A rare Steam Deck prototype sold on eBay for $2000 — inside a 2019 APU
A real technical rarity has recently appeared on eBay: an engineering prototype of the first version of Steam Deck, a portable console from Valve. This sample, internally dubbed Engineering Sample 34, is notable not only for its unusual appearance but also for its older hardware. The device was sold for $2000, although the starting price was $3000.
Meet Nintendo Switch 2: 4K support, updated Joy-Con, and 256 GB of storage for €469 (+release date)
Finally, after all these years, Nintendo has revealed its next-generation handheld console — Nintendo Switch 2.
Valve announces 64% growth of Steam Deck and the biggest sales year in history
Valve published released its annual report Steam Year in Review 2024, which summarized its achievements for the year. The company proudly announced the best year for seasonal sales:
Xbox in your pocket: Microsoft is working on a portable console codenamed Keenan
In 2024, Microsoft’s head of gaming, Phil Spencer, said that he wanted portable gaming PCs to look more like Xboxes. But as they say, if you want to do it well, do it yourself. So Microsoft is reportedly working on its own portable Xbox console.
AMD Strix Point APUs will power three 8-inch portable gaming consoles from AOKZOE
The gaming portable PC market is expanding rapidly, thanks in large part to the impressive performance and efficiency gains that modern APUs are delivering. AMD’s new Strix Point series APUs offer exciting features and are expected to power many high-end portable devices.
A gaming PC in your pocket: ZOTAC ZONE GAMING portable console gets AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 chip and 32GB + 1TB of storage
ZOTAC showed a prototype of the ZONE GAMING portable game console at CES 2025. Although it is not a finished product yet, we managed to test it in action, as it is a working prototype. Moreover, it is significantly improved compared to the last year’s ZOTAC Zone model.
Lenovo is preparing a double blow: Legion Go with OLED and Legion Go S on SteamOS – Steam Deck competitors are coming
Famed insider Evan Blass has unveiled details about the unannounced portable gaming PC Lenovo Legion Go S with an extremely interesting feature – a Steam button. This suggests that this console might be the first portable device from a third-party manufacturer based on SteamOS, thus potentially the first real competitor to the Steam Deck.
Nitro Blaze 7 from Acer: a pocket-sized gaming console with AMD Ryzen 7, Radeon 780M and Windows 11
Acer has prepared for release a portable game console Nitro Blaze 7 (GN771). This new product is as good as gaming laptops and is capable of running demanding games.
ZOTAC GAMING ZONE – 7-inch gaming console with AMD Ryzen 7 8840U chip and Windows 11
ZOTAC has prepared for release a compact portable game console ZOTAC GAMING ZONE. In fact, this is a full-fledged gaming computer in a pocket form factor.
Portable game consoles: evolution from the 70s to the present day
Portable gaming consoles are an integral part of video game history, and for many people, they are the only thing they associate with the video game experience, not computers or stationary consoles. The ability to enjoy games anywhere and anytime has proven to be more important than the quality of graphics, which is why «handhelds» […]
Laptops, portable gaming consoles, robots and other MSI innovations at COMPUTEX 2024
At COMPUTEX 2024, MSI presented several new devices, including those based on artificial intelligence.
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