Browsing: Handheld

The handheld gaming world is no longer about making great, addicting games to play on the go. Now we need as much horsepower as possible in tiny form factors to play full console games, as is the case with the Xbox Ally X. Backed by a Z2 Extreme and 24 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, the…

Handheld gaming devices have become the clearest casualty of the 2026 memory crisis. Over the past five months, AYANEO suspended preorders for its flagship Next 2, then discontinued four separate handhelds. Retroid raised prices twice on its budget lineup and quietly pulled a model from sale. Valve pushed Steam Deck OLED pricing up by as…

Six gaming handhelds now compete for the same shelf space, and the gap between the cheapest and priciest option has widened to more than $1,250. Steam Deck OLED, Nintendo Switch 2, ROG Xbox Ally X, MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, Lenovo Legion Go 2, and Retroid Pocket 6 each chase a different buyer, and picking…

When PlayStation released the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in 2005, it successfully filled the hunger for a handheld version of the popular PlayStation 2 console. Sony began sunsetting the original PSP in 2012, releasing the Vita as its successor in February 2012 – the hope was to ride the wave of the PSP, which sold over 76 million…

Retroid opened pre-orders for the Pocket Nova on June 26, 2026, pricing its newest Android handheld at $229, the same number the company charged for its Pocket 6 flagship before that device got more expensive earlier this year. The Nova trades the widescreen shape that defines most modern handhelds for a 4.5-inch, 4:3 AMOLED panel…