-latency wireless that fits in a case’s accessory pocket.

NVMe and microSD Discounts Solve the Real Handheld Bottleneck

Storage caps out fast on portable PCs. Best Buy’s sale includes PC storage deals with free $150 gift cards on qualifying drives—relevant because Steam Deck and ROG Ally users need M.2 2230 or 2280 NVMe SSDs at PCIe 4.0 speeds to cut load times and escape the 512GB or 1TB ceiling most portables ship with. For Switch 2 owners, microSD card discounts on 1TB and 512GB UHS-I cards—similar to Walmart’s memory card deals—directly determine how many games fit on a cross-country flight. A single 1TB card eliminates the shuffle between internal storage and external drives—a quality-of-life upgrade that matters more on a plane than at a desk.