Less than two weeks after Nintendo pulled the plug on the Wii U and 3DS marketplaces people are already lining up to buy another proprietary Japanese handheld console that can and will be turned into a paperweight and its games lost to the ether the moment it stops being profitable
Get a Steam Deck or one of the other portable handheld controller style PCs you clowns
Calling it now - new PS handheld is going to be a cloud gaming thing.
Don't forget about the fun Chinese made handhelds for emulation :china:
Cloud gaming = living in a pod and eating bugs, but for video games :sus-torment:
I actually don't really care for Steam Deck type devices but I'd really like to play around with one of those things :pog-fish:
:zizek-joy:
I like how they buttons are unlabelled on the Analogue Pocket 'cause it's stupid to even bother labelling the buttons on an emulation device because they don't actually mean anything unless you only emulate Nintendo games.
"Press the C button to jump"
-A Sega Genesis game on a Nintendo-inspired emulation console
What are these Chinese handhelds? Sounds intriguing
Stuff from Anbernic, Retroid, etc. They're pretty cheap, decently powered ( can emulate up to a limited number of PS2 and GameCube titles).
Retroid
They're Android and Linux devices intended mainly for emulating old game systems, but some of the nicer ones can also do Android games and streaming.
It seems the companies making them basically build their devices around whatever old screens left over from production of older cellphones or stuff like the PS Vita they can source and combine them with usually modest mobile phone parts. Yeah, even a mid-tier Android phone and an attachable controller would probably do the same or even better but the appeal here is a dedicated emulation device.
They come in various shapes and sizes , and there's a lot of fluctuation in terms of quality and price
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This guy had the best info on them back when I bought an Anbernic RG351P over a year ago. They keep pumping out new models, so browsing there is probably the best place to start.
This is what I've heard as well. Honestly doesn't make much sense to me, but if it's Android based it might at least be easier to hack and turn I to an emulation machine.
Of course you then run into the issue of just how overpriced it might be. The streaming handhelds that are meant for the Western market and are readily available in big box stores are hella overpriced.