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

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Stuff from Anbernic, Retroid, etc. They're pretty cheap, decently powered ( can emulate up to a limited number of PS2 and GameCube titles).

      Retroid

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      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

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      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.